Mohammed Kudus joins four others in Everton shortlist…

Mohammed Kudus joins four others in Everton shortlist as Richarlison moment left ex-Blue stunned

Here are your Everton evening headlines for Monday, November 28.

Five forwards Everton could target

It's safe to say the mid-season Premier League break came at the perfect time for Everton.

The Blues tasted victory just once in their last eight fixtures in all competitions prior to visiting Australia to participate in the Sydney Super Cup. The most concerning aspect of Everton's flirtation with the bottom three will no doubt be a distinct lack of goal threat. The Toffees failed to score in their last three league games before the break and have drawn a blank in five of their last seven matches across all competitions.

Frank Lampard is looking to add quality to his group during the January transfer window in a bid to bring about a change in fortunes and has identified attacking options as a priority, the ECHO has been told. With that in mind, we have explored five potential January options to bolster Everton's attack.

Mohammed Kudus will no doubt remain a target after his brace helped Ghana beat South Korea this afternoon, while Jonathan David's World Cup form for Canada will also be of interest to the Blues scouting department.

See who else the Toffees should be keeping an eye on here.

Richarlison left ex-Evertonian stunned

Former Everton midfielder Tom Cleverley has admitted he did not expect Richarlison to become a "top, top player" but has revealed how left his former Watford team-mates speechless after his first training session in 2017.

Richarlison, who made the move from Goodison Park to Tottenham Hotspur in a £60m deal in the summer, continued his remarkable form on the international stage on Thursday as Brazil opened their World Cup campaign with a 2-0 victory over Serbia. He fired home both goals for the Selecao to take his his tally to 19 goals in just 39 appearances.

However, it hasn’t always been plain sailing for the forward, who has had to fight an abundance of cynics during his time in the Premier League so far, with even his former Watford team-mate, Cleverley, admitting he did not expect Richarlison to climb up the football pyramid and lead his nation's charge for first World Cup triumph in 20 years this winter.

“If someone had said to me five years ago, 'Would you see him [Richarlison] playing in the Qatar World Cup and setting it alight?' I would probably say, ‘That's a meteoric rise?!’, said Cleverley. “The one thing he did have was a massive drive to be in between the box and score goals. I will never forget his first session obviously everyone knew nothing about him.

“We did a finishing drill and I remember thinking he could really bang it with both feet. He was putting experienced defenders in the net with him with headers and everyone was looking at each other thinking this lad doesn't mind a challenge. Those were the two things that stood out from his first session,”

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