Summer Transfer Window 2026

[Bluedylan1]

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/ever ... ns-4697236

Everton are pushing to finally sign a right-back in the next seven to 10 days as an intriguing summer recruitment drive builds to a crescendo.

On the one hand, the Toffees have done smart work in the close season, striking an early and exciting deal for Hayden Hackney, who insiders believe has the potential to be part of the England conversation if he plots the trajectory they expect him to.

Christian Norgaard is a good replacement for Idrissa Gueye and at a decent price and wage level that allows the club to retain significant spending power under the Premier League’s squad cost ratio (SCR) rules.

It also feels like Everton have got the better end of the straight swap deal with Crystal Palace which will see Brennan Johnson and Dwight McNeil – who both underwent medicals at their new clubs on Monday – trade places.

But sources admit there remain gaps in the squad they hope will challenge for European football next season, and that means a busy end to a transfer window that could go “down to the wire”.

The club hope that description will not apply to their move for a right-back, which is the most pressing of their priorities.

Everton have got a sizeable budget to address it but finding the right man at the right price that everyone agrees has – not for the first time – proved a frustrating problem.

Celtic’s Alistair Johnston emerged as a priority last week but hit a stumbling block over a difference in valuation of around £5m.

It is not totally dead but the club have had to keep other plates spinning in their bid to solve a long-standing problem.

West Ham’s Aaron Wan-Bissaka is another option. However, that move is considered a non-starter at the moment due to his wage demands being considered too high.

Genoa’s Brooke Norton-Cuffy has fans within the transfer committee though there is not universal support for a move, so Everton appear ready to press the button on other targets yet to emerge publicly.

The i Paper understands there is hope a defender can be added before the season opener against Palace on 22 August.

If they do manage to bring in a right-back, there is a feeling inside the club that they would be in decent shape heading into the new campaign.

There is certainly a better balance to the squad with Tyler Dibling starting to show signs of what he is capable of and Merlin Rohl emerging as one of the breakout stars of pre-season.

Add into the mix the likely signing of Jack Grealish – that will be left until the last week of the transfer window as Everton look to extract maximum value from Manchester City over a probable second loan spell – and there is some reason for optimism at Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Other moves would likely be more a case of jumping on market opportunities.

Another forward and a winger are possible, but only if something presents itself or one of Iliman Ndiaye’s suitors coughs up the £70m asking price for the mercurial winger.

It is understood that mooted interest in Bournemouth’s Marcus Tavernier will not come to anything.

The Cherries renewed his contract last season and have opted to follow a policy of not selling any of their established players this summer, with the 27-year-old part of a group considered untouchable on the South Coast.

All of these efforts are playing out against the backdrop of an intriguing managerial picture, with David Moyes entering the final year of his contract and in the conversation for the Scotland national team job.

There have been tensions over targets but there was never any chance of him leaving at the end of last season.

A longer-term stay may require Moyes and the new arrivals to hit the ground running.

[Audrey Horne]

Has Munoz gone dead?

[Sir Stealth]

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[Audrey Horne]

Fuck off

[AjaxAndy]

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Yeah that one is definitely bull shit

[Fieldy618]

CB still feels me with nightmares. JB will never last the season.

[TrevorSteven]

Yeah that one is definitely bull shit

Typical Moyes signing to be fair…

[Evertonian418]

These sort of transfers make our club a laughing stock.

[Lazarou II]

No doubt bullshit with a dash of Everton plausabilty.

The perfect clickbait.

[CorkyOnTour]

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/ever ... ns-4697236

Everton are pushing to finally sign a right-back in the next seven to 10 days as an intriguing summer recruitment drive builds to a crescendo.

On the one hand, the Toffees have done smart work in the close season, striking an early and exciting deal for Hayden Hackney, who insiders believe has the potential to be part of the England conversation if he plots the trajectory they expect him to.

Christian Norgaard is a good replacement for Idrissa Gueye and at a decent price and wage level that allows the club to retain significant spending power under the Premier League’s squad cost ratio (SCR) rules.

It also feels like Everton have got the better end of the straight swap deal with Crystal Palace which will see Brennan Johnson and Dwight McNeil – who both underwent medicals at their new clubs on Monday – trade places.

But sources admit there remain gaps in the squad they hope will challenge for European football next season, and that means a busy end to a transfer window that could go “down to the wire”.

The club hope that description will not apply to their move for a right-back, which is the most pressing of their priorities.

Everton have got a sizeable budget to address it but finding the right man at the right price that everyone agrees has – not for the first time – proved a frustrating problem.

Celtic’s Alistair Johnston emerged as a priority last week but hit a stumbling block over a difference in valuation of around £5m.

It is not totally dead but the club have had to keep other plates spinning in their bid to solve a long-standing problem.

West Ham’s Aaron Wan-Bissaka is another option. However, that move is considered a non-starter at the moment due to his wage demands being considered too high.

Genoa’s Brooke Norton-Cuffy has fans within the transfer committee though there is not universal support for a move, so Everton appear ready to press the button on other targets yet to emerge publicly.

The i Paper understands there is hope a defender can be added before the season opener against Palace on 22 August.

If they do manage to bring in a right-back, there is a feeling inside the club that they would be in decent shape heading into the new campaign.

There is certainly a better balance to the squad with Tyler Dibling starting to show signs of what he is capable of and Merlin Rohl emerging as one of the breakout stars of pre-season.

Add into the mix the likely signing of Jack Grealish – that will be left until the last week of the transfer window as Everton look to extract maximum value from Manchester City over a probable second loan spell – and there is some reason for optimism at Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Other moves would likely be more a case of jumping on market opportunities.

Another forward and a winger are possible, but only if something presents itself or one of Iliman Ndiaye’s suitors coughs up the £70m asking price for the mercurial winger.

It is understood that mooted interest in Bournemouth’s Marcus Tavernier will not come to anything.

The Cherries renewed his contract last season and have opted to follow a policy of not selling any of their established players this summer, with the 27-year-old part of a group considered untouchable on the South Coast.

All of these efforts are playing out against the backdrop of an intriguing managerial picture, with David Moyes entering the final year of his contract and in the conversation for the Scotland national team job.

There have been tensions over targets but there was never any chance of him leaving at the end of last season.

A longer-term stay may require Moyes and the new arrivals to hit the ground running.

Feels like a copy and paste article from about a week ago,

[Sir Stealth]

Has Munoz gone dead?

Get the vibe we’re hoping some of these rumours pressure Celtic into dealing with us for a slightly lower price than they are asking for as they worry about not getting to sell their distinctly average and injury prone right back

Think Johnston is our main right back target and we will eventually land him, just not sure that he’s worth waiting for

[AjaxAndy]

You'd hope that now we've signed Johnson and don't necessarily need anyone else out wide, and Ndaiye probably staying, we now know exactly how much we've got left over for a right back.

May well have been that we've been waiting for things to fall in to place before we know we can commit to a Doue / Spence type, or a more bargain basement Johnston type.

If we don't plan on bringing in Grealish now we've got BJ then that frees up another £15m. Personally I'd rather we spent that plus whatever else we had left on an RB than split it over the two, especially as it means Dibling's game time isn't blocked by a player we don't even own.

I have a feeling though we'll bring back Grealish, pay £30m over 2 seasons for someone who's not ours, he'll play 15 games, and Dibling will continue to sit on the bench whilst our crap RB plods about doing a right footed impression of Mykolenko as we finish a disappointing 13th again.

[Cods]

Get Munoz in.

[AjaxAndy]

Get Munoz in.

I read their forum and they seem to think he's definitely leaving as they've already bought his replacement.

Although they also think he's most likely off to Barcelona and that a move to us would be pretty wild.

Tbf they're probably not wrong that he'll have better offers. There's also the issue of him having played behind Johnson for 6 months, and if he'd fancy doing that again elsewhere given how poor he was for Palace.

[AjaxAndy]

Speaking of Munoz it'd be interesting to see which people would prefer on here...

1) Munoz for circa £25m
2) Grealish on loan and Johnston for circa £12.5m each