Many Everton fans have been urging the club to finalise a deal for Toulouse midfielder Ibrahim Sangare, after Sport Mania claimed the Toffees ‘appreciate’ what the 22-year-old has to offer.
Marco Silva had proposed the idea of signing the Ivory Coast international to Director of Football Marcel Brands last summer, but the Dutchman’s efforts in negotiations with Le Tefece failed to secure Sangare’s signature.
Sangare was seen as the would-be replacement for Idrissa Gana Gueye after the Senegalese star’s move to Paris Saint-Germain, and has continued to thrive in France despite Toulouse sitting rock bottom of the Ligue 1 standings.
Everton are ‘especially’ aroused by Sangare’s performances this season, which have also sparked interest from Olympique de Marseille and a host of unnamed European sides due to the midfielder entering the final year of his contract this summer.
It is not suggested to what sum Toulouse would demand for Sangare’s services in the next transfer window, but Sport Mania describe him as Tefece’s ‘most expensive player’ and one destined to become a future great holding midfielder.
Brighton & Hove Albion are also said to have already offered Toulouse €20million (£16.6m), though Tefece President Olivier Sadran is yet to respond to the Seagull’s proposal.
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Sangare has been dubbed as ‘the new Yaya Toure’ as the three-time international is ‘technically gifted’ and has an ‘imposing physique’ at 6 ft 3.
The 22-year-old has started 24 of Toulouse’s 26 Ligue 1 fixtures this term, in which he has recorded the fourth-most successful tackles (79/117) of any player to have featured in the French top-flight this term, per WhoScored data.
He also ranks first among all central midfielders in Ligue 1 for clearances (47), third for shots blocked (10), fourth for accurate long passes (89) and sixth for total passes (1,217), interceptions (37) and aerial duels won (44 of 66).
Here are some of the messages shared as fans reacted to the reports of our interest in the ‘new Yaya Toure’, Toulouse midfielder Sangare…
All day this fella 🙏 https://t.co/LjsnBTxxR2
— kenny wright (@pocartmel) February 24, 2020
Listen this kid is pure quality very like yaya toure if we pull this off we’ve got an unbelievable talent on our hands and still only 21,
— TheBlues (@gflan02) February 24, 2020
Get this lad in asap
— rachin (@efcrachinho) February 24, 2020
Him and Gabriel would be 2 very solid signings
— dom (@domscan) February 24, 2020
Don’t you dare tease me
— LC (@LukeC692) February 24, 2020
Sangare & Gabriel – go get it done @Everton that would be 2 quality additions
— Mike (@starch35) February 24, 2020
Get it done. Him and Gabriel and we are talking .
— Graeme McVeigh (@GraemeMcV) February 24, 2020
— Dan Martin (@danmartin1878) February 24, 2020
In other Everton news, the club are willing to pay £30m for an ‘essential’ summer signing after Ancelotti met with owner Farhad Moshiri.