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Oumar Niasse

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Moomin said:
Medical would have been done ages ago, wonder if his agent has thrown a spanner in the works and asked for a bigger signing on fee?? Ideal time to do it with just a few hours left in the window.
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Our medicals make me laugh, Doumbia had his medical and signed in an instant - even though quite a few pundits where saying he might not pass one due to issues in the past.

Meanwhile we are currently in medical phase 6 of 90, also known as the "chicken catch"
 
Bluekahunaburgers said:
http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/so...verton-bound-forward-oumar-niasse-718445.html
Everton were on the verge of signing Senegal forward Oumar Niasse for a reported fee of £13.5 million as he arrived on Merseyside for a medical on transfer deadline day.

It’s quite a turnaround for a player who was judged not good enough to play in Norway a few years ago. But who exactly is he? We take a look…
Who is he and what’s his story?

Niasse is a 25-year-old Senegalese forward who’s spent the last couple of seasons at Lokomotiv Moscow. He can play anywhere across the front line and has really stepped his game up a level this year.

For a player brought up in the warmth of Senegal, he seems comfortable in cold weather – he’s played in Norway, albeit briefly, and Russia, so Merseyside shouldn’t hold any fears. Before moving to Europe – initially on loan with Brann in 2012 – he spent four years playing in Senegal. Despite being a relatively late starter, he was a title-winner at his hometown club Ouakam, but he played just a handful of games in Norway (of which more later), and a trial at St Etienne a year later proved unsuccessful. He found a European home at Akhisar Belediyespor in Turkey and from there earned himself a move to Russia.
What style of player is he?
He’s got the pace and skills and he’s a neat finisher, but his biggest asset is his work rate. He’s tenacious on the pitch, is excellent off the ball and is willing to chase down a lost cause. In fact, he’s got exactly the sort of mentality that should go down brilliantly with English football fans.
What’s his form like?
Excellent. He was voted Lokomotiv’s player of the month both in September and December, and his goalscoring record this season is impressive – he’s bagged 12 in 21 games. Everton are certainly getting a player on an upward trajectory – though whether or not that will translate to the Premier League has to be the big question.
Has he always been this good?
He really hasn’t – during a six-month spell with Brann, he struggled to get into the second team, never mind the first. The former sporting director there, Rolf-Magne Walstad, was asked by www.ba.no whether he regretted letting him go and he said: “With hindsight obviously I do, but that wasn’t the situation when we decided to terminate the loan contract…What he delivered at Brann was far from what he showed in Turkey.”
Anything else?
He is, apparently, a fan of referring to himself in the third person – and there aren’t enough players who do that in the Premier League. The more the better, we say.
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I saw the words "tenacious" and "work rate" and that was enough to put him over with me

Get him in an Everton shirt
 

chazzle_dazzle said:
Our medicals make me laugh, Doumbia had his medical and signed in an instant - even though quite a few pundits where saying he might not pass one due to issues in the past.

Meanwhile we are currently in medical phase 6 of 90, also known as the "chicken catch"
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He's had his medical at FF and last I heard he was in town having his 2nd part, then they will discuss personal terms, all takes time
 


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