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Ronald Koeman has confirmed Everton are looking to sign a striker before the close of the transfer window.

But the Blues are not interested in Manchester City forward Wilfried Bony, the ECHO understands.

Koeman is determined to keep Romelu Lukaku at Goodison despite interest from Chelsea and wants to offer the top scorer support with a new signing.

The Everton manager says Oumar Niasse has no future at the club and Everton are actively trying to offload the £13.5m forward.

Everton have been strongly linked with Bony this summer and the Ivory Coast man was offered as a makeweight in a deal for John Stones.

But the Blues turned down the chance to sign Bony in favour of a straight cash deal with City for Stones.

“That is one of the positions where we are looking,” Koeman told the ECHO.

“It is that position and that is one of the reasons why I put Deulofeu in front at No9 to see if he can occupy that position.”

Koeman was keen to be reunited with Graziano Pelle but the Italian striker accepted a mega-money offer from the Chinese Super League.

Everton have been linked with FC Utrecht forward Sebastien Haller as well as Porto’s Vincent Aboubakar this summer.