HUDDERSFIELD are in talks to sign former Everton striker Oumar Niasse on a free transfer.
The Terriers failed to bring in a new forward on deadline day.
Free agent Oumar Niasse is in transfer talks with Huddersfield TownCredit: Getty
Carlos Corberan’s side saw moves for Norwich’s Josip Drmic and QPR’s Matt Smith fall through before Monday’s deadline.
And they are ready to turn their attentions to free agent Niasse.
Niasse, 30, has been without a club since leaving the Toffees in June.
Niasse was released by Everton after scoring nine goals in over four years on Merseyside.
They forked out £13.5million for the Senegal international striker when signing him from Lokomotiv Moscow on deadline day of the 2016 winter window.
However he only played five times that season before being shunted out on loan to Hull.
Decent form on Humberside earned a reprieve in 2017/18, the season in which Niasse netted all nine of his Everton goals.
Then followed a goalless campaign and another loan move away, this time at Cardiff, before his permanent exit was confirmed.
Huddersfield did manage to bring in goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler, 31, on a contract until the end of the season on deadline day.
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The Canadian international played 18 games for Fleetwood Town before he was released last month.
His former clubs include Basel, Middlesbrough, Blackburn and Shrewsbury.
The Terriers are currently 15th in the second tier table, ten points off the top six and seven above the drop zone.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
