Everton target Leroy Fer is known as 'the bouncer' in Holland.
The People says the 6ft 2in Feyenoord star has been likened to Patrick Vieira because of his size and tackling ability.
Fer, 20, is a Holland Under-21 international, and sources at the Rotterdam club say they expect him to join Everton.
Moyes may have to fork out about £4million, with his hand forced by the loss of free agent Dan Gosling.
Fer, whose father was a football international for Netherlands Antilles and his mother a top baseball player, has been with Feyenoord since he was nine.
Everton have been trailing him for months and need to move quickly before he makes the full Dutch national side and moves beyond their price range.
