Everton’s slow window so far and the transfer priorities laid out by David Moyes

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It’s a pivotal summer for Everton, yet so far the transfer window has passed with little movement. With David Moyes overseeing his first full off-season since returning to Goodison Park, fans had hoped for early signs of intent. We spoke to Will Rooney of LiverpoolWorld to get his take on the mood at Finch Farm, the players Moyes is targeting, and whether Everton’s low-key start to the window could give way to a flurry of decisive action before the new season begins.

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00:00It's a pivotal summer for Everton, yet so far the transfer window has passed with little

00:08movement. With David Moyes overseeing his first full off-season since returning to Goodison

00:13Park, fans had hoped for early signs of intent. Instead it's been a period of patience, caution

00:19and perhaps quiet calculation. Following a campaign built on defensive steel and organisation,

00:26Everton's need for attacking upgrades is widely acknowledged. The Toffees often lacked cutting

00:32edge in key moments last season and adding creativity and clinical finishing remains a

00:38top priority. But with no major signings through the door, questions linger about when and how

00:44the club will act. So far the window has seen more rumours than real activity. We caught up with

00:51Will Rooney of Liverpool World to get the latest from Bramley Moore Dock.

00:56Yeah, just on the transfer window, obviously a big summer of transition. David Moyes has

01:02said it ever since he came back to the club, how important this summer is going to be. We've

01:06mentioned it before. We've mentioned the players who are out of contract as well. Why has it

01:11been so quiet so far? Is it to do with the PSR deadline? Obviously late June, that kicks

01:18in. And then do you feel there's going to be a bit of a spark of business ever so slowly

01:23in terms of this adjusting to the new sort of era at Everton?

01:27I think it's been slow because June is normally a bit of a slow month in terms of the transfer

01:33window. You look around the clubs that have done business so far and it's Liverpool have

01:38obviously done business and Manchester City. So maybe it's only the real clubs with money

01:43to spend who start that domino effect effectively. And then once players start moving on, then

01:50opportunities open up. Let's say I think maybe the PSR situation. If Everton can sign a player

01:57on July the 1st instead of June the 30th, then it goes into the next set of accounts and

02:02Everton's accounts are improving all the time. So that'll help down the line. And it's just,

02:08as you say, players are on holiday. I think in the next couple of weeks, things might start

02:12getting a little bit livelier. Kenny Tete from Fulham, that looks, one that looks like we get,

02:19might be getting over the line on a free transfer. An addition at right-bass, which Everton have

02:24got options at right-bass, but Jake O'Brien was excellent in this after Moyes came in, but he's

02:31a natural centre-back, probably rotate with Tete. Where's that leading? They've been passing,

02:36maybe you're thinking about there. Everton needs a new striker, at least one new striker,

02:42perhaps two, because Thomas Calvert-Lewin, as I think Stans will be to part of the football club.

02:48Armando Broge has gone back to Chelsea. Does David Moyes want Beto to be his out-and-out striker

02:55week in, week out? It's a sort of eternal barrier at Villarreal, but to Everton, I think he's worth

03:02£35 million for a player who might take a little bit of time just spending that sort

03:07of money. If you're ever, then you need someone to be starting week in, week out, like Liam

03:11De Lafford have been. Central midfield, he still needs options. I think they need a couple

03:17more, even if it's just a Garnagay start. If you've got Garnagay, you've got James Garner,

03:24Tim Irabunum, is he ready for the Premier League? Does he maybe need a loan?

03:28Wide options, they've only got Dwight McNeil and Elidman Dye, so they need a little bit more

03:34pace, I think, down that right flank, to be honest. Someone who can rarely get Everton up

03:39the pitch and cause issues. They've only got one senior goalkeeper in Jordan Pickford,

03:45so back up as needed. What do Everton do there in terms of back up? Centre back, if Michael

03:51Keane leaves, maybe he needs a fourth choice one. So there'll be conversation about a doubt

03:58ongoing with agents and clubs, etc., but it might just be a little bit later in Everton's business

04:04might really kick off a bit later and then accelerate towards the end of the window, especially

04:10in the low market when players are becoming available. But I wouldn't panic yet. It's going

04:15to be a busy summer. Everyone's known it's going to be a busy summer. It's not like Everton

04:19are caught on the hop here and all of a sudden they need to get players through the door.

04:25They've known that for a long time, Everton, and they'll be fairly relaxed, I would say,

04:31at the minute. The situation, there's no need to panic. They're not even back for pre-season

04:35yet, so a lot of clubs aren't back for pre-season yet, so I think there's absolutely no need

04:42to panic as things stand.

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