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Having already beefed up his forward line with Cenk Tosun and Theo Walcott, could Everton manager Sam Allardyce really make a move for Leicester City's Jamie Vardy this transfer window?

It was widely anticipated that the Blues boss was seeking attacking reinforcements in January - and if punters are correct – Big Sam is not stopping with Tosun and Walcott.

Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has been heavily backed for a January move to Goodison Park and Oddschecker have revealed that the Foxes frontman has attracted 34% of all bets in his ‘Next club before January 31 market, with the Blues sitting as clear favourites to secure his signature.

Vardy was as long as 16/1 just a few weeks ago, but the public interest in him moving to Goodison has seen that price drop and cemented Everton as standalone favourites at 10/1.

Despite Manchester United (16/1) being linked with the former non-league goal-getter earlier in the transfer window, bookies say Everton are more likely to sign the 31-year-old than Mourinho’s side.

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Arsenal are seemingly next most likely at 20/1 and a surprising amount of traction on Atletico Madrid has seen them sneak into fourth favourites.

Oddschecker spokesperson George Elek said: “Big Sam didn't last long as England manager, but maybe we are getting a taste of what his Three Lions team would have looked like.

“Wayne Rooney, Theo Walcott and Jamie Vardy could well have been an England front-line in recent years but, if Allardyce gets his way, they could be lining up together at Goodison Park soon.”

Allardyce's long-time pal Steve Walsh, now his director of football at Everton, of course knows all about Vardy from his own days at the King Power Stadium but given that the Blues have already spent big this month in strengthening up top, such a move seems unlikely and besides left-back is now surely the priority position at Goodison.