Everton are set to land Ronald Koeman with a £7million-a-year double-your- money offer — and the promise of massive transfer funds, according to the Mirror.
Goodison chairman Bill Kenwright is confident he will have Southampton manager Koeman in place by the end of the weekend.
Everton ’s principal shareholder Farhad Moshiri will play his trump card with the promise of a £100m transfer kitty PLUS an expected £65m from the sale of Romelu Lukaku AND plans to build a state-of-the-art new stadium.
It is a financial package Saints simply cannot match, and will prove a crucial factor in getting Koeman to indicate he is ready to take on the job of getting Everton back into the top four .
Moshiri will have to pay Southampton compensation – upwards of £3m – for the Dutchman, but has made it clear money is no object to his plan of taking the Blues back to the top.
Kenwright and Moshiri refused to give up the chase for the 53-year-old, even when he seemed to decline their initial approach .
They made Koeman their number one target as soon as they axed Roberto Martinez in the final week of the season.
Multi-millionaire businessman Moshiri had identified Sevilla coach Unai Emery as an alternative.
And even if Koeman is their man they could still do business with that Spanish club, with an offer to their sporting director Monchi to fill a similar, newly-created role.
Koeman has no objection to the sporting director model and if Saints give their blessing he is expected to arrive on Merseyside with his agent Rob Jansen to thrash out details of a deal over the weekend.
His first job will be to persuade England internationals John Stones and Ross Barkley to stay, with Stones a target for Chelsea and both Manchester United and Man City.
He will be promised funds to give both men a major pay-rise.
Lukaku is likely to leave, but his potential £65m fee will be reinvested in another striker and Koeman has proven at Southampton that he is adept at replacing stars who move on.
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