Everton are closely monitoring Championship sensation \u017dan Vipotnik as they step up their search for a new striker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to reports, the Merseyside club have carried out thorough scouting on the Slovenian international, who currently tops the scoring charts in England\u2019s second tier. The Toffees had considered strengthening their attack in the previous transfer window, but ultimately stuck with Beto and Thierno Barry, both of whom had done just enough to retain their spots at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, attention has now shifted to Vipotnik, one of the standout performers in the Championship this season. The prolific forward has netted 20 goals so far, putting him firmly in the lead for the Golden Boot \u2014 four ahead of his closest rival, Haji Wright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His impressive tally also eclipses Everton\u2019s current striking options, with Beto and Barry managing a combined 12 league goals between them this campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That said, Everton could face major hurdles in any potential summer move. Competition is fierce, with several clubs \u2014 including Newcastle, Aston Villa, Leeds, Brentford, and West Ham \u2014 all reportedly tracking the forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On top of that, Vipotnik recently signed a new deal with Swansea, strengthening the club\u2019s position in negotiations. As a result, any team looking to secure his services will likely need to pay a significant fee, with previous estimates placing his value around \u00a315 million \u2014 a figure that is expected to rise given his current form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everton Eye \u00a315m Goal Machine Who\u2019s Outscored Beto and Thierno Barry Combined\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[821],"class_list":{"0":"post-5192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-everton-fc"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/legitsportnews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/169035.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legitsportnews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legitsportnews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legitsportnews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legitsportnews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legitsportnews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legitsportnews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5194,"href":"https:\/\/legitsportnews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5192\/revisions\/5194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legitsportnews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legitsportnews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legitsportnews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legitsportnews.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}