Valencia linked with permanent switch

  • by Staff Writer
  • Monday, 24th April 2017

Enner Valencia's season-long loan spell at Everton could be made permanent this summer, according to reports from Merseyside.

The Ecuador international is almost certainly on his way out of West Ham at the end of the current campaign and one potential destination is Goodison Park, where he has proved to be a moderate success on loan this campaign.

With his asking price has been set at circa £12million - roughly the fee West Ham paid CF Pachua for his services three summers ago - Toffees boss Ronald Koeman is said to be considering making Valencia's season-long loan spell permanent.




And the signing would be approved of by many Everton fans, according to comments posted on the club's forums over the weekend.

"He's not a first team starter but he has had a good season and been an effective impact player," wrote Chris CK1978. "I would like to see him stay especially if we get a spot in the early rounds of the Europa League."

Thoughts echoed by fellow Everton fan madden95, who added: "Every time he has come on he has played well. He hasn't moaned about not playing, works hard and gets on with the players. I would keep him."




However not all fans are in agreement about potentially landing the 27-year-old, who has also been on the radar of West Bromwich Albion in recent weeks.

"On the one hand has been effective in several games were we've needed him, and at the very least is a decent squad player," wrote Toffe3m4n, a member of grandoldteam.com.

"On the other, if we're really serious about kicking on then we need to be buying better players than him, even ones who'll be bench players."

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