Season › 2024-25 › News The Rumour Mill Toffees track two forwards as Beto competition sought Harry Diamond | 04/06/2025 9comments | Jump to last Everton have tracked Villarreal forward Thierno Barry and Stuttgart striker Nick Woltemade as the club look to bring in competition for Beto. The Athletic claim that Barry and Woltemade are both players of interest. Each enjoyed breakout campaigns in 2024-25 and have been extensively tracked by the club’s recruitment team. Centre-forward is one of several areas the Toffees are targeting to strengthen, amid a mass exodus of senior players. Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s contract expires this month and Armando Broja will return to Chelsea after an injury-hit loan spell. Beto scored eight league goals during an improved second season with the Blues but reinforcements are required in the final third. Barry joined Villarreal from FC Basel last summer and scored 11 league goals during an encouraging debut season in La Liga. The 22-year-old added four assists and will form part of the France U-21 squad at this summer’s U-21 European Championship. At 6ft-5in, Barry is a formidable aerial presence and ranked eighth in La Liga for aerial duels won (99). He was also in the top 1% of forwards across Europe’s top five leagues for percentage of aerial duels won (67.3%) in 2024-25. His performances helped Villarreal secure Champions League qualification. Woltemade also shone after joining Stuttgart from Werder Bremen. The 23-year-old netted 17 times in all competitions, including a tournament-high five as the Germans won the DFB-Pokal. His performances earned the 6ft-6in attacker a maiden call-up to the Germany squad for this summer’s Nations League finals. Atletico Madrid are among the sides reportedly interested. A new striker will be needed to compete with Beto, who has impressed Moyes and his coaching staff. Thierno Barry, 22, of Spain’s Villarreal and German side Stuttgart’s 23-year-old Nick Woltemade have been tracked. Reader Comments (9) 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 () John Hall 1 Posted 04/06/2025 at 14:19:57 Harry Diamond strikes again with another beauty! Can we believe him? Answers on a postcard Liam Mogan 2 Posted 04/06/2025 at 14:36:14 Harry Diamond? Sounds like one of those touts who used to sell tickets outside London grounds. Paul Kernot 3 Posted 05/06/2025 at 03:27:48 Diamond Geezer Liam. Jay Harris 4 Posted 05/06/2025 at 05:24:40 Was not impressed at all by Woltergardes performance for Germany today.Imagine Betos worst game and Woltergarde didn’t even get close to that.Granted he had no service but he did not impose himself on the game at all and lost every challenge except for the foul he made on Diaz to give Germany the first goal. Danny O'Neill 5 Posted 05/06/2025 at 05:40:00 I haven't watched him Jay. Is that based on one game or have you watched him a lot? Genuine question, not a jibe.I don't tend to judge players off one match. He's a young player and Germany are in transition. He has time to come good. Benjamin Dyke 6 Posted 05/06/2025 at 08:46:37 Please don't shop at Lidl, Everton — we need M&S or Waitrose. Ian Bennett 7 Posted 05/06/2025 at 09:54:19 Barry has a €40M release clause, which I suspect Villarreal will insist on.I can't see Moyes going in for a player who looks that similar to Beto and at that cost. James Newcombe 8 Posted 05/06/2025 at 11:12:41 I’d keep Beto as our main man - he and Alcaraz seem to be working well together already. We need a backup or two, but other areas of the squad need strengthening more. Jay Harris 9 Posted 05/06/2025 at 14:59:46 DannyThat was just yesterday’s game against Portugal.I had heard so much about him I was interested in watching him closely but unfortunately Diaz had him in his pocket until he was subbed around 70 minutes.He did not see a lot of the ball but when he did he lost every challenge.I think we need to see a lot more of him before we judge but on the basis of that one game he has a lot to do to convince me. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. How to get rid of these ads and support TW © ToffeeWeb