Everton are reportedly weighing up a shock move for Jamie Vardy after missing out on Folarin Balogun.The Toffees tried to sign Balogun from Monaco on deadline day, but the deal for the USA striker collapsed.Vardy spent last season in Italy with CremoneseGettyEverton’s frantic search for a strikerThey also had a late loan approach for Joshua Zirkzee rejected by Manchester United.But talkSPORT understands Everton have been offered the chance to sign former Man United striker Anthony Martial on a free transfer after he left Mexican side Monterrey earlier this year.With the Toffees selling Beto to Fiorentina, they find themselves badly short at centre-forward.Thierno Barry is now their only senior out-and-out option in that department.But that figure could rise to two if Everton complete the signing of Vardy, with The Sun reporting the veteran is firmly on the Toffees’ radar.Vardy is availableVardy is currently a free agent after leaving Cremonese at the end of his contract this summer.The 39-year-old Premier League legend scored seven goals in his one and only season with the Serie A side, who he was unable to save from relegation.Vardy had joined Cremonese after his glittering 13-year stay with Leicester to an end in the summer of 2025.The former England international racked up 200 goals for the club, famously firing them to a fairy-tale Premier League title in the 2015/16 campaign.He also helped the Foxes to 2020/21 FA Cup glory and to two promotions to the top flight either side of their unforgettable title triumph.Vardy won the prestigious FWA Footballer of the Year award for his part in Leicester’s Premier League successGettyWinner of the Premier League Golden Boot in 2019/20, Vardy turns 40 in January but doesn’t seem to have any plans to retire just yet.Cremonese were the fifth club of his long career that began with South Yorkshire eighth-tier outfit Stocksbridge Park Steels back in 2006.Famously a late bloomer, not making his top-flight debut until the age of 27, Vardy continued his rise through non-League with FC Halifax Town and Fleetwood Town before Leicester came calling in 2012.The Foxes paid a then English fifth-tier record £1m to secure his services.That record stood until just last week, when Swedish club Djurgardens signed winger Abdul Abdulmalik for an initial £1.5m from National League Boreham Wood.An all-time Premier League greatVardy scored 145 Premier League goals for Leicester, placing him 14th on the competition’s all-time list.He struck 20 or more times in three separate top-flight seasons, peaking with 24 goals en route to the title in 2015/16.Capped 26 times by England, he notched seven goals for his country, including one in the win over Wales at Euro 2016.