Abdul Fatawu and Franculino Dju on Everton’s shortlist to bolster the frontline

Sell Beto to Leeds, pick up Dju with pennies to spare. Can only be an upgrade.

We need two right wingers anyway, we’ve got none at all.

Dibling and a loan, or two for half the price each?

Dju would be an excellent buy as he could facilitate Chermiti loan out of the club, and he's also be an option as a right winger. Looks like he's got an eye for a goal too, and goals is what we need.

I'm still hoping we can do the deal with Saints for Dibling. The journalists down in the south coast are saying we're only a couple of million a part, so fingers crossed it gets done.

I like Fatawu but he's come back from a bad injury and while he's very fast on the ball, he's a bit wayward with his shooting.

I like Fatawu a lot. If he hadn't got injured, he would have been picked up by a top club by now. Of course there will be some questions as to how he bounces back from injury but he looked sharp against Wednesday and still seems to have that searing pace that our team badly misses.

Two years ago, he managed 6 goals and 13 assists (plus 8 MotM awards) in 33 games which is an impressive return for a 19-year-old in the Championship.

I don't think Franculino is quite Premier League level yet. Fast and a very decent finisher but all round game is quite poor. Don't think he'd work as a RW for Moyes at all.

Franculino and Dibling or Kubo on the right will be excellent additions and instantly improve our attack.

Sam, you've kept mentioning Fatuwu and in fairness he could be a really good option. I'd forgotten he'd been so productive in the Championship previously - and (if recovered from injuries) could be a real steal. Presumably about £20m?

As you say, Franculino is not a RW. He's a striker. He is talented and has an impressive showreel but... finished 12th in the top scorers in Denmark last season, a fair bit behind Kvistgaarden who has joined Norwich for about £6.5m - and with the same goals (7) as 30 year old former Saints winger Elyounoussi. He doesn't exactly scream "Premier League" quality just yet - and probably needs to play a season or two at a higher standard if he's to have any chance.

I’m still hoping for Dibling and hope Southampton lower their demands (unlikely I know)

Sam and Robert, Leicester will be looking for a lot more than £20m for Fatawu, would be a great addition.

I know he plays on the other wing for Leicester but Mavididi looks the more rounded player with better prospects than Fatawu.

I read Leicester are expecting further player exits.

They need big earners out through the door, and after years of financisl & psr issues, they're in trouble again.

I would imagine a bid of £25m would get him. They paid Eur 17m.

Really exciting news if there's truth in the George reports. He looks to me like he can play anywhere across the front line and doesn't look like a winger with his physique, power and height.

I was impressed every time I saw him play and I'm wondering if Dewsbury Hall had been sounded out about him. Last season across all comps he worked out at 2 goal contributions every 3 games in terms of minutes played. Really impressive for someone so young across all comps FA Cup, League, Conference League and Club World Cup.

Being predominantly right footed would make him a dream alternative if we get Dibling over the line. One who likes to go on the outside and the other who likes to cut in on his left. Perhaps a loan to buy could be agreed especially if they get Garnacho finalised.

I still think we’ll get Dibling last minute. Right Back Justin (Leicester) and Fisher (Norwich) have been linked but what about Kieran Trippier on the cheap? Bags of experience and great at dead ball situations.

Up front I don’t really know any of the players we are being linked to but I’d also give Jamie Vardy a look. As an impact sub I think he could still do the business.

I’m certain we’ll get at least three players in before the end of the window, maybe even 4.

Robert, Franculino has played out on the right, but CF is his primary position.

If we pay over 40m on Dibling I don't see us buying another right winger ( unless a loan like George from Chelsea) so this fella ticks two boxes. I think everyone including Moyes wants Chermiti out on loan.

If we don't buy Dibling maybe we should buy Fatawu, for between £20 and £30m, and Ben Doak who is available for £20m. As much as I want us to buy Dibling we could buy two and up-and-coming right wingers for around the same transfer fee.

They would definitely bring pace to the squad and we could do far worse but I still think we could do better

Still not given up hope on getting kubo or Fontana done but even with him I’ve read somewhere kubo is a 10 playing out wide and Fontana prefers the left, really have to get the right wing sorted with a right winger, not some who has played there but it’s his natural position but as I’m typing this theirs excitement thinking of how good are midfield 3 would be with Fontana grealish and Ndiaye

Franculino looks interesting but if we were going to sign another forward I really like the looks of Manfred Ugalde, he’s completely different to Barry and Beto and now we’ve got footballers who can pick a pass I don’t think we always need the big guy up top but a forward with great movement, control and finishing and he has all 3, reminds me a little bit of Suarez 🤮 the way he plays, as much as I hated Suarez 🤮 he was one hell of a player

Should be a very interesting few weeks of the window

I'd prefer we brought in players who won't be affected by the afcon. George would be excellent on that basis.

Dju may have raw talent but his highlight reel appears to be poor first touches and a lot of falling over. Plus that's in the Danish Superleague, not quite EPL ready I think.

I think Trippier's legs are gone Colin. He's been a good player, but against us the last couple of times he's not been too clever.

If Mcneil can dribble past you, youve failed the test.

Stu, I agree. It would be typical if we got off to a great start but then come Afcon, we lose a bunch of players and we fall off the cliff. It’s the same for Ramadan. There’s always a dip in performance and results.

Ian, trippier might have slowed down but players like him use their experience to compensate for their lack of speed.

Good shout Conner. George looks a great prospect to me.
Chelsea have got a lot of good young players on their books and may be amenable to a loan deal.
He could do a job for us on the right side where we most need it.
A decent RB then and maybe another experienced midfielder would give us a much more competitive squad

I think either Dibling or Fatawu would be great options at RW. I really like Bakwa (who can also play RWB) at Strasbourg too who Forest have bid for. Tyrique George looks a really excellent player (predominantly a LW I think but capable on the right too?) though the least experienced of the lot. There's also the possibility of Malick Fofana still if he doesn't get his CL move. Doak is good too but maybe a level below the others in terms of potential? Maybe not.

Now we have Grealish and KDH i'm not sure we'll bring in 2 more wingers. Unless we sell someone like McNeill which might not be the worst option as I think he can only really play on the left which is probably the best spot for Grealish and/or Ndiaye making him 3rd choice.

If we sold Mcneill for £20m (also helps PSR etc) bought Dibling for £40m and then loaned Tyrique George with a buy option for £25m I'd be chuffed; though I guess if we did buy two wingers one would be more experienced?

We need a RIGHT footed right winger, not another left footed winger, DUH! Jeeeez apparently our new recruitment team, don't know their arse from the elbow or right from left. A right wing cross from a right footed player is harder for a defender to defend than a right wing cross from a left footed winger. A left footer on the right wing is nailed on to want to cut inside rather than go wide, easier to defend. For fk sake, buy a right footed winger for the right wing, fk this stupid idea of reversing the wingers, most of the time you are restricting the service to your strikers. I could SCREAM I really could. They have ruined a simple game by all this stupid tactical bullshit. If Moyes wants to use reverted wingers just put Grealish on the right and keep McNeil on the left, money saved, mind you, paying Grealish £250,000 a week is hardly getting the wage bill down, is it?

Paul Kossoff,what like that rubbish left footed Salah? 😀

I actually agree with you though right footed rapid RW, touchline and cross.

Tyrique George at Chelsea?

Most clubs have left footed right wingers and vise versa

Should be, put Grealish on the left and McNeil on the right. Duh, cant tell me arse from me elbow, any jobs at Everton?😕

Mike, Salarse is an exception, unfortunately.

So was Messi.

And Saka. And £50m Noni Madueke. Gareth Bale. Anthony. Di Maria. Mahrez. Olise. Arjen Robben. Leroy Sané. Pedro Neto.

It seems there are quite few exceptions, I’m confident I could have found more.

Almost everyone plays with a left-footer cutting in off the right wing.

Ben Doak is out of contract next summer so I’d bump into him in a hotel lobby and see what his plans are before offering that lot too much money.

The run down the outside comes from the full back. That is why it is critical we buy a galloping right back because otherwise the passing options for our new playmakers are very limited - and very narrow.

I know nothing of Doak. And I don’t do omens or other mum o jumbo. But the last six trophy wining Everton teams have had a “cast off” from them. Including 2 legendary wide players.
Just saying like.

Most teams now play with the so-called "inverted wingers", who cut in to either get in a position to shoot, or play a through ball onto the runners.

As Robert says, most of the running now comes from the full backs and we know we need one. Mykolenko got better at it last season, which I can assume that was instruction from Moyes to get forward more.

I find all the names mentioned interesting to read, but all that really matters is who is on the club's target list.

Everton submit £37m Artem Dovbyk bid to Roma. Superb striker, but what does that say about plans for the right- loans?

@jake #28 either loans are incoming for that or we have more money than we thought

Everton submit £37m Artem Dovbyk bid to Roma. Sounds like money transfer to me. Why not send Chermiti over to Roma on lown and get this guy on loan? If I was the owner and our brilliant recruitment team, (who I suspect are getting back handers from agents,) had just spent £27 million, of my money on a striker, and then told me they are spending over £37 million on another one, because the striker they had bought previously isn't good enough, I would tell them to look for a new job. That would be over a hundred million on strikers we have bought and apparently three of them are not good enough. Buy a fkg right back, and a fkg right winger. What's next? Buy another left back because the one they already bought isn't good enough, can you see a pattern building up here? And what's the old excuse dragged out, Oh Barry will get better, but he's inexperienced, well he should not have been bought them, should he. The recruitment team should be replaced as not ready.

If another striker comes in we'll probably sell Beto

That’s already been denied Paul and Guila Bould has confirmed Beto is not leaving

The Dobvyk thing is peculiar as you say Paul. I hope that doesn’t happen as it does look like robbing Peter to pay Paul (or something along those lines). This is the first time I’ve felt concerned about the relationship with Roma. Hopefully it comes to nothing and they sell / loan us Rensch as a decent RB option.

We will sign Antonio

That's not a bad shout, Ryan. He still has some pace and could be useful as an impact sub.

Bit worrying that rumours are circulating that Beto has been told to find another club.

Always liked Antonio, but perhaps now well past his best, however, Moyes will know him well.

If we do sign him, I hope it's just for this season, and in that case I think it would be worth a go, but only as a Beto replacement.

Fatawu just scored an absolute screamer to win the game for Leicester v Charlton.