This story is not a new one, of course, and Everton have been linked on and off with the Norway international frontman Jorgen Strand Larsen for a little while now.
According to reports, he is one of several potential striking options being seriously weighed up by David Moyes as he seeks reinforcements in attack.
Wolves seem resigned to losing Strand Larsen this month as they stare down the barrel at what appears to be virtually certain relegation from the Premier League.
If the Blues do move for him, they will likely face strong competition for his signature from several other clubs, most particularly West Ham, who also desperately need goals to get out of the drop zone.
However, other outlets claim the Londoners are now on the verge of a deal for another striker, with Portuguese forward Gil Vicente close to a Premier League move.
That would leave Everton in a prime position to sign Strand Larsen, although his fee and wage demands might well be prohibitive.
A reported transfer fee of around £40 million would surely be way over the amount the Toffees are willing to pay for a player who has only managed one goal so far this season.
That was the same total as both of Everton's two current strikers, Thierno Barry and Beto, until Barry netted his second at Nottingham Forest in the Blues' last game of 2025.
Despite all this back and forth, though, Moyes has also been a little coy in his recent public utterances about the amount of business Everton will be doing over the next four weeks.
Owners The Friedkin Group have masterminded an almost complete turnaround in the club's fortunes since they took control of the Toffees from Farhad Moshiri.
They have stabilized the previously precarious finances, brought back Moyes as manager, a successful and popular move, and funded an expensive overhaul of the first-team squad that has certainly led to significant improvements on the pitch.
It has been a costly process for sure, and with lingering doubts around PSR still relevant, any further spending on new players would need to be managed carefully.
But bringing in a new striker who can consistently find the back of the net is a must, if it can be done in this transfer window.
Apart from the top two or three teams, the Premier League is wide open this season with any one of a number of clubs competing for a place in Europe, as at the moment only five points separate Chelsea in fifth from Brighton in fourteenth.
So any team that can find a bit of consistency and, crucially, is able to regularly score enough goals to win games, can quickly climb the table and maybe secure European football.
Everton have a solid defence and are creating plenty of chances with new signings Jack Grealish and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall making a big difference, and Tyler Dibling perhaps beginning to find his feet too. That will surely only improve when Illman Ndiaye returns from the Africa Cup of Nations duty.
Finding a consistent enough goal threat could be the difference between another campaign that ends in mid-table mediocrity and finally breaking through that glass ceiling that has kept the Toffees from achieving for so long.