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Ronald Koeman is mulling over a move for Arkadiusz Milik.

The Everton boss is looking at alternative targets after hopes of landing Graziano Pelle were dashed.

Koeman wanted a reunion with the Southampton striker but Pelle has accepted a lucrative offer from China.

And so the Blues manager is now considering other targets as he looks to bolster Everton’s attack.

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Much of Koeman’s transfer business still depends on the future of top scorer Romelu Lukaku who had made it clear that he wanted to leave Goodison in search of Champions League football.

But hopes have grown in recent weeks that the 23-year-old will stay with Everton.

Koeman remains determined to keep the Belgium hit-man but even if Lukaku stays he knows he needs to sign reinforcements with Oumar Niasse and Arouna Kone struggling to convince.

And Ajax forward Milik, 22, is being closely monitored by Koeman and his team.

The Poland international joined the Dutch giants on a permanent deal from German club Augsburg last summer and struck 21 goals in all competitions.

Milik also played a major role in Poland’s qualification for Euro 2016 and his goal secured a 1-0 win over Northern Ireland in the group stages of the tournament last month.

Ajax’s sporting director Marc Overmars, himself linked with a move to the Blues, has been quoted as saying that only a major offer would force the club to sell.

Last week, he was reported to have said: “At the moment the departure of the player isn’t scheduled, we’re not selling him.

“To get things started it’d take a monster offer, but it’d only be possible after the Champions League qualifiers (at the start of August).”

Everton were not willing to match the mega-offer that 30-year-old Pelle received from Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng who are set to pay the Italy international £125,000-a-week.

But the Blues would not be put off by Ajax’s valuation of emerging talent Milik should Koeman ask the club to press ahead with the move.