Everton target likened to Frenkie de Jong has Toffees move in his sights

Everton have been heavily linked with Ajax’s Mohammed Kudus in recent days.

Last week, The Athletic reported that the Toffees were eyeing the Ajax midfielder.

The report suggested that midfield is a key area Frank Lampard wants to improve before the window shuts.

Then, Ghana Soccer Net claimed Everton and Kudus have reportedly ‘agreed on personal terms’.

This is reportedly after Lampard promised the 22-year-old that he’d be a starter at Goodison Park.

Now, reports from the Netherlands have provided Everton with a further boost.

Ajax Showtime (via Soccer News and Sport Witness) claim Kudus has ‘set his sights’ on a move to Goodison.

Now he ‘hopes’ that Ajax will work for the transfer to take place as well.

However, there is a stumbling block – apparently, the Eredivisie giants don’t want to let him go.

Although manager Alfred Schreuder has only given Kudus 56 minutes of game time this season, he doesn’t want to lose another player this summer.

Soccer News puts the transfer in Everton’s hands, pointing out that the Toffees have until Thursday to convince Ajax to let him go.

“He is a good player”

Predominantly a central midfielder, Kudus can fill in pretty much anywhere between the number six and ten positions.

Erik ten Hag has previously described his former player at the Amsterdam outfit as an “incredible talent“.

And Ajax’s Daley Blind has compared his club teammate to Barcelona and Netherlands ace Frenkie de Jong.

“He can play a man and make a gear,” Blind told Ajax TV in 2020, via Football Ghana.

“He is quite a bit like Frenkie in that respect.

“You can just see that he has a lot of quality. I think he will certainly help us on our way. He is a good player.”