Everton boss David Moyes is struggling to find the readies to land Wigan Athletic winger Charles N'Zogbia.
The Mirror says Moyes is running into major financial problems in his bid to sign N'Zogbia from Wigan in a £9million deal.
Moyes has told supremo Bill Kenwright to set up the deal - and the French flier is also interested in swapping a survival fight for a shot at a top-six finish with the Toffees.
The Goodison chief is prepared to pay the fee for N'Zogbia who would add pace and variety to his attack - but Everton do not have the money to even pay the down payment.
Wigan are demanding half of the fee is paid up front, but Everton are struggling to raise the £4.5million - with sales of Joseph Yobo and Yakubu yet to be completed to bring in the funds.
