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Lukaku expected to
be a hit for Toffees

EVERTON look set to sign Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea for £23.7m and bookmakers expect the striker to be a hit.

The powerful forward is rated 22-1 by Coral to be top goalscorer and he's 8-1 with Hills to be named PFA Young Player of the Year. It's 50-1 he wins the senior Player of the Year award.

The 21-year-old knocked in 15 goals in 31 Premier League appearances on loan at the Toffees last season and a similar showing is anticipated this term.

Bet365 offer 5-6 that he scores 13 league goals or more and the same price he bags 12 or fewer, but Ladbrokes pitch his goals line two notches higher at 14.5.

Hills go 13-8 that Lukaku scores 17 or more goals, while offering 6-4 that he finds the net between 14 and 16 times and 15-8 he gets 13 or fewer.

The firm have also put the striker in a match bet with Diego Costa, signed by Chelsea from Atletico Madrid, and make the Everton man the slight 5-4 outsider.

The confirmation of the move took many by surprise, not least because Everton aren't known for splashing the cash, and only a couple of hours before the deal was reported Hills were offering 6-5 that he would be at Goodison Park at the end of the transfer window.

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