Everton have identified Deportivo La Coruna's Lucas Perez
Martinez as the striker to provide support for Romelu
Lukaku.
Director of football Steve Walsh is a long-time admirer of
Lucas, 27, who scored 17 La Liga goals last season.
The Spaniard is likely to command a fee in the region of
£15m.
Lukaku had been strongly linked with a return to former club
Chelsea but the Belgian has decided to stay at Goodison
Park for at least one more season.
Manager Ronald Koeman confirmed the 23-year-old told
him on Friday he wished to stay, with the possibility Lukaku
may sign a new contract.
Oumar Niasse, a £13.5m signing, has been told he has no
Everton future despite only arriving in January.
Everton still hope to do a deal for Sunderland's unsettled
central defender Lamine Kone, while Koeman also wants to
sign a goalkeeper.
The possibility of England international Joe Hart arriving on
loan from Manchester City is being complicated by the
possible £7m cost of a potential season-long loan, with Hart
on a reported £135,000 a week at Etihad Stadium and a loan
fee also being involved.
Koeman is also keen on bringing in cover at right-back with
Republic of Ireland defender Seamus Coleman currently
injured - and he is considering returning to former club
Southampton to sign Dutchman Cuco Martina.
Koeman signed the 26-year-old last summer when he was
at Saints and Martina appears surplus to requirements after
Koeman's successor Claude Puel brought in Frenchman
Jeremy Pied.
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