Everton has signed Argentine striker Denis Stracqualursi on season-long loan.
The move comes as Yakubu exits Goodison Park to sign a permanent deal with Blackburn Rovers.
Stracqualursi, a 6ft 3in frontman, arrives from Tigre, who plays in the South American country’s top division.
He was joint top scorer in the Argentine Apertura last term netting 11 times in 19 games and had been a target for champions Velez Sarsfield as they looked to replace their Fiorentina-bound star Santiago Silva.
Aged 23, Stracqualursi arrives having notched a hat-trick against heavyweight Boca Juniors back in April.
Nicknamed El Traca – the firecracker - he has also played for Gimnasia La Plate in his homeland and boasts an overall record of 27 goals in 84 appearances in South America.
He passed a medical at Finch Farm on Wednesday and has put pen to paper ahead of the 11pm transfer deadline, becoming Everton’s first Argentine player in the process.
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