Everton are interested in signing the exciting Angers midfielder Angelo Fulgini and, according to Ouest France, his contract situation means he could be available for as little as £4 million.
Is 2020 the year when bargain signings make their return?
Even the Premier League’s richest clubs will have to keep their powder dry, with incomings from gate receipts drying up for obvious reasons.
Everton have spent over half a billion on new players since Farhad Moshiri became their majority shareholder four years ago. But do not expect many mega-money swoops this time around.
Instead, cut price deals are likely to be the order of the day, with Fulgini available for the kind of fee that Everton would have happily paid during the Bill Kenwright era.
A skilful attacking midfielder who loves to leave opposition players red-faced with a moment of brazen self-expression, the former France U21 international has been one of the breakthrough stars of the 2019/20 Ligue 1 season.
“Our dearest wish is to keep Angelo,” Angers’ sporting director Sebastien Larcier has said.
But, with Fulgini set to become a free agent in the summer of 2021, they may have no choice but to cash in on their prize asset if Everton firm up their interest.
The Ivory Coast-born starlet is not the first Angers player to be linked with a move to Goodison Park this summer. Hard-working, ball-winning enforcer Baptiste Santamaria has been labelled the ‘new N’Golo Kante’ by many and Everton, according to the Express, could use him to fill an Idrissa Gana Gueye-shaped void in Carlo Ancelotti’s midfield.
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