Season › 2024-25 › News The Blues eye Tomas Soucek as new midfield target Anjishnu Roy 16/07/2025 31comments | Jump to last Tomas Soucek has emerged as the newest target for Everton as they step up their search for midfielders. According to TEAMtalk, David Moyes wants to be reunited with his former West Ham player. The report even states that an official bid from Everton could be made shortly. “A £12M offer is in the pipeline – a figure that should meet West Ham’s valuation,” they stated. The Czechia international joined West Ham from Slavia Prague in 2020. He has made 245 appearances for the London-based club, scoring 41 goals and recording 13 assists. Moyes is said to be an admirer of the 30-year-old’s talents, and while West Ham are in no hurry to sell Soucek, who still has 2 years left on his contract, they might be willing to part ways should a suitable offer arrive. Everton have already signed Carlos Alcaraz on a permanent basis, French striker Thierno Barry from Villarreal, and recently completed the transfer of goalkeeper Mark Travers from Bournemouth. Reader Comments (31) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer () Ryan Holroyd 1 Posted 16/07/2025 at 12:20:13 Tomas Soucek liked again. Any thoughts anyone? Eddie Palin 2 Posted 16/07/2025 at 14:00:55 That will certainly be in keeping with our policy of recruiting fresh young talent with good sell-on value. Christy Ring 3 Posted 16/07/2025 at 14:04:21 No thanks, he’s 30 best days behind him and West Ham willing to let him go, Luiz would be a forward step in the right direction. Ryan Holroyd 4 Posted 16/07/2025 at 14:05:31 This signing would disappoint me and make zero sense Andrew Clare 5 Posted 16/07/2025 at 14:18:46 No no no. Kim Vivian 6 Posted 16/07/2025 at 14:19:28 I've always liked Soucek (except when playing against us!) and I think £10 - £12m could be a decent outlay. Not an expensive asset by todays horrible financial benchmarks, and with some decent years left in his tank I would have thought. How many people thought Gareth Barry was only fit to be put out to grass when he joined us. Alex Kociuba 7 Posted 16/07/2025 at 14:24:34 £12m is nothing these days. He's a dependable player that Moyes knows well. Not only is he a phyical defensive presence but also has a goal in him. 30 years old means he has another 4-5 years in him, so if we offered him a 2-3 year contract then this is a no brainer. Squad is threadbare and we need reliable additions ASAP. Rick Cole 8 Posted 16/07/2025 at 14:27:53 If we can get this bloke for 12mill, it's a no brainer. He will work amazingly well in a Moyes system. As to his age, he doesn't rely on place, so at 30 he has 2 or 3, top level years left. Mihir Ambardekar 9 Posted 16/07/2025 at 14:34:12 Hope this is not true. Never thought he was that great. We should target younger players. Douglas Luiz or Palninha would be my choice as they are much better. Liam Mogan 10 Posted 16/07/2025 at 14:37:58 We are not going to get all our No.1 targets. I think we need 2 CMs and I'd be happy with him and one other (preferably Douglas Luiz) He also has goals in his locker, which we are short of from midfield - around 6-7 a season. Sam Hoare 11 Posted 16/07/2025 at 14:52:12 Hopefully this is just a lazy link. If Moyes really wanted Soucek it would have have now. Maybe he’s a 5th or 6th choice.Not sure he would start for any of the teams above us. Frank Crewe 12 Posted 16/07/2025 at 14:53:23 The usual grumblings about his age I see. He doesn't turn 31 until next February. Yet everyone was happy to get Gueye signed up and he turns 36 in September. In the last five seasons he's barely missed a game and is a current international. He's experienced, motivated and is a good leader. He's physically strong. Box to box and 6' 4" tall and he chips in with a few goals. He won't ask for silly wages. At £12 million he's within our budget. A two year contract with an option for another year. I don't see a downside. Could be another Peter Reid or Gareth Barry. They came to Everton later in their careers and didn't do too badly if I remember correctly.We've already signed some younger players in Alcaraz, Barry and Travers. But not every player can be bought with an eye on resale value. Especially when we don't really want to sell good players anyway. Just look at the relief when Branthwaite signed his new contract.Pickford in goal, Branthwaite and Tarks in the middle of the defence. Gueye and Soucek centre midfield and Barry/Beto up front. Seems like a strong spine to me.It is wishful thinking to imagine that a PL side can be made up entirely of 20 somethings. Any decent side is a blend of youth and experience. So that is what we should be aiming for. Richard Duff 13 Posted 16/07/2025 at 14:58:45 Would be a sensible, if unexciting purchase, to fill a position for the next 18-24 months. Who knows how he will perform at the new stadium but based on his performances against us at Goodison over the years, Where, like Lewis Dunk of Brighton, he always seemed to raise his game and score/create against us, he could be a good asset.£12m is like £3m in 2015, so, not peanuts but not caviar either. Danny O'Neill 14 Posted 16/07/2025 at 15:01:10 Well until I see it from credible sources, this can go in the wait and see pile.There might be something in it, or it could be lazy journalism putting 2+2 together because of the Moyes-West Ham link.Nothing to get over-excited about just yet.For those who sometimes quote "in Moyes we trust", if, and if, it was to happen, we'll have to trust his judgement. That said, and with a more positive outlook, can you imagine the trepidation on opposition defence's gaces as the land of the giants (Branthwaite, O'Brien & Soucek) queue up for corners and set pieces? James Newcombe 15 Posted 16/07/2025 at 15:19:31 An upgrade on Doucoure, i'd say. As long as we're making another marquee signing (or three!) then i'll be happy. Jake FitzGerald 16 Posted 16/07/2025 at 15:29:58 I’m hearing a £40 million bid for Jacob Ramsey. That’s more like it. Jake FitzGerald 17 Posted 16/07/2025 at 15:33:52 Whoops - £30 million, not 40 Edward Rogers 18 Posted 16/07/2025 at 15:36:25 Not overly thrilled, but not overly disappointed either. At least he won't score his usual winner against us. The clamour for Douglas Luis surprises me, never been too impressed when I've watched him (admittedly, not that much)The reality is, we need players, experienced players if poss. they can't all be signings for the future.Hopefully, Davie has spotted the new Cahill, Jagielka, Lescott etc. Tony Abrahams 19 Posted 16/07/2025 at 15:39:59 I’ve seen snippets in those terrible websites that the new owners of ToffeeWeb, seem very fond of using Jake, so hopefully you have heard this from someone much more credible mate🤞 Martin Berry 20 Posted 16/07/2025 at 16:02:46 Moyes knows this player and how he could fit into his system. The player is quality and the fans will get to like him should he sign, works hard, dependable and has a few goals in him, at 30 ? so what he is not being signed for the 100 metres final. Mark Murphy 21 Posted 16/07/2025 at 16:04:20 Apparantly, according to Goodison News, Ndiaye will be fuming if we sign Jacob Ramsay and “may feel” Everton don’t trust him.Do people actually get paid for writing such utter shite?? Sam Hoare 22 Posted 16/07/2025 at 16:06:01 Not convinced Soucek is an upgrade on Doucoure at all. The age doesn't worry me but the athleticism does. Not always an issue but I don't think he's in the same bracket as Gareth Barry either. Just a bog-standard hard working player who is grabs the old set piece. Not the worst but would hope for better.Not high on Jacob Ramsey either. £30m would be alot for someone who has fallen off quite a bit after a good first two seasons. Paul Kossoff 23 Posted 16/07/2025 at 16:30:56 2nd attempt. Ryan, get him in, ideal replacement for Decoure, younger, fitter, more skilful. Alan J Thompson 24 Posted 16/07/2025 at 16:43:41 Does anyone know how tall Travers is as Soucek and Barry seem to give the impression that we are buying by height. Jay Harris 25 Posted 16/07/2025 at 16:46:44 Totally agree with Sam.We need hungry young players with pace, desire and ability.Players like Soucek should be a last resort at the end of the window or not at all. Lee Courtliff 26 Posted 16/07/2025 at 16:47:28 Travers is 6'3, apparently. Andrew Ellams 27 Posted 16/07/2025 at 17:07:08 Jay, I think we need a bit of both. There will be times we're battling next season and there's no substitute for a bit of experience in a dogfight. Mike Allison 28 Posted 16/07/2025 at 17:11:20 This would be fine. We have three young midfielders in Garner, Iroegbunam and Armstrong so I see nothing wrong with helping them out with a bit of proven Premier League experience. He’s also a player Moyes knows how to use.I’d much rather sign more of a ‘footballer’ like Douglas Luiz but, like so many other fans, I believe our limited money is best spent on a really high quality right winger. Si Pulford 29 Posted 16/07/2025 at 17:21:54 Can we get real please?!! We need a squad. Yes, we should go for Luiz but do we put all our eggs in one basket? No. And yes we should look at youth and re-sale, but a team of 21 year olds )that we would attract..) would get relegated!! We need goals from all over the pitch. It was a big frustration for Dyche and seemingly Moyes agrees. At 12 million he doesn’t need to set the world on fire but he adds goals assists and graft. Let’s get this type of experience in to help the younger lads along. Players play longer nowadays. No longer are they all busted flushes at 32. Si Pulford 30 Posted 16/07/2025 at 17:21:54 Can we get real please?!! We need a squad. Yes, we should go for Luiz but do we put all our eggs in one basket? No. And yes we should look at youth and re-sale, but a team of 21 year olds )that we would attract..) would get relegated!! We need goals from all over the pitch. It was a big frustration for Dyche and seemingly Moyes agrees. At 12 million he doesn’t need to set the world on fire but he adds goals assists and graft. Let’s get this type of experience in to help the younger lads along. Players play longer nowadays. No longer are they all busted flushes at 32. John Burns 31 Posted 16/07/2025 at 17:22:53 Mike, the BBC have just announced Everton have signed a winger. An England winger! My heart leapt, and then I saw it was for the women’s team, who incidentally seem to be having a more fruitful transfer window than the men’s. 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