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Ronald Koeman will start Everton’s biggest ever transfer splurge by signing Charlton’s Ademola Lookman .

The Goodison boss confirmed talks to seal a £10million deal for the England Under-20 forward, the first of five players to arrive in the January window.

The ambitious Blues could spend a club record £45million next month and have also opened discussions with Manchester United over Morgan Schneiderlin, who Koeman worked with at Southampton and is wanted to bolster his midfield.

West Brom have offered United £13million for the French midfielder and Everton may have to pay as much as £20million to bring him to Goodison Park.

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Koeman’s top defensive target is Saints’ Virgil van Dijk and he is willing to meet his £25million buy-out clause to lure his fellow Dutchman away from St Mary’s.

Koeman signed van Dijk from Celtic in 2015 and is the kind of ball-playing centre-half he wants at Everton.

He also wants another central midfielder and a winger and is eyeing up United outcast Memphis Depay.

The former Southampton boss is keen to bring through a new generation of players at Everton and feels Lookman has great potential.

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Lookman, 19, has attracted interest from a number of Premier League sides and Everton want to strike first.

Koeman confirmed their move for Lookman, saying: “There is interest for the boy.”

Lookman scored his seventh goal of the season in Charlton’s 1-0 win at MK Dons on Boxing Day and the Addicks want Everton to agree to loan him back to them.

However, it is understood that Koeman feels he is good enough to challenge for a place in his first-team squad straight away.

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He said: “Of course, we are working on the January window. We have certain interest in some players, but we have to keep that inside the club.

“Some names are true, some names are untrue. One name is possible, but most of them are bulls**t!”