Back in 2008 David Moyes embarked on a personal mission to Liege to seek out Marouane Fellaini and seal a deadline-beating deal but 14 years on, Everton are now battling to get one over on their long-time ex-manager and land another giant Belgian midfielder in the significant shape of Amadou Onana.
Revamping the Blues midfield has been a priority all summer and, while Goodison Park officials are understood to be in advanced talks to bring the club’s former mighty atom Idrissa Gueye back from Paris Saint-Germain, Onana, a man mountain who revives memories of Fellaini, has become their latest target as the look to hijack his proposed move to West Ham United, matching the Londoners' £33.5million offer.
The Lille player, to give him his full title, is called Amadou Zeund Georges Ba Mvom Onana. It’s a big name for a big man as Onana is a towering presence at 6ft 5in, representing the kind of stature in the department that Everton have not possessed since his compatriot Fellaini, and he only joined his current employers from German second-tier outfit Hamburg 12 months ago.
