Fabrizio Romano reveals that Bournemouth have won the race for Porto striker Evanilson, despite the likes of Tottenham, Man United and Liverpool being linked recently.
Who is Evanilson?
Evanlison had a breakout 2023-24 season for Porto, finding the back of the net 27 times across all competitions for the Portuguese giants (Transfermarkt).
The Brazilian was said to be sought after across the Premier League, with HITC claiming that Spurs, Man Utd, Newcastle and Liverpool had all spoken to the player’s agent over recent weeks.
However, it was explained that Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest were the only ones to formalise their interest to Porto, with the Cherries thought to be eyeing the centre-forward as a potential replacement for Dominic Solanke.
This is not the first time that Evanilson has been mooted as a target for Spurs with GiveMeSport revealing back in May that Ange Postecoglou is a big admirer of the 24-year-old and was keen on bringing the player to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Bournemouth win the race for Evanilson
Fabrizio Romano has now revealed that Bournemouth have won the race for Evanilson, reaching a €47m deal with Porto for the striker.
He tweeted: ‘Bournemouth agree deal to sign Brazilian striker Evanilson from Porto, here we go! Deal in place for package worth €47m for Brazilian forward to be the replacement for Solanke. Porto also has a 10% sell-on clause. Medical tests booked, Evanilson travels soon.’
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Postecoglou has confirmed that he has no intention of offloading Richarlison and that the Brazilian will compete with Dominic Solanke for the centre-forward role.
That statement should put an end to the transfer rumours linking various other strikers with a late move to Spurs.