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Everton have completed the signing of Nikica Jelavic from Rangers.

The 26-year-old striker joins the Blues on a four-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee.

Jelavic completed a medical and agreed personal terms at Everton’s Finch Farm training base on Tuesday before putting pen to paper on his new contract at Goodison Park.

He becomes David Moyes’ third signing of the January transfer window, following deals for Landon Donovan and Darron Gibson.

SOURCE: Official Everton Website.

Good bit of business by David Moyes, who will hope that the Croatian can replicate, to an extent, the form he has shown in the SPL.

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Scottish champions Rangers have made a deadline day bid for Norwich City captain Grant Holt, Sky Sports understands.

Gers boss Ally McCoist has seen leading marksman Nikica Jelavic agree a deal with Everton, and he will complete his move to Merseyside on Tuesday.

McCoist has made Holt his number one target and is now hoping some of the Jelavic money will be used to lure him to Glasgow.

SOURCE: Sky Sports

Grant Holt has taken to life in the English top tier incredibly well, after a career in the lower leagues the 30 year old Canaries striker has struck seven Premier League goals in 11 starts and has now attracted the attention of SPL giants Rangers.

It may well be a move that the former Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday man has to think long and hard about and Ally McCoist, who seems likely to lose Nikica Jelavic, may well see the big old fashioned forward as the man to fill the breach.

Canaries fans would greatly miss Holt who has become something of a cult hero at Carrow Road, helping the East Anglia based side to back to back promotions and scoring 62 goals in 102 starts in the process.

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Everton and Rangers have struck a deal for the transfer of striker Nikica Jelavic, according to Sky Sports sources.

The Croatian striker has been linked with a host of clubs this month following a series of impressive performances in the SPL during the first half of the season.

Ally McCoist has made it clear that he would prefer to keep Jelavic but the level of interest has been so great that it looks as though Gers may have been able to agree what they believe to be a good deal.

David Moyes dodged questions about his interest in the 26-year-old on Monday after it emerged that Everton had lodged a bid over the weekend.

It is now understood that the two clubs have reached an agreement over a fee, with the Toffees able to spend some money following the sale of Diniyar Bilyaletdinov to Spartak Moscow.

SOURCE: Sky Sports

David Moyes may well have done a great bit of business here. Whilst it’s true that scoring goals aplenty in the SPL doesn’t necessarily equate to being able to do so in a ‘bigger’ league, Nikica Jelavic appears to have the ability to make it South of the Border and a number of prospective suitors must have also been tracking the Rangers man.

The 26 year old has netted 17 goals this season and would perhaps have been more amenable to sticking with his Glasgow side if they hadn’t lost the upper hand to a Celtic side who have recently completed their 12th straight win. However with the Euro 2012 finals around the corner Jelavic may have felt that a high profile Premier League move would help secure a regular spot in Slaven Bilic’s starting eleven.

Everton has struggled for goals, a problem highlighted by the fact that one of the club’s joint top scorers, with three goals, is left back Leighton Baines. Louis Saha and Tim Cahill have just one goal apiece so Moyes will look to Jelavic to hit the ground running as he looks to push his Toffees side towards the top six.

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EVERTON are increasingly hopeful of clinching a deal for Rangers striker Nikica Jelavic after David Moyes moved to bolster his forward line.
An initial bid was lodged yesterday using the proceeds of Diniyar Bilyaletdinov’s £5million move to Spartak Moscow, but Everton are likely to go to about £6m including add-ons. Jelavic, 26, has told Rangers’ boss Ally McCoist he wants to move to Goodison Park and solve Moyes’ painstaking search for reinforcements that has seen him check on the likes of Wolves’ Kevin Doyle.

SOURCE: Express

This could prove something of a pivotal signing for David Moyes as he looks to pull his Merseyside outfit nearer the top six than the relegation zone. Having sold Diniyar Bilyaletdinov to Spartak Moscow the Toffees boss appears to have the funds to make a decent offer for Croatian international Jelavic and Ally McCost saw his Rangers side win 4-0 against Hibernian on the weekend without the use of his top scorer.

The 26 year old former Rapid Vienna man has struck 17 goals thus far this season and notched up 19 in his first season at Rangers, during which time he helped his Glasgow side to a SPL title. However McCoist has admitted publicly that the striker had been pushing for a move South of the Border and that appears to be growing increasingly likely.

Everton have struggled for goals this season, with the club’s top scorer being full back Leighton Baines. Aussie Tim Cahill, usually a reliable source of firepower, has managed just one goal this season and Louis Saha has also managed just one goal in 18 Premier League appearances this season, therefore Moyes clearly felt the need to pursue a new striker signing this month.

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West Ham have offered £7m for Rangers striker Nikica Jelavic, BBC Scotland has learned.

The English Championship leaders have been in negotiations with the Ibrox club for more than a week.

Rangers though, believe the 26-year-old is worth more and could hold out in the hope of an improved bid from elsewhere before the transfer closes next week.

Manager Ally McCoist wants any deal concluded quickly so that he has time to find a replacement.

SOURCE: BBC Sport

This is a fairly ambitious move for the Championship leaders to make but by all accounts Ally McCoist expects more for his star striker but are the East London side willing and able to up their bid?

The Daily Mail has reported that Nikica Jelavic’s father had claimed earlier in the week that a Liverpool move was a possibility and that his son would be very keen to complete a move to Anfield but as yet no offer has been forthcoming from the Merseyside club.

Jelavic has netted 17 goals thus far this season but has watched as his Rangers side have seen their big SPL lead clawed back by Celtic, who’s 12 straight wins puts them in pole position to take the title from their arch rivals, which may well act as an incentive to the Croatian international to seek a move South of the Border.

West Ham are top of the Championship but have notably scored less goals than fellow promotion contenders Southampton and Cardiff City and Sam Allardyce may feel that the signing of the 26 year old may help in their pursuit of an instant return to the top tier.

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Liverpool are in pole position to sign Nikica Jelavic as English interest in the Croatia striker intensifies, BBC Scotland understands.

Premier League rivals Fulham and Championship outfit West Ham have been in contact about the 26-year-old.

Responding to interest from West Ham, Rangers boss Ally McCoist said: “They’ve not made an official bid.

“The reported amount would not be enough to meet the demands of the owner – £6m is not nearly enough.”

SOURCE: BBC Sport

Liverpool could well do with an attacking addition this month as they continue to be without banned striker Luis Suarez and a move for Nikica Jelavic may well be a relatively inexpensive way to beef up the Anfield attack. The 26 year old Croatian international has been a big success since his move to Ibrox in August 2010, netting 36 goals in 54 appearances for the Glasgow side and helping Rangers to an SPL title in his first season at the club.

Kenny Dalglish has been unable to get the most out of £35m signing Andy Carroll, who has scored just six goals in 31 games in his first year at the club, and has on occasion turned to veterans Dirk Kuyt and Craig Bellamy for extra support but clearly neither the Dutch or Welshmen are long term solutions to the lack of firepower at the Merseyside club.

Thus far this season Liverpool have managed just 24 goals in 21 Premier League matches and struggle to break down opposition defences, especially at home where their opponents set their stall out to play ultra defensively, as evidenced in the recent encounter with Stoke City.

Jelavic may well have scored a great deal in Scotland but some may question his ability to find the back of the net in higher level leagues. After all the former Rapid Vienna man has struggled to score regularly whilst on national team duty, managing just two goals in 17 games for the Croatian side.

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Arsenal are reportedly interested in Rangers striker Nikica Jelavic.
Arsene Wenger is looking to bring in a new striker this month, and Jelvaic has recently emerged as a likely target.
The 26-year-old has been in top form for Rangers recently, and has caught the eye of many top clubs.
Arsenal are currently lacking in the striking department, and Arsene Wenger is reportedly chasing a new striker who can help Robin Van Persie bang in the goals.

SOURCE: Footy Bible

Well this would be mighty surprising. Whilst it may be true that Arsenal could do with striking reinforcements, especially with Gervinho and Marouane Chamakh away on African Nations Cup duty, a move for the Croatian international would be something of a shock move for Arsene Wenger to make.

Ally McCoist has admitted that he faces a struggle to keep the 26 year old at Ibrox and the 26 year old is said to be keen on a move south of the border and a number of Premier League sides have been linked with the former Rapid Vienna man, including QPR, Liverpool and Sunderland.

Though Jelavic has netted freely with Rangers, 34 goals in 53 appearances, he hasn’t proved as effective on international duty managing just two goals in 17 matches, in friendlies with Qatar and Slovakia, perhaps this is evidence that the Croat is not ready for a jump up to a ‘bigger’ league.

After all prior to his move to Glasgow Jelavic had only managed to score regularly at Rapid and had even struggled to find form in Belgium with Waregem and in Croatia with Hajduk Split.

Wenger brought in Thierry Henry on a loan deal to help beef up attacking numbers and has been linked with moves with a number of alternative options but the North London side seem highly unlikely to bring in Rangers man this month.

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