If you read our Everton season preview yesterday, you might have noticed that their squad is looking a bit thin. Players who played 12,021 minutes have left the squad, and they’ve been replaced by three players who had just 4,055 minutes played last season, and one of those is a backup goalkeeper.
In a recent press conference following a preseason friendly in the United States, Toffees boss David Moyes openly admitted that his team needs to sign “5 or 6” new players before the window closes. Thankfully for him, it seems like the recruitment department got the message that they needed to move their tails.
Everton have already secured the services of midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall — affectionately dubbed “Bridgerton” by Ted — for the same £25m that Chelsea paid last summer.
He was always an odd signing for the Blues, but he looks like he’d add some much needed playmaking to Everton’s midfield. Between his Championship stats 2 years ago and what he did in the UEFA Conference League last year, he looks very much like a £25m player.
The Transfer Flow
They also continue to work on signing a player from Southampton who has my current favorite banter nickname, Tyler Dribbling.
We don’t know if the dribbly boy will ever perform any other skill at a Premier League level, but he’s a good enough dribbler that I’d be willing to find out.
The Transfer Flow
The Toffees are also in negotiations to sign Jack Grealish, which would presumably be a loan in which City covers a significant chunk of his wages. G
realish doesn’t have a big enough sample in any competition to make any kind of good statistical evaluation of him, but he’s been so good in previous years that he’s well worth the risk if Everton don’t have to pay a large fee.
If Moyes can get these 3 in the door, suddenly Everton’s prospects are looking up considerably. The club’s new recruitment department is doing stuff that makes sense, and I’m excited to see what this club looks like in a couple years.