Everton could be set to bank almost £2m from the sale of Niels Nkounkou after he was subject to an offer from Frankfurt, report FootMercato.
Writing on their website (22 August), the French news outlet report that the young left-back has emerged as a target for the Bundesliga club despite only signing for Saint-Etienne this summer in a £2.1m deal from the Toffees.
But they are looking to sell him on immediately for £8.5m to make a profit, meaning Everton could rake in £1.9m as they have a 30% sell-on clause for any profit the Ligue 2 club make.
“According to our information, the Forez club has also refused a new offer from Eintracht Frankfurt in recent days,” they wrote. “An offer greater than the €6 million (£5.1m) already proposed in July.
“The Ligue 2 club have told their German counterpart that they want €10m (£8.5m). A sum, at the time of writing his lines, which remains for the moment non-negotiable.
“As a reminder, the Greens have exercised the option to buy the player of €2.5 million (£2.1m) from Everton against his will and must pay 30% of the capital gain made to the English team in the event of a transfer.”
Well that’s a surprising turn of events for Everton, considering the player was sold and considered by many to be gone for good.
It’s interesting that the article states he didn’t want to go to Saint-Etienne but because he had already agreed a deal with them before his loan in case it became permanent, he didn’t really have a choice.
He now really wants to go to Germany with Frankfurt, but they’re demanding a big amount of money considering what they paid for him earlier in this window.
For Everton it’s great news as the extra money could go towards a new first-team signing if it’s received early enough, but ultimately it’s a little cash injection that we definitely wouldn’t have been expecting to see so quickly.
With a little under two weeks to go in the window this is really do or die time for the club in the market, and every extra bit of cash could make the difference in getting a deal over the line, so this can only be good news.