Balogun uncertainty and Zirkzee move

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Everton have launched a late bid for Manchester United's outcast striker Joshua Zirkzee amid questions over their £40m move for AS Monaco's Folarin Balogun.

A report in France suggested Balogun had failed his medical, although the word at the Everton end is that the deal is still being worked on.

Everton will now be racing against the clock to seal a deal for the 25-year-old Netherlands striker, who saw proposed moves to Juventus and Fiorentina fall through.

Whether he is in addition to, or instead of, Balogun remains to be seen.