Everton manager Frank Lampard had admitted Dele Alli is a potential solution to his current striker crisis.
The Blues go into their opening Premier League fixture of the season at home to Lampard’s previous employers Chelsea without a recognised frontman with Dominic Calvert-Lewin injured, Salomon Rondon suspended plus Ellis Simms and Lewis Dobbin having been loaned out to Sunderland and Derby County respectively.
Asked if Dele could move further forward, Lampard said: “Potentially. He made his name as a second striker off Harry Kane and had some great years at Tottenham off that.
