Scouting/recruitment

[Toddacelli]

I won’t start a thread for summer transfer window because it’s going to be a late one with the World Cup this year.

Although the way we bottled it, we might get some business done because what international players would want to come to us?

Ignoring what a boon European football would have been, let’s talk about the squad.

I think this will be one of the most difficult transfer windows we’ve faced. If you look at the squad it largely seems to be tried and tested but old - or potential and possibility but young.
What we need to do next is strike a balance of increasing the immediate first eleven quality without stifling the pathways for the younger players like Rohl, Dibling, George, Aznou, Iroebugnam, Alcaraz, Armstrong and Barry. That’s a serious amount of young talent to give minutes to and it only works if we’re solid everywhere else.

But even so, if we recruit so quality for the first eleven, we know Moyes is unlikely to give them any time at all.

So… is Moyes the problem? Is getting rid of Moyes the most tactically astute piece of business we can do this transfer window?

And where’s the Friedkin Group’s hatchet men when you need them?

[blueToffee]

Let's just go full old timer from the free agents list.

[Shogun]

There are actually a lot of good players there and Konate is there too.

[TheRam]

I’ll get the ball rolling on the Jadon Sancho discourse then.

I probably would.

[Cods]

Only for the the reason I want a Lewandowski #9 Everton shirt,...

but I'm not sure we could match €90m annual wage that the Saudis are offering - then again, not sure they could either.

[Fynci]

Free Agent FC would hammer us.

[Big Nevs Vaz]

Dybala is an interesting one. 32 and injured. He’s got Everton written all over him. To be fair a lot of that list are either old or crocked as you would expect….we would have to be sure and get one who is both.

[Cereal Killer]

Sterling and Traore solve our lack of pace on the wings

[Audrey Horne]

Andy Robertson go on.

[Bumble]

Can we get Luka Modric for a year and just watch him knock the ball around Hill Dickinson in his slippers.

[Shogun]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/729803 ... 8rlROyJCbm

Re-ranking all 189 Premier League transfers this season — from worst to best

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179. Tom King, Wolves to Everton
The Athletic’s reported transfer fee: Nominal

Contract length: Two years

First impressions: King of putting the cones out, right? Warmed the bench for two Carabao Cup games, but Everton are out of that competition now. Training standards: unknown.

Verdict: With Jordan Pickford playing every week, and even in the FA Cup too, the job of Everton’s third-choice goalkeeper is essentially a full-time morale-booster role.

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166. Mark Travers, Bournemouth to Everton
Reported transfer fee: £4million

Contract length: Four years

First impressions: The 26-year-old isn’t going to usurp England’s No 1 Jordan Pickford. Standard No 2 goalkeeper stuff.

Verdict: Two Carabao Cup appearances formed the entirety of his on-pitch season, a 2-0 home win against Mansfield Town and a 2-0 defeat at Wolves. Had a great view of the new stadium, though.

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162. Adam Aznou, Bayern to Everton
The Athletic’s reported transfer fee: £7.8m

Contract length: Four years

First impressions: Attack-minded, ball-carrying Moroccan teenage left-back. He’s only just turned 19, so is likely to be one for the future.

Verdict: Looked really promising from the bench against Sunderland in the FA Cup in January but then was not used again, with zero minutes in the league. Some good qualities, but not yet ready physically for English football.

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144. Tyler Dibling, Southampton to Everton
The Athletic’s reported transfer fee: £40million (with add-ons)

Contract length: Four years

First impressions: A ball-carrying magician. Elegance personified in the way he saunters upfield and past defenders, although he is only 19 and his all-round game (including his end-product) needs a lot of work.

Verdict: That is a big fee for Everton and Dibling has barely featured, even when Jack Grealish was injured, and he fell behind Chelsea loanee Tyrique George in the pecking order. When manager David Moyes told him to “pull his finger out”, you knew it wasn’t going well.

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115. Carlos Alcaraz, Flamengo to Everton
The Athletic’s reported transfer fee: £12.6million

Contract length: Two years

First impressions: Certainly did enough on loan at Everton in the second half of last season to suggest that £12.6million is a bargain fee for the 22-year-old Argentinian attacking midfielder.

Verdict: Had to wait for injuries and suspensions to get his opportunities, then didn’t really take them. Mainly used as an impact sub. There was a case for seeing more of him, but in general, not a season to remember.

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103. Merlin Rohl, Freiburg to Everton
Transfer fee: Loan

Contract length: One year

First impressions: With a name like that, you’d surely have to be a dinky, creative, wizard-like winger, but Rohl is actually a 6ft 3in (192cm) central midfielder. Injuries would be a concern, but this is a beefing-up-the-squad signing.

Verdict: Injured at first but started to force his way in towards the end of the season, however him not playing much for months after being so good in the January win at Villa was a bit strange. Moyes perhaps struggled to fit him into the side. Everton’s £18million obligation to buy was triggered when they avoided relegation.

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101. Tyrique George, Chelsea to Everton
Transfer fee: Loan

Contract length: End of the season

First impressions: The 19-year-old effectively replaces the injured Jack Grealish as a versatile forward option for Everton. Time to show what he can really do in the Premier League (which should be a lot).

Verdict: One start and 10 sub appearances. Didn’t force his way into the team but produced some bright cameos without ever really properly grabbing a game. A loan signing, so no real risk. More to come from him, but where next?

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94. Jack Grealish, Manchester City to Everton
Transfer fee: Loan

Contract length: One year

First impressions: If Grealish, in a World Cup season, is given the freedom to express himself and be their main man, this has a good chance of being one of those ‘benefits everyone’ signings.

Verdict: Was top of our list in early October, but the initial burst of four assists before September that put him there subsided and his form had dropped off before a season-ending foot injury in January. He was missed by a club who had clearly taken to him, but his future is unclear.

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63. Thierno Barry, Villarreal to Everton
The Athletic’s reported transfer fee: £27.5million

Contract length: Four years

First impressions: A colossus at 6ft 4in (195cm) who can hold the ball up and is mobile, strong and shows good movement. A bit of a risky one, as yes, he’s raw, and no, he may not score a load of goals just yet.

Verdict: Took until his 14th Premier League appearance to produce his first shot on target, against Bournemouth in December. After that, a much-improved run of eight goals in 22 games. Endured some really tough times (including some boos from his own supporters), work to do, but enough signs there that next year might be better.

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16. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Chelsea to Everton
The Athletic’s reported transfer fee: £25million

Contract length: Five years

First impressions: Creates chances, is incessantly positive and one of the best passers in the league in the final third. Excellent.

Verdict: After an electric start, he reined in the bookings and added end-product, finishing with eight goals and four assists. The pick of the new-signings bunch for Everton, whose work ethic was always impressive. An average end to the campaign, along with the rest of their team.

[777Kidnappings]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/729803 ... 8rlROyJCbm

Re-ranking all 189 Premier League transfers this season — from worst to best

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179. Tom King, Wolves to Everton
The Athletic’s reported transfer fee: Nominal

Contract length: Two years

First impressions: King of putting the cones out, right? Warmed the bench for two Carabao Cup games, but Everton are out of that competition now. Training standards: unknown.

Verdict: With Jordan Pickford playing every week, and even in the FA Cup too, the job of Everton’s third-choice goalkeeper is essentially a full-time morale-booster role.

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166. Mark Travers, Bournemouth to Everton
Reported transfer fee: £4million

Contract length: Four years

First impressions: The 26-year-old isn’t going to usurp England’s No 1 Jordan Pickford. Standard No 2 goalkeeper stuff.

Verdict: Two Carabao Cup appearances formed the entirety of his on-pitch season, a 2-0 home win against Mansfield Town and a 2-0 defeat at Wolves. Had a great view of the new stadium, though.

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162. Adam Aznou, Bayern to Everton
The Athletic’s reported transfer fee: £7.8m

Contract length: Four years

First impressions: Attack-minded, ball-carrying Moroccan teenage left-back. He’s only just turned 19, so is likely to be one for the future.

Verdict: Looked really promising from the bench against Sunderland in the FA Cup in January but then was not used again, with zero minutes in the league. Some good qualities, but not yet ready physically for English football.

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144. Tyler Dibling, Southampton to Everton
The Athletic’s reported transfer fee: £40million (with add-ons)

Contract length: Four years

First impressions: A ball-carrying magician. Elegance personified in the way he saunters upfield and past defenders, although he is only 19 and his all-round game (including his end-product) needs a lot of work.

Verdict: That is a big fee for Everton and Dibling has barely featured, even when Jack Grealish was injured, and he fell behind Chelsea loanee Tyrique George in the pecking order. When manager David Moyes told him to “pull his finger out”, you knew it wasn’t going well.

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115. Carlos Alcaraz, Flamengo to Everton
The Athletic’s reported transfer fee: £12.6million

Contract length: Two years

First impressions: Certainly did enough on loan at Everton in the second half of last season to suggest that £12.6million is a bargain fee for the 22-year-old Argentinian attacking midfielder.

Verdict: Had to wait for injuries and suspensions to get his opportunities, then didn’t really take them. Mainly used as an impact sub. There was a case for seeing more of him, but in general, not a season to remember.

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103. Merlin Rohl, Freiburg to Everton
Transfer fee: Loan

Contract length: One year

First impressions: With a name like that, you’d surely have to be a dinky, creative, wizard-like winger, but Rohl is actually a 6ft 3in (192cm) central midfielder. Injuries would be a concern, but this is a beefing-up-the-squad signing.

Verdict: Injured at first but started to force his way in towards the end of the season, however him not playing much for months after being so good in the January win at Villa was a bit strange. Moyes perhaps struggled to fit him into the side. Everton’s £18million obligation to buy was triggered when they avoided relegation.

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101. Tyrique George, Chelsea to Everton
Transfer fee: Loan

Contract length: End of the season

First impressions: The 19-year-old effectively replaces the injured Jack Grealish as a versatile forward option for Everton. Time to show what he can really do in the Premier League (which should be a lot).

Verdict: One start and 10 sub appearances. Didn’t force his way into the team but produced some bright cameos without ever really properly grabbing a game. A loan signing, so no real risk. More to come from him, but where next?

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94. Jack Grealish, Manchester City to Everton
Transfer fee: Loan

Contract length: One year

First impressions: If Grealish, in a World Cup season, is given the freedom to express himself and be their main man, this has a good chance of being one of those ‘benefits everyone’ signings.

Verdict: Was top of our list in early October, but the initial burst of four assists before September that put him there subsided and his form had dropped off before a season-ending foot injury in January. He was missed by a club who had clearly taken to him, but his future is unclear.

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63. Thierno Barry, Villarreal to Everton
The Athletic’s reported transfer fee: £27.5million

Contract length: Four years

First impressions: A colossus at 6ft 4in (195cm) who can hold the ball up and is mobile, strong and shows good movement. A bit of a risky one, as yes, he’s raw, and no, he may not score a load of goals just yet.

Verdict: Took until his 14th Premier League appearance to produce his first shot on target, against Bournemouth in December. After that, a much-improved run of eight goals in 22 games. Endured some really tough times (including some boos from his own supporters), work to do, but enough signs there that next year might be better.

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16. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Chelsea to Everton
The Athletic’s reported transfer fee: £25million

Contract length: Five years

First impressions: Creates chances, is incessantly positive and one of the best passers in the league in the final third. Excellent.

Verdict: After an electric start, he reined in the bookings and added end-product, finishing with eight goals and four assists. The pick of the new-signings bunch for Everton, whose work ethic was always impressive. An average end to the campaign, along with the rest of their team.

There should be an internal enquiry into our recruitment. Absolutely criminal.

What did they say?? We should be pleasantly disappointed or some other such nonsense about the season. The new lot (not the owners but the people they put in) are as inept as the last lot

[Kerryblueboy]

I think the enquiry should be to the lack of use of some of these players by Moyes

[Brownie]

BREAKING! - Everton are targeting a £10M move for West Ham Right Back Aaron Wan-Bissaka after West Ham’s relegation

(Source - Mike McGrath, The Telegraph)

[TheRam]

Meh, would probably take it at this point.

He gets up and down and is a decent defender.