The Toffees signed just one player in the winter transfer window – a loan deal for Flamengo midfielder Carlos Alcaraz – and walked away from several they didn’t feel were right to protect their profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) position.
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The i Paper understands that the club walked away from a move for West Brom’s Tom Fellows – a player admired by Moyes and also on Thelwell’s watchlist – because the price quoted was too high. Everton are unlikely to revive that interest in the close season.
Moyes hinted at that in Friday’s press conference, admitting the window could have been “better” but was conducted with one eye on the future.
“We think in the future, there’s a great chance we’ll be more competitive in the transfer market.”
David Moyes is planning a summer overhaul of his squad (Photo: Getty)There is also the framework of a deal to sign Chelsea’s Armando Broja although Everton are likely to renegotiate the terms of that even if the forward was able to impress between now and the end of the season. He should be ready to return in three or four weeks, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin about a fortnight behind him, and the lack of options means he should get opportunities when he is fit again.
Indeed The i Paper can reveal Everton are set to make a series of new hires as they attempt to shake up their academy and maximise the potential of their youth system.
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Asked last year about the likelihood of academy players making the step up to the first team, Dyche was critical of the output.
Under the leadership of Thelwell, Everton want to reposition their academy as a leading producer of talent that can attract the best young players.
Everton’s academy has proved a rich, fertile ground for young footballers over the years. One that has produced Wayne Rooney, sold to Manchester United for £20m in 2004, and, more recently, Anthony Gordon, who joined Newcastle for £45m two years ago.
There is strong belief that the club can reboot the academy and, in the long run, produce top quality players and a team competing at the top half of the table they want to stay in.
It did not help that Everton served a two-year academy transfer ban, between 2018 and 2020, for offering inducements to a player and his family to sign for them. But half a decade later there will be a renewed focus to re-establish the club as a leading destination for young footballers.
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