Everton are keen to sign Ismaila Sarr after Watford suffered relegation from the Premier League, according to French outlet Jeunes Footeux.
The lowdown
Watford wound up finishing 19th in the table, a full 15 points adrift of safety and only a point above bottom-place Norwich City.
Sarr, who has two years left on his contract, has now experienced two demotions in the past three seasons.
He’s played the vast majority of his minutes as a right winger, but also has 36 games’ worth of experience on the left and 31 through the middle.
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The latest
Sarr apparently has a ‘good chance’ of securing a move away from Vicarage Road during the summer transfer window.
If an ‘interesting offer’ arrives, Watford will be willing to let him go, with ‘several’ PL sides and an unnamed German club in the equation. Everton, Newcastle and Crystal Palace are all name-checked as interested parties.
The report adds that Sarr is unlikely to be sold for less than €35million, which equates to around £30million.
The verdict
The season got off to a promising start for Sarr as he bagged four goals in his first six matches, but things soon tailed off.
In November, he sustained a ligament injury that would keep him out until February, and he missed six more matches before the campaign was over.
Since the end of September, he’s only been able to contribute one goal and two assists.
But this is a player who’s previously been courted by giants. His agent revealed that he was on verge of signing a contract with Everton’s local rivals Liverpool in January 2021 before the Reds refused to meet Watford’s demands.
What’s more, team-mate Ben Foster has marvelled at his ‘scary’ abilities and even described him as a ‘freak’, insisting he’s never seen anybody with so much acceleration.
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