Everton backed in transfer swoop for striker given Wayne Rooney treatment - 'a smart signing'

Everton-linked striker Tommy Lonergan has been backed to make it in English football second time around with a pundit channelling his inner Clive Tyldesley over Wayne Rooney by bolding declaring: “remember the name”. A report from TEAMtalk states that scouts from a host of Premier League clubs were in attendance as Lonergan bagged a brace in the Republic of Ireland Under-21s’ 3-1 win over their England counterparts – managed by former Blues’ fans favourite and Irish international Lee Carsley – in Cork last Tuesday.