Everton na kusa da kammala yarjejeniya don daukar dan wasan tsakiya na Middlesbrough, Hayden Hackney, inda ake tsammanin dan wasan mai shekara 24 zai zama sabon ɗan wasan farko na kakar bazara na kulob din.

Hackney ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a ƙoƙarin Middlesbrough na haɓaka zuwa Premier League a lokacin da ya gabata, duk da cewa kamfen din ya ƙare da takaici bayan sun sha kashi daga Hull City a wasan karshe na Championship play-off a Wembley watan jiya.

Ana kan tattauna adadin kuɗin canja wuri, amma majiyoyi sun nuna cewa adadin zai kai aƙalla fam miliyan 16. Hackney yana da shekara guda da ta rage a kwantiraginsa a Middlesbrough, wanda ya sa kulob din ke son canja wurinsa a wannan lokaci.

An haifi Hackney a Redcar kuma ya shiga makarantar matasa ta Boro a matakin ƙasa da shekara 10 — wanda hakan ya sa tafiyarsa ta zama abin baƙin ciki ga magoya bayan Teesside.

Crystal Palace ma sun nuna sha'awar ɗaukar dan wasan, amma an fahimci cewa Hackney yana sha'awar aiki ƙarƙashin manajan Everton, David Moyes, wanda ya sa Toffees ya zama zaɓinsa na farko.