Anjishnu Roy 15/01/2026 5comments  |  Jump to last

Everton are keen to sign a new striker and have made Youssef En-Nesyri of Fenerbahce their priority for this window.

While The Athletic claims that “Everton’s interest in En-Nesyri is not at an advanced stage and they are yet to make a formal bid for the forward”, transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano suggests that the Blues have already sent an offer for the Moroccan international.

“Everton send official bid to Fenerbahçe for Youssef En-Nesyri on initial loan with €20m buy option. Negotiations underway,” he posted on X.

The 28-year-old spent four years with Sevilla and scored 73 goals in 196 appearances for the Andalusian outfit, helping them win the Europa League twice. He signed for Fenerbahce in 2024 and has scored 38 goals for the Turkish club, including seven in 15 Super Lig matches this season.

En-Nesyri is currently representing Morocco at the Africa Cup of Nations. He has made 91 appearances for his national team so far, scoring 25 goals. He famously scored the only goal of the game against Portugal to send Morocco through to the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup in 2022. It was the first time that an Arab and African team made it to the last four of the World Cup finals.

The Toffees’ struggles in front of goal have been well noted this season. Both Thierno Barry and Beto have scored three goals each so far this season. 

Signed from Villarreal for an initial £27.7m this summer, Barry scored his first goal for the club in early December but has two goals in his last three Premier League matches.

Beto, meanwhile, has fallen down the pecking order and has come off the bench in the majority of games. He finished last season with eight Premier League goals - seven of which came in the second half of the campaign - but he’s yet to replicate that form.

 

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Paul Griffiths
1 Posted 15/01/2026 at 07:13:01
His scoring record is a world apart from Coco and Dumbo.

Shame on our recruiters who decided that Barry was worth buying for a good £10M more than this fella. And he knows how to take a penalty, Coco and Dumbo.

Mal van Schaick
2 Posted 15/01/2026 at 07:15:22
Keep rolling the dice to find a goal-scoring forward. En Nesyri came on as sub in the Afcon semi-final, he didn't look anything different to what we already have.

It's the way we supply the forwards that is the problem, but Moyes doesn't see that. A right-full back is a priority.

Bill Fairfield
3 Posted 15/01/2026 at 08:11:02
Well one thing we do know, is he can take a penalty!
Neil Cremin
4 Posted 15/01/2026 at 08:25:40
I agree Mal. Although I have lost faith in our current two Strikers but just adding a striker with the way we supply them is not going to solve our goal scoring problems. Putting that blame totally down to Moyes is for me a bit simplistic, Moyes job is to use his players to the best of their abilities. He did that when he came in after Dyche. Our players with some exceptions play slow pedestrian football, when in possession, allowing the opposition to set up defensively, That includes Grealish who in my opinion slow down the game too much. Fine if we are winning and need to hold onto the ball to defend a lead. This slowing down of play results in no passing options through midfield so we send hopeful balls into our strikers and expect them to convert all the chances. Until we get technically better and creative midfield players like Shaka will we be able to play open attractive football. Then we can consider changing our current manager whose mandate is to steady the ship and stabilise our position in the PL rather than our perennial relegation fight. Once we start building a team with technically gifted players then we move to next phase. Hopefully that may start next season but for teh moment although bitterly disappointed with recent results we need to be patient in this building process.
Jim Bennings
5 Posted 15/01/2026 at 08:44:33
If we go with what we've got up front this season then we'll finish below 13th in my opinion, an opportunity missed massively when you look at the clubs above us, nobody is saying Brentford etc etc are in transition this season, so why do we happily pass up every season.

Get what you can in this month, if there are opportunities to strengthen this side then damn well do so, it's about time our scouting team started earning their corn.

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