Frank Lampard signing Real Madrid striker makes sense for Everton

Everton have been linked with a transfer deadline day move for Luka Jovic but what would the Real Madrid man bring to their side?

Mike McGrath of the Daily Telegraph reports that Everton are considering a loan option for the 24-year-old Serbian international, who would be allowed to depart the Bernabeu in a temporary switch.

New Blues boss Frank Lampard of course played under one of his Goodison Park predecessors Carlo Ancelotti – now back in charge of the Spanish giants for a second stint – so there could be a direct line of communications between the clubs.

With Donny van de Beek poised to occupy Everton’s only remaining domestic loan option after they drafted in Anwar El Ghazi from Aston Villa earlier this month, any other loans would have to come from outside of the Premier League.

Jovic joined Real Madrid for €60million in 2019 after netting 27 goals for Eintracht Frankfurt the previous season but has been unable to replicate his prolific form from Germany in La Liga.

He’s struck just three times in 47 outings for the club, including one in 15 this term and spent last season back at Eintracht on loan where he scored four goals in 18 games.

Everton have endured problems up front this season with last season’s top scorer Dominic Calvert-Lewin missing most of the first half of the campaign through injury.

The England international grabbed 21 goals in 2020/21 but after striking three in as many matches last August he picked up a quadriceps injury that kept him sidelined for four months.

Despite returning to the side against Brighton & Hove Albion on January 2 – a game in which he fired a penalty over the bar – he has looked off the pace as he tries to regain his match sharpness.

Understudy Salomon Rondon, who