Everton boss Sam Allardyce has admitted that his side will look to sign a new striker during the January transfer window.
The Toffees have been largely underwhelming this season in terms of their performances and they have been unable to build upon what they achieved last season following the departure of Romelu Lukaku to Manchester United during the summer.
Young Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Oumar Niasse have performed decently. However Calvert-Lewin is still very inexperienced while Niasse is not exactly the ideal first choice striker for a club of the calibre of Everton.
Sandro Ramirez has also failed to deliver and has been linked with a January move to Valencia.
Allardyce said, “At the moment we would look to add a goalscorer. Dominic [Calvert-Lewin] has done well, [Oumar] Niasse has scored a few.
“It is the hardest thing to recruit players who score goals and hopefully there is somebody that can be brought in. If not, we will have to try to get Sandro to contribute a bit more.
“When everybody is fit we have a 31-man squad. At this early stage adding more players to that would mean thinking ‘Who is going to come in for one of our players and am I prepared to sell them or rotate the squad a little bit?’
“I don’t want to be in a desperate position in January. I want the players to show me that I don’t desperately need to sign anyone and that we are going to be OK for this season. Then it would be a key element of next pre-season.
“The hardest time of the year to recruit the players, and the most expensive time, is January.”
