Middlesbrough hitman Yakubu Aiyegbeni and Benfica starlet Manuel Fernandes are set to sign for Everton on Sunday.
Fernandes - who has already agreed a deal and undertaken a medical at the club - has already finalised a deal potentially worth £9m, whilst Yakubu is expected to undergo talks on Saturday evening, aiming to complete an approximate £11m move to Goodison Park, having been left out of the Middlesbrough side to face Fulham today.
Both deals will consecutively smash the clubs previous transfer record of £8.6m paid for Andy Johnson from Crystal Palace.
This news comes as Middlesbrough launch an audacious £9m bid to replace the Nigerian ace with Brazilian international Alfonso Alves.
This amazing double signing will take Evertons total spending this summer to in excess of £30m - adding to the capture of Leighton Baines and Phil Jagielka - after a quiet opening to the window. Neither player will be available for todays game against Reading, with Fernandes merely waiting for international clearance, but Everton will hope to complete a double signing press conference on Sunday or Monday at the latest - Fernandes, however, may even complete his move later on today.
Are you delighted by the highly probable double swoop? Counting down the hours? Wondering when Newcastle are going to swoop in?
Discuss away in the Blue Room.
Fernandes - who has already agreed a deal and undertaken a medical at the club - has already finalised a deal potentially worth £9m, whilst Yakubu is expected to undergo talks on Saturday evening, aiming to complete an approximate £11m move to Goodison Park, having been left out of the Middlesbrough side to face Fulham today.
Both deals will consecutively smash the clubs previous transfer record of £8.6m paid for Andy Johnson from Crystal Palace.
This news comes as Middlesbrough launch an audacious £9m bid to replace the Nigerian ace with Brazilian international Alfonso Alves.
This amazing double signing will take Evertons total spending this summer to in excess of £30m - adding to the capture of Leighton Baines and Phil Jagielka - after a quiet opening to the window. Neither player will be available for todays game against Reading, with Fernandes merely waiting for international clearance, but Everton will hope to complete a double signing press conference on Sunday or Monday at the latest - Fernandes, however, may even complete his move later on today.
Are you delighted by the highly probable double swoop? Counting down the hours? Wondering when Newcastle are going to swoop in?
Discuss away in the Blue Room.
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