Moscow return or move to Hull on the cards for Niasse?

Lyndon Lloyd | Wednesday, 17 August 2016

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Oumar Niasse's exile from Everton could see him end up back at the club from which Roberto Martinez signed him according to a report in Russia, while MailOnline say Hull have inquired about the striker.

Niasse was sold by Lokomotiv Moscow to the Blues on 1st February for £13.5m but just 150 goalless minutes of first-team action later, the Senegalese striker is surplus to requirements in Ronald Koeman's plans and has been transfer-listed.

The 26-year-old scored 12 goals in 28 appearances for the Russian club, enough to attract the attention of scouts from Everton and Chelsea last winter and earn him that big-money move to the Premier League.

According to Life.ru, however, new Lokomotiv president, Ilya Herkus, agrees with observers who viewed the sale of Niasse by his predecessor, Oleg Smorodskaya, as a "strategic mistake" and it appears as though he could try and reacquire the striker.

A move to another Premier League club isn't out of the question, however. Crystal Palace were reportedly exploring making a loan move for him part of the package that took Yannick Bolasie to Goodison and there is now a claim by the Mail that Hull have opened talks with the Blues about taking him to Humberside.

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