THURS PM: Huddersfield Town's Smithies hunted by Everton - reports
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN are reported to have rebuffed suggestions that Everton have sealed a deal for goalkeeper Alex Smithies.
But sources on Merseyside say Toffees boss David Moyes could be back in the summer with a multi-million pound bid.
Reports earlier this week claimed that Everton had already agreed a £2million fee for the England under-19s international, beating off interest from Premier League rivals Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur.
However according to reports in Liverpool newspapers, insiders at Town are still waiting for the Goodison Park outfit to make a concrete offer for the player who has also represented his country at under-16s, under-17s and under-18s levels.
Moyes crossed the Pennines to personally run the rule over Smithies in Huddersfield’s 1-0 home defeat to Southend on April 4 and is understood to be keen to recruit a new keeper to push first choice Tim Howard.
The United States international’s current understudy Carlo Nash will be 36 in September and has still not made a first team appearance since his move from Wigan at the start of the season.
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