Everton have made an approach to sign Juma Bah of Real Valladolid this month, according to Alan Nixon.
However, the journalist reported via his Patreon that the Toffees would need to sell one of their centre-backs first to sign the 18-year-old.
Manchester City are also interested in signing the 18-year-old, but he is not keen on the reigning Premier League champions’ idea of sending him out on loan twice.
Inter Milan are, therefore, set to win the race to sign the Sierra Leone gem, who is on loan at Valladolid from AIK Freetong, for a deal worth up to £12million.
Sean Dyche set to miss out on Juma Bah at Everton
Valladolid have won only three La Liga games this season and are placed bottom of the table, but it is telling that Bah is attracting interest from the likes of City.
The teenager has made 11 first-team appearances for the Spanish club since arriving on loan from Freetong in the summer.
It is unclear if Valladolid have an option to make Bah’s season-long loan deal permanent.
Nixon does not mention if Inter are negotiating the £12m deal with Freetong or Valladolid.
Nevertheless, Everton are quickly running out of time to sign the up-and-coming centre-back as they need to offload one of their centre-backs first.
