Everton are wrapping up a deal for Coventry City prospect Bassala Sambou.

The Coventry Telegraph says the 18-year-old Sky Blues Academy striker has refused to sign his first professional deal with his home town club and will join the Merseysiders in the close season.

Sambou has caught the eye with 25 goals this season, most of which have come for the Under-18s in the league and FA Youth Cup while hitting four in the Under-21s.

Sky Blues boss Tony Mowbray lamented: “I had long chats with him and his advisors and think the career path would be much better at this club than going to the Premier League and finding himself in a pool of 20 or 30 under 21-year-olds all striving for the same thing and where he might never surface, of course, whereas here I think he would have possibly been around our first team squad and maybe off the bench and getting some first team minutes next season.

“But they have taken the decision to move on and let's see where his career goes from here."