Premier League club Everton have confirmed they are in talks to sign USA forward Landon Donovan on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy.
Major League Soccer’s season has finished and any deal to secure Donovan would be similar to the one that will see Galaxy team-mate David Beckham re-join AC Milan next month.
Everton chief executive Robert Elstone said: “Landon is a player (manager) David Moyes has identified as someone he would like to bring to the club.
“We are working to make that happen and hope we can reach agreement soon with all the appropriate parties.”
If negotiations are successful the forward would join Everton on January 2.
Donovan is part of the United States squad that will compete in the 2010 World Cup finals. They are in Group C with England, Algeria and Slovenia and face England in their opening match on June 12.
