• FC Ingolstadt striker currently on winter break • Moyes looking to add to Everton's forward options

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Everton are giving the United States international Edson Buddle a trial this week. The club's manager David Moyes is keen to increase his options up front and he is taking a look at the 30-year-old striker, currently at FC Ingolstadt.

The German second division side are on their winter break, allowing the former Los Angeles Galaxy player to come to Merseyside.

Buddle is represented by the same agent as the Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard and the on-loan Galaxy forward Landon Donovan, both fellow Americans.

He scored 42 times in 87 appearances for the Galaxy between 2007 and 2010 and has six goals in 17 league appearances for Inglostadt this season.

Buddle's representative Richard Motzkin, managing executive of Wasserman Media Group Global Football Group, confirmed on Twitter: "For those asking, my client Edson Buddle will be on trial this week at Everton FC."