20/08/2025
The first game of the new season at Leeds Utd on Monday proved a massive anti-climax with David Moyes only starting one of his new signings.
The arrival of Jack Grealish strongly boosts the list of new players who have signed for Everton:
- Tom King, goalkeeper from Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-year deal)
- Jack Grealish, attacking midfielder from Man City (1-year loan)
- Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, midfielder from Chelsea (5-year deal)
- Adam Aznou, left-back from Bayern Munich (4-year deal)
- Mark Travers, goalkeeper from Bournemouth (4-year deal)
- Thierno Barry, striker from Villarreal (4-year deal)
- Carlos Alcaraz, midfielder from Flamengo (2-year deal)
Confirmation that, in addition to Charly Alcaraz, Everton have re-signed four senior players whose contracts expired last season:
- Idrissa Gana Gueye has signed a 1-year contract (2-year option)
- Michael Keane has signed a new 1-year contract
- Jarrard Branthwaite has signed a new 5-year contract
- Seamus Coleman has accepted a new 1-year playing contract
While in the transfer market, Everton have been linked with:
- Hector Fort, right-back at Barcelona
- Etta Eyong, striker at Villarreal
- Nathan Ake, centre-back at Manchester City
- Christantus Uche, striker at Getafe
- Yves Bissouma, midfielder at Tottenham Hotspur
- Jakub Kiwior, defender at Arsenal
- Nahuel Molina, right-back at Atletico Madrid
- Artem Dovbyk, striker at AS Roma
- Dion Lopy, holding midfielder at Almeria
- Kellen Fisher, right-back at Norwich City
- Zuriko Davitashvili, winger at Saint-Etienne
- Abdul Fatawu, winger at Leicester City
- Ainsley Maitland-Niles, right-back at Lyon
- Juanlu Sanchez, right-back at Sevilla
- Gabriel Sara, midfielder at Galatasaray
- Franculino Djú, striker at Midtjylland
- James Justin, right-back at Leicester City
- Florentino Luis, midfielder at Benfica
- Assane Diao, winger at Como
- Malick Fofana, winger at Lyon
- Tyler Dibling, winger at Southampton
- Carney Chukwuemeka, midfielder at Chelsea
- Lyanco, defender at Atletico Mineiro
- Maghnes Akliouche, right-winger at AS Monaco
- Florentino Luis, midfielder at Benfica
- Samuel Lino, forward at Atletico Madrid
- Jacob Ramsey, midfielder at Aston Villa
- Bilal El Khannouss, playmaker at Leicester City
- Sergio Reguilon, left-back formerly at Tottenham Hotspur
- Francisco Conceicao, winger at Porto
- Neil El Aynaoui, midfielder at RC Lens
- Salvatore Esposito, midfielder at Spezia.
- John Victor, goalkeeper at Botafogo
- Georgios Vagiannidis, right-back at Panathinaikos
- Tomas Souček, midfielder at West Ham Utd
- Joao Palhinha, midfielder at Bayern Munich
- Hayden Hackney, midfielder at Middlesbrough
- John McGinn, midfielder at Aston Villa
- Takefusa Kubo, winger at Real Sociedad
- Jack Harrison, winger at Leeds Utd
- Conor Gallagher, midfielder at Atletico Madrid
- Nicolás Tagliafico, left-back formerly at Lyon
- Jaydee Canvot, centre-back at Toulouse
- Gustavo Hamer, midfielder at Sheffield United
- Morten Frendrup, midfielder at Genoa
- Raphael Onyedika, midfielder at Club Brugge
- Mihailo Ivanovic, striker at Millwall
- Tom Fellows, winger at West Bromwich Albion
- Fred, midfielder at Fenerbahçe
- Aleksandar Mitrovic, striker at Al Hilal
- Hamza Igamane, striker at Glasgow Rangers
- James McAtee, midfielder at Manchester City
These players who were heavily linked with a move to Everton have gone elsewhere:
- Douglas Luiz has agreed to sign for Nottingham Forest
- Omari Hutchinson has been signed by Nottingham Forest
- Ben Doak has been transferred to Bournemouth
- Timothy Weah is now playing for Marseille
- Wilfred Ndidi has joined Besiktas
- Evan Ferguson, joined AS Roma on loan
- Wesley Franca, has gone to AS Roma
- Richard Rios, has joined Benfica
- Johan Bakayoko, has joined RB Leipzig
- Kyle Walker-Peters, has joined West Ham Utd
- Walter Benitez, joined Crystal Palace on a free transfer
- Jarrel Quansah left Liverpool for Bayer Leverkusen
- Habib Diarra joined Sunderland from Strasbourg
- Kenny Tete, accepted a new contract at Fulham
- Kyle Walker, heading to Burnley from Manchester City
- Liam Delap, chose Chelsea over Everton and others
Everton Under-21s have agreed new 2-year contract extensions with:
- Fraser Barnsley, goalkeeper
- Issac Heath, attacking midfielder
- Jack Patterson, midfielder
- Coby Ebere, winger
- Eli Campbell, defender
Everton Under-18s have agreed 2-year professional contracts with:
- George Finney
- Josh van Schoor
- Harvey Foster
- Aled Thomas
- Cieran Loney
- Luca Davis
And these Everton players may be moving elsewhere:
- Tim Iroegbanum may leave (on loan?) to Sheffield Utd
- Harrison Armstrong could go on loan to Sunderland or Burnley
- Beto is claimed to be the subject of a bid from Fenerbahçe
- Beto has also been linked with Leeds Utd and Atalanta
- Youssef Chermiti may go on loan to Sheffield Utd or Stoke City
- Harry Tryer, young keeper is now likely to return to Blackpool
Everton players going out on loan for the 2025-26 season:
- Francis Okoronkwo has joined Lincoln City in League One
- Martin Sherif has joined Rotherham United. in League One
While these permanent departures from the club have now been confirmed:
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin rejected a new deal, has joined Leeds Utd
- Jack Harrison returns to Leeds Utd as his loan ends this month
- Jesper Lindstrom returns to Napoli as his loan ends this month
- Orel Mangala returned to Olympique Lyonnais when injury ended his loan
- Armando Broja returns to Chelsea as his loan ends this month
- Žan-Luk Leban, contract expiring after 6 years in the Academy
- Abdoulaye Doucoure, whose 1-year contract extension was rejected
- Ashley Young, who will celebrate his 40th birthday in July
- Asmir Begovic, may join Southampton after his contract ends
- João Virginia, his contract expires at the end of June
- Mason Holgate, released, is now joining Al Gharafa in Doha
- Neal Maupay will join Marseille for £10M when his loan ends
And these former Everton players are moving to newer climes:
- Callum Wright joins Wigan Athletic from Plymouth Argyle
- Salomón Rondón has joined Real Oviedo from Pachuca
- Jonjoe Kenny has moved from Hertha Berlin to PAOK
- Adam Forshaw has joined Blackburn Rovers from Plymouth Argyle
- Gethin Jones is leaving Bolton Wanderers to join Milton Keynes Dons
- Seb Quirk, who left Everton Academy 18 months ago, will join Sligo Rovers from Accrington Stanley
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