Everton are set to sign Coventry City youngster Bassala Sambou in the summer after he rejected a new deal with the Sky Blues, according to the Coventry Telegraph.
German-born Sambou has scored 25 goals this season, with 9 of those coming in the FA Youth Cup, but he is yet to make an appearance in Tony Mowbray’s first team.
Although promised a future role in Coventry’s plans, the highly-rated teenager appears to have set his sights on a Premier League move.
The 18-year-old academy graduate has reportedly been at loggerheads with Coventry who have according to manager Tony Mowbray made a ‘pretty good offer beyond what we might have offered normal scholars’.
The story of Sambou is reminiscent of many a youth player who have found themselves in limbo after signing their first professional contract but are lacking first team starts, the most famous of which being Paul Pogba, who infamously left Manchester United in 2012.
Along with Sambou, Swiss wonderkid Shani Tarashaj will team up with Everton in the summer.
The Grasshoppers forward signed a four-and-a-half-year deal in January with fee believed to be around £3.5million.
