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Everton and West Ham battle for international striker: He is set to move in January
EVERTON face competition from West Ham United and Valencia if they want to land Napoli striker Manolo Gabbiadini.
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Napoli want Gabbiadini to sign a new contract but talks have stalled and he is set to leave when the transfer window opens in January.
Everton have been keen on him since last summer but Napoli weren’t prepared to do business but that has now changed.
Manolo Gabbiadini is attracting interested from both Everton and West Ham
Ronald Koeman is understood to be interested in signing Manolo Gabbiadini
Ronald Koeman has been told that there is money to spend on new signings while The Hammers are also interested in moving him to London.
West Ham have lacked firepower this season with key strikers Diafra Sakho and Andy Carroll both out injured.
Slaven Bilic wants to bolster his attacking options with Manolo Gabbiadini one of his targets
Meanwhile Everton are keen on easing the pressure on Romelu Lukaku as their main source of goals.
Gabbiadini has scored 14 Serie A goals in 17 league starts since joining Napoli in January 2015.
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