EVERTON will pay Wolves £5million to bring Joleon Lescott to Goodison Park today.
An initial outlay of £4million plus appearance-based add-ons for the central defender will take David Moyes's spending to £13.6m in the space of a week.
And after the £8.6m capture of Andy Johnson from Crystal Palace that broke the Goodison club's transfer record, the Everton manager has achieved his goal of securing his top targets well ahead of the club's pre-season training.
Lescott, who had a medical at Goodison yesterday, is untried at the top level having missed the entire season Wolves spent in the Premiership in 2003-04 when he was recovering from a knee operation.
But Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey has sent his prize asset to the Premiership with a glowing reference.
He said: "We've never doubted that Joleon has got what it takes to be a real hit in the Premiership, and we believe we are getting a fair price for the player.
"It's still subject to him passing his medical but we expect a deal to be completed this morning."
Lescott has long been tipped for a move away form Molineux with Aston Villa, Newcastle and Spanish side Sevilla being among his suitors.
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