Everton and Spurs have both enquired about Croatian wonder kid Ante Coric, according to Sky Sports.
The youngster has been attracting attention from the Premier League with a host of clubs such as the Toffees, Spurs and Merseyside rivals Liverpool chasing his signature.
Tottenham are said to have offered £12million as the club prepare to let the creative midfielder leave, while Everton are said to want to hijack the move as they look to strengthen in the middle of the park. Muhamed Besic was also ruled out for potentially the whole 2016/17 season prompting the club to move for another midfielder.
The Blues have also been linked with creative midfielders such as Juan Mata, Wesley Sneijder and Axel Witsel but all three look as though they could be off the table.
Other targets for Ronald Koeman include Willliam Carvalho, Kalidou Koulibaly and more recently Adrien Silva as the Dutchman looks to reshape the squad that Roberto Martinez left him with.
