EVERTON have edged closer to trying to sign Lazio’s Ciro Immobile by offering Moise Kean as part of a swap to sweeten the deal.
According to TEAMtalk, Toffees boss Carlo Ancelotti is desperate to bring Immobile into the team, but knows getting him to leave his home country won’t be an easy task.
Ancelotti apparently sees 30-year-old Immobile as his frontman for the squad, should a deal be made.
He has netted 116 times for Lazio in 167 appearances and had built himself a stellar reputation in the Italian capital.
Immobile has an outstanding tally to his name with a total of 193 goals in 362 games, with an added 10 in 39 for the Italian national team.
These stats make him a Toffees treat and with Ancelotti willing to spend big in the summer transfer window, they could be in with a shot on target.
The Serie A side value Immobile at around £43.5million.
Everton paid £24.5m to sign Kean from Juventus, who has not been fulfilling his duties since joining.
The 20-year-old Italian has struggled, only scoring a single goal out of the 26 appearances he has had for Everton so far across all competitions.
There were high hopes at Goodison park for the youngster when he signed in August last year, but he has failed to deliver under both Ancelotti and former boss Marco Silva.
His own father, Jean, spoke out around three months after the move from Italy, saying ”it was a mistake because he is still a young boy” and he hoped ”he can get back to Italy right away.”
It now means he could be on his way out in place of a new star striker, and while Immobile may be 10 years older than himself, he has proven prolific over the past two seasons scoring on 30 occasions in 33 games this campaign.
Kean spoke of a move away from Merseyside in January, but did not give much away then, saying: ”Going back to Italy? I don’t know, I just think about playing and giving my best on the field.”
In 2018 Chelsea tried to snap Immobile up, with then struggler Alvarato Morato their number to be replaced.
Immobile stuck to the Italian outfit, going on to become one of the most contested strikers in the Italian league, if not in Europe.
