TOFFEES IN DOUBLE SWOOP?

Everton have made a second offer for Joao Moutinho that will smash their club transfer record, according to reports on Merseyside.

The Liverpool Echo claims that the Toffees have gone back to Sporting Lisbon with an offer in excess of the £11.25m they paid to Middlesbrough for Yakubu a year ago.

Moutinho has made it clear that he wants to complete a move to Everton and could soon be joined there by Alan Smith.

According to the Echo, 'sources in the North East have indicated it is a question of 'when' not 'if' he joins the Blues in a deal that is likely to cost around £2m'.

Everton boss David Moyes has tried to sign Smith twice before - once when he was leaving Leeds and again a year ago before the England international opted to join Newcastle.