What Everton supporters can expect from Tyler Dibling

Fast-forward and it is a 180-degree turnaround in emotions.
Welcome to Goodison (sorry Bramley-Moore Dock), Tyler.

Now for a decent right-back and a cheeky bid for Hoijlund at Man Utd.

As we saw from Grealish at the weekend, you don't need to be throwing yourself into challenges to contribute. Putting your foot on the ball and holding off the winger can be far more effective.

My big example of that was always Tommy Gravesen. He got rave reviews for his efforts... but the only reason he sometimes chased people down was because he couldn't be arsed tracking his man.

Otherwise, surely 5 years would make more sense to the club for both PSR purposes and knowing we have him for longer.

Buy a right-back and loan a couple seems most likely.

Watch Ndiaye with his defensive work, no mad rush in but watching his opponent and not giving any ground but manipulating him to pass the ball or go backwards.

And he can tackle with both feet as well — we've got a very good player there; don't let him get away.

I'd trust anything they say over Sky Sports...

If the unsubstantiated talk of £150M spend is true then we've got a bit more kitty left (although that might be eroded by loan fees and wages).

Maybe one more low-cost or sub-£20M signing left, but I suspect TFG might now look to see what they can squeeze out of the loan market for the remaining targets.

Interesting to see what happens with Patterson, Chermiti and Armstrong.

Hopefully no sale of McNeil to raise money. He's exactly the right quality and versatility you want from the bench or to cover injuries, loss of form etc.

He's slowed down and those two attempts at shots on Sunday were shocking.

It's not like we have great numbers right now so why sell for the sake of selling? Maybe next season after a further transfer window.

If any of the so-called Big 6 had signed him, it'd be the bargain of the century wouldn't it?

Allied to this, an excellent, highly skilled footballer whose abilities are top level.
I hope he gets 90 minutes in midweek to sharpen fitness and form.

There will be injuries, suspensions, AfCon etc.

Of course it would.

We've bought a young player of genuine talent.

We need a squad – not just 11 players.

That BBC article asks if he “is a bargain or overhyped?” with a subheading of “Are Tyler Dibling and Everton the perfect match?”

And then states the obvious– that he has huge potential. Not a particularly enlightening article but it's not a hatchet job at all – it's actually positive.

If the only way to bring in a good defensive midfielder, striker or specialist right-back was agreeing to let McNeil go, then of course you'd consider it if it improves the overall squad.

Finite resource looking for maximum impact. I'd think it was pretty weird that Moyes isn't looking at his squad players and working out if trading them out or holding is best for the club.

We can't let players walk for free anymore and still have a lopsided squad.

We need competition, we need depth and we're bound to get injuries, suspensions, etc, so it's vital that we keep Dwight involved.

He's been a massive player for us during our recent struggles and was badly missed last season when out injured. I do believe he has the quality to contribute to a team that sets its sights higher than merely surviving.

What I mean is, we need upgrades on him now. Yes, until we get them in the squad, don't offload him yet, but I could say the same about Seamus, Patterson, Keane and Beto.

We need better quality than we accepted last season. On that point, I wish with all my heart that Seamus was 5 years younger.

Agree with most of the posts, in an era of 5 subs, it's a first XVI not a best X1, so a right-back, a No 6, and an experienced striker, and that would be a 9/10 window and certainly the best since the Lukaku window.

I don't believe in sentimentality when it comes to football, but I'd love to see Richarlison back in blue. Amazingly, even though he's started both games and is on fire, they still want him out of the club. I watched both Spurs games and his movement and intelligence off and on the ball were top-notch.

Every transfer window going forward now has to be about improving on what we have and not just getting enough bodies in to keep us moving.

It's where he played when he won something at age group level with England (U21?).

We need at least one bona fide right-back, along with an up-and-coming defensive midfielder to cover for Gueye.

A Saints supporting mate of mine reckons he's not worth even £4 million!

Dwight McNeil might well be a lot of things, but fast?
Just no, mate. His pace is akin to his ability with his right foot.

Ideally we need 2 players in each position. Grealish and Ndiaye play on the left; I think they will be selected before Dwight. Dibling is actually left-footed so could also do a job there.

Currently, we have one right winger and no real decent right backs. We also need another striker, as Beto looks unable to lead the line this season and Barry will benefit from time to develop. I would also like a defensive midfielder.

It’s just a question of priorities and the size of the transfer budget. If firm offers came in for Beto and McNeil, I think the club would consider the bids.

I just hope he's wrong at that price, but if the lad's so good surely he would have had some interest from other teams?

We're still linked with Ake who I think would be ideal because he also covers LCB and can even operate as a DM and is Grealish quality. Him, along with a first choice RB with some pace and attacking capability would be enough in this window. Striker might be a weakness but the market for those is beyond us this window, all we would be able to afford is 'promise' and I think we have that already in Barry and maybe eventually Chermiti.

That squad would be good enough for comfortable mid table. Progress beyond that will need to wait while the revenues (hopefully) build.

James £1.50 million is a lot less of a mistake than £40.0 million!! Especially for a PSR suspect club.

However, most are variations on 'he's crap', 'he's rubbish', 'he's great', 'he's brilliant' etc. There's rarely any decent critical analysis.

I was impressed with Thierry Henry's look at Thierno Barry last night. He highlighted a couple of things that most of us miss (such as his run across the defender for the first goal that opened up space for Ndiaye).

Footballers spend 99% of the time without the ball. What they do off it is massively important. A lot of that is missed when fans say 'he's shit, him'.

I might be wrong, because there will obviously be exceptions to this opinion, but my own view is that these people, prefer hard workers to skilful footballers, (without looking to find fault, I definitely prefer the players who can do both!) because they never appear to be busting a gut, when they’re making the game look so easy!

Not a bad signing but would also be off to AFCON mid season.

He may do ok without the ball but his heading is atrocious, he rarely wins 50/50s and he does not have a lot of f pace.

I would like to see how Braiden Graham does against Mansfield if he is selected.

I the meantime we are crying out for full backs. I watched the kid at Norwich (Kellen Fisher ) in a couple of games recently and he was very impressive but he's not the only option. Maitland-Niles would be a good squad addition on a free.
Ben Chilwell would be another squad option.

The were parts where his timing was off when conpetiting for punts up top, or when the ball didnt stick. All areas to work on for him, and how to play him in. He had a good chance from a corner that he took too quickly.

Hopefully more progressive passing will eliminate the hopeful punt upfield also.

Garner is not the answer at either fullback position, but I'm sure glad he started there on Sunday. And probably again on the weekend if Mykolenko is still injured. Aznou is no Dibling, no proven Premier League player with a huge price tag. He'll need several months at least, some cup matches, and comfort in a new set-up and country before we should expect him to look the part in a Premier League match.

How do you judge any striker who for 90% of the time is being asked to jump for 60 yard hoofs with snow on? Or being asked to control perfectly, balls which are aimed at his shoulder? With no other players within 20 yards? Or play 4 or 5 games and hardly get a sniff of a chance?

Do any of the top strikers get asked to do this? No. Imagine just booting the ball in the air all day at Haaland. It's about time we started judging players on their ability to link up play on the deck, make penetrating runs and, ultimately create enough chances so that they can get in enough rhythm to take them.

Less booting it for flick ons, more building up play and creating pls. Ask Jack Grealish, he'll tell you how to do it.

We have had so many young players that either have been injured or never made it. Hopefully he will stand out to be the one.

"I would be interested in us knocking on Man Utd's door, and inquiring about a loan for Kobbie Mainoo."

I would be interested in Everton telling them to fuck off if Man Utd offered him to us. He's another over-hyped, does-nothing, over-rated, make-up-the-numbers player.

If you would have him, then you'll be after Philips next, God help us.

Barry doesn't do shooting from range, he gets into good positions in and out of the box and will run, tap, or head it in. He'll get that service from our new Holy Trinity.

The kid was in Barca academy, was headhunted by Bayern (who didn't want him to leave), has played for both Spain and Morocco at youth levels and has 3 caps for the full Morocco team (who are no mugs)

He has an outstanding pedigree. I don't know whether he's going to be a success or not, but a 19 year old left footed player with that background for £9m? What more do people want?

Jay 47, Barry doesn't have a lot of pace? Are you sure you were watching the right game?

A 20-year-old who has scored the winner in a cup final and also appeared in the final of the Euros? No brainer.

As for Barry, he is a good player. Young and needs time to develop. He's not got the natural ability of an Etikite or Isak (hence the low fee of £27m) but he's got all the physical attributes and if we handle him right then we might have a really good player on our hands. Judge him in 18 months or more. In the meantime he's learning

Blasted a fair number of them into Row Z last season. Patience will be required.

And the plan I am sure was to bring him on after 70 minutes but he had been on for 65 before the goal so no surprise he was taken off – he was probably knackered and feeling very sorry for himself.

Give him (and David Moyes) time. It does come down to who is going to play tomorrow.

Travers, Coleman?; Alcaraz,, McNeil, Armstrong, Dibling (?) Chermiti, Beto and so which of the back 4 will also play on Saturday - or will it be Welch, Campbell, Dixon, Onyango, Heath, Graham?

Amazed we are that short of replacements at the back (Aznou, Patterson, Branthwaite, Mykolenko all injured).

My Bet is:

Travers
Coleman
Aznou (if fit)
O'Brien
Keane
Garner
Iroegbunam
Armstrong
Alcaraz
McNeil
Barry

Much better link-play than we see from Beto, who got on when we were 2 up and Brighton pushed forward leaving space for him to run in behind.

Dibling though can give us options which is exactly what we need - we've been so one-dimensional for years, it's about time we had the ability to create more and score more goals.

When we get Mykolenko and Branthwaite back things will look much better for us. I feel pretty excited about this season for the first time in many years.

Gyokeres is a really good example of a player who took time. Let go by Brighton after a few lower league loans. Developed at Coventry but one of a few players hitting goals at Championship level, many of whom haven't kicked on. At Sporting he explodes into form. Still a lot to prove at Premier League level though.

Barry has obviously had to reach Everton the hard way after coming through French lower leagues and a modest club in Belgium before showing potential in the Swiss league. At Villarreal he shows he's capable at a higher standard. But none of this is easy.

But jeez this is a lot to pay for a young one. Like, a lot.

I hope this works out. I'd prefer us to be signing kids from foreign leagues with bags of upside for 1/5th the price.

Good luck Master Dibling. We'll be watching.

1/5th of that is £7m.

You can barely buy an Aznou for that (ie a much more speculative teenage prospect).

You will struggle to buy anyone who is capable of first team Premier League football straight away - from any source - for less than £20m (unless free transfers).

There will be a few - like Stach at Leeds. But even Sunderland are shopping more in the £20m to £30m band in places like France and Belgium.

The market has really shifted in just a few years.

When Trevor Francis was sold for £1M, everyone thought it was bonkers, look at it now.

It would have been better for Dibbling if the fee was half as much, because that's the danger, if he doesn't dazzle from the start some idiots will be calling him rubbish etc.

Kylian Mbappe - £154 million

Joao Felix - £108 million

Matthijs De Ligt - £72 million

Romeo Lavia - £53 million

Leny Yoro - £52 million

Anthony Martial - £51 million

Tyler Dibling - £40 million

Vinicius Junior - £38 million

Estevao at Chelsea could end up being about £54m I think but his deal is also £21m in add-ons.

Puts some perspective on it. Basically it is a lot for a teenager, but the transfer market has changed a lot since a lot of those deals above.

Jamie 70, how much do young basketball, baseball, NFL players cost? They sign multi-million dollar contracts straight out of college, high school in some cases.

This is peanuts in todays market.

It's telling that the likes of Brentford and Bournemouth have had to spend £35m (+) to sign the likes of Diakhite and Ouattara. These two are replacing excellent players bought much, much more cheaply - but so many clubs are plundering the likes of Belgium, France etc that it's shifted supply and demand in the selling clubs' favour. And you've also got the likes of Strasbourg and Union Gilloise as feeder clubs for Chelsea and Brighton. Strasbourg can command decent fees now as a result.

Post takeover we can rightly expect to have more financial clout than Brentford I hope. And whilst we're not at the financial level of, say, Spurs – we should hope we're spending money on the likes of Kudus within a few years (at the same time as hunting out value in the Championship and overseas etc).

I take it you already knew about Tyler Dibling; if not, that will be a sure eye-opener for you.

Regards.

Lindeloff linked on a free.

‘I know it's early days but I just don't rate Barry at all.'

God, I hate some of our fanbase.

I have email confirmation of my ticket but nothing has downloaded into my Google wallet. In fact the Brighton match is still showing in the season ticket in the wallet.

‘I just hope he's wrong at that price, but if the lad's so good surely he would have had some interest from other teams?'

He did have interest from other teams

By this ‘logic' Leicester should not have signed Kante!! I mean no one was in for him at the time apart from Leicester.

Football fans are dickheads when it comes to players leaving their club.

Point taken, and taken well.

My wife and I left Friday for DC and returned last night for a wedding. Coming from a low-cost-of-living area, I about had a heart attack at the prices of eating out up there. Plus I'm getting old...

I will adjust my soccer economics. 😉

Colin Glassar, same applies. 👍🏻

The Patterson to Sevilla is mental!

Not an expert in this, but I don't think it is automatic, each time I have bought a Ticket the same format (email) above has been used to download to Google Wallet.

Hope that helps!

I have a season ticket in my wallet that updated before Sunday's game to show the Brighton game. I have since had an email confirming my purchase of tickets for the Mansfield game but the wallet hasn't updated. Nor was there anything to download in the confirmation email for tomorrow's game. The wallet is till showing Brighton!

I'm confused!

The last couple of seasons, I'm pretty sure I just had a single season ticket — not a ticket per match.

If you have a ST and have bought a cup ticket, your digital tickets should update. However, last season mine only did so on the day of the game (not before)

That said, it's all about opinions. I'm no lover of Garner but he's been great the last 2 games, playing out of position, up against a real pace merchant and handled him really well.

I don't think Soucek would be a good option, we need another No 6 badly. I mentioned it a while ago as well, a cheeky loan offer for Mainoo, who looked really good for England and Man Utd before Almiron took over.

I think he's a No 6, can't believe he says he plays in the same position as Fernandes?

This is for an iPhone and worked for me.

Click on your Apple wallet and open your season ticket.
Then click on the I symbol
Toggle automatic updates on and off and back on
Close the wallet
Re-open it and it should update

Also try clicking on I symbol then scroll down the page and it tells you what the next fixture on the season ticket is.

If that doesn't happen there's going to be an issue because if you can't get through the dock wall gate then you're unable to get to the box office to sort it.

"The Market" is corrupt, reliably controlled by a very few folk/organisations with mega-wealth who overwhelm democracies and "ordinary" people to ensure their own vast wealth grows even more. It's called oligarchy and it's been alive and growing in the West many decades before the likes of Usmanov pillaged his own people.

Football is just one of its worst, but openly perceivable, manifestations.

That said, I hope young Tyler cares not a jot about such issues as he helps propel us to, can I even imagine, a trophy win!

ditto footy.

Hopefully, Tyler is as affable as Jack and some real camaraderie develops around this opportunity. Perhaps the kid can help some others reset some views of the market for footballers and Everton as a home for them. If he does well, keeps his head down and does the job, a lot of pain could heal in a hurry.

Tak of him being a future no. 10 and captain has me very optimistic about Everton becoming a good place and a good bet for players looking for a reliable club. We could undo many lingering bad narratives if this goes well. I have a good feeling it will.

How Everton’s patience finally paid off in Tyler Dibling saga

For the second time in less than two weeks, a new Everton signing stood on the Hill Dickinson Stadium touchline. Socks rolled down, in his new club colours, his name adorned the big screens and LED lights around the £800million arena’s perimeter.

The aim has been for new signings, and those around them, to feel immediately valued and part of the family, while highlighting the grandeur of the new waterfront facility in which they will be aiming to make their mark.

A fortnight ago, Everton welcomed Jack Grealish this way before his season-long loan move from Manchester City. On Monday, they did the same before announcing Tyler Dibling’s move from Southampton.

Things had moved quickly — at a pace that had taken even some Everton officials by surprise. Dibling had only been given permission to travel to Merseyside for a medical over the weekend, which he undertook on Monday before heading to the new stadium to pose for photos with club media and complete the move. By the evening, he was officially an Everton player. Rarely are the final stages of transfer processes quite this smooth or brisk.

The addition of the 19-year-old, who joins for an initial £35m ($47.2m) plus add-ons, brings an end to the long summer search for a new right-winger and a transfer saga that twisted and turned at regular junctures.

“There is a price for every player,” Southampton CEO Phil Parsons told a fans forum as recently as August 7, in response to a question about Dibling. “We are not a club that’s going to roll over and just accept a bid because they feel like they want him on the cheap. If you want a player, bid for them and bid well.”

At that stage, the clubs had reached an impasse in negotiations. Everton had made three bids for Dibling, their last £32m plus bonuses, but Southampton were playing hardball. The Championship club’s counter-offer valued the teenager comfortably in excess of £50m and contained a hefty sell-on clause.

Everton had originally envisaged paying somewhere around £35m and there was enough distance between the respective valuations for them to walk away from talks and inform Southampton of their intention to pursue other targets.

Negotiations paused for around three weeks, during which time Everton looked at alternatives. They asked Leicester City about Abdul Fatawu, but the valuation was considered prohibitive. Ipswich Town’s Omari Hutchinson was also considered before he moved to Nottingham Forest.

That turn of events was in keeping with the club’s protracted and initially problematic search for a new right-winger. Considered a priority position by manager David Moyes, Everton had missed out on top target Francisco Conceicao to Juventus. PSV’s Johan Bakayoko was high on their list but opted for Germany’s RB Leipzig, while Lyon’s Malick Fofana informed them of his desire to join a Champions League side. He remains a Lyon player for now.

For those reasons and more, speculation over Dibling’s future continued. As Everton continued to be heavily linked even after talks ended, the suspicion on Merseyside was that they were being used to alert the market, or that Southampton needed a sale.

They had several factors in their favour. The first was that Dibling had made it abundantly clear that he was open to the move, having been enticed by the prospect of a quick return to the Premier League and Everton’s project. As a result, he had spent a period training away from the Southampton squad and missed their Championship opener against Wrexham.

The second, and equally as significant, was that he had just two years left to run on his deal. The logic followed that Southampton could not really afford to risk missing out on a big fee for a player keen to move elsewhere, especially with his contract ticking down.

So it proved. The decisive movement came not from Everton, but the Championship club last Friday. They indicated their willingness to negotiate a package of around £40m, comprised of an initial £35m fee and a further £5m in bonuses, which was much closer to Everton’s initial valuation. The up-front fee is higher than the Merseyside club’s third offer, with the add-ons remaining the same. The sell-on amount is lower.

The bonuses are performance-based and relate to Dibling’s success and that of the team in general. While neither party has been willing to disclose the exact nature of the sell-on clause, The Athletic has been told, by sources who wished to remain anonymous to protect relationships, that it is not as high as the 20 per cent figure reported in some quarters.

Some of those close to talks always suspected that Southampton’s desire for a hefty sell-on clause, irrespective of profit, was as problematic as their near £50m valuation. Others felt the Championship club were always budgeting for a sale at around £40m and that a deal remained possible. Likely, even.

Regardless, this became a game of who blinked first. Interested parties believed at the start of the summer that Dibling was valued closer to £70m.

Negotiations between the player’s camp and Everton were handled by the club’s head of trading, Nick Hammond, while CEO Angus Kinnear agreed the deal with Southampton. Monday’s 7.30pm announcement came slightly earlier than expected due to how quickly the deal was concluded and with Everton looking to continue the sense of momentum after Sunday’s 2-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion in their first Premier League game at Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Everton see the teenager’s immediate future on the right wing. Despite the notable additions of midfielders Grealish and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, they have lacked genuine right-sided options since the summer departures of loanees Jack Harrison and Jesper Lindstrom. Although left-footed, the hope is that Dibling can add pace, dynamism and another ball-carrying threat from that flank.

“Dibling ranked in the 2024-25 Premier League top 20 players for attempted take-ons (110) and successful dribbles per 90 minutes (2.15) in his first campaign in England’s top-flight,” Everton noted in their press release confirming the move.

There is a feeling, based on their scouting intel, that he could develop into a central player, capable of operating as a No 8 or No 10, in time.

The move to Merseyside was seen as a logical next step for Dibling, an England Under-21 international, after his breakthrough season at Premier League level.

While exciting, he remains a work in progress. Across 33 top-flight appearances in 2024-25, comprising 20 starts, he registered just two goals and zero assists. His expected goals (xG) and expected assists (xA) totals were 2.5 and 1.5 respectively, showing a slight underperformance versus those underlying metrics.

Nurturing his end product will take time and patience, with Moyes describing him as a “talented young English player with lots of potential” who will be supported in his “future development”.

Other Premier League clubs tracked Dibling’s progress, but some were deterred by what they saw as a dip in performances once Russell Martin had been replaced in the Southampton dugout by Ivan Juric. The sense was that Dibling responds better to an arm-around-the-shoulder type of management and needs to be nurtured.

Born in the city of Exeter in England’s south-west, a 2022 move from boyhood club Southampton to Chelsea did not work out. Within two months, and after just two appearances for Chelsea’s under-18 side, Dibling was back at St Mary’s. It remains to be seen how he deals with moving north and the weight of expectation that comes with his significant price tag.

Harnessed correctly, though, Dibling is a precocious talent possessing pace, fearlessness and, even at 19, the raw strength to hold off seasoned professionals.

In an interview with The Rest is Football, former manager Martin called him the “most talented (player) I’ve ever seen or worked with”.

“Tyler has every capability to go and play for England for a very long time because he’s powerful, really quick and can shoot with both feet,” Martin, now the Rangers manager, added. “He has something I’ve not seen in a British player for a very long time, being able to take the ball in the middle of the park, swivel and go.”

It may take time, but Everton have a potential gem on their hands, one who could eventually be worthy of having his name up in lights on a regular basis.

According to some TW experts, Dibling is slow. But everything I’ve seen, heard and read of him disputes that claim.

Give the lad a chance. Let him prove himself. He’s got the international break to bed himself in.

If Karl Marx was still around he'd most likely say football, not religion, was the opiate of the masses!

Long gone are the chains, unless we are talking Gold Chains, and only Premiership Footballers can afford them. The Green Eyed Monster/Golden Calf is unfortunately part and parcel of the game we love.

Hoping for a win tonight, some banana skins have already been employed, W/Ham, Leeds, Sunderland and Bournemouth although the latter was a Premiership clash. Hat's off to Brentford having lost so many players, doing well in League and Cup.

Goes to show, big money buys are not always the solution.

That's an interesting piece, let's hope TD is everything Russell Martin believes he is.