EVERTON are in pole-position to land William Carvalho, according to reports in Portugal.
The Sporting Lisbon midfielder has been linked with moves to the Premier League for the last four years.
A Bola report the 26-year-old Portuguese international will finally get his wish and move England with Everton closing in.
West Ham thought they were close to landing the big holding midfielder last summer.
But the moved collapsed with the Hammers claiming they did not have enough time to make “adequate medical checks” before pushing through with the deal.
Sporting blasted back saying West Ham never submitted a bid for their Euro 2016 winner.
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The bitter dispute ending with the Portuguese giants calling the club co-owners David Gold and David Sullivan the “Dildo Brothers”.
Toffees boss Sam Allardyce sent scouts to run the rule over Carvalho in the goalless draw against Benfica on Saturday.
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Carvalho, who has just returned from injury was taken off after 63 minutes.
Sporting president Bruno de Carvalho will demand at least £26million for the midfielder.
But will hope interest from Inter Milan and West Ham making another tilt could spark a bidding war.
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