David Moyes expects transfer overhaul ahead of Bramley-Moore Dock move

David Moyes is expecting a busy summer for Everton as new owners, the Friedkin Group, will look to strengthen the squad ahead of their move to Bramley-Moore Dock next season. 

Sunday’s fixture against Southampton will be the final time that the men’s team will play at Goodison Park.

The Toffees' head coach says he is ‘well supported’ by the American owners who completed a takeover of the club last December. "I suspect us to be well supported in the transfer market. I don't think it will be outrageous but I think we'll be able to do a bit of business,” said Moyes on talkSPORT Breakfast hosted by former Rangers player Ally McCoist.

"The new owners have come in and we're trying to find our way with them. They're American and we are just trying to catch up with things.

"So there are a lot of things we are trying to put in place. I've got a good idea of what the club needs and what the people want. And moving to a new stadium and what it's going to mean for them as well."

Evertonians will be emotional as they prepare to celebrate the end of an era with the curtains coming down on Goodison Park as a Premier League venue after the game against Southampton this Sunday. It has been the spiritual home for the Toffees since 1892.

In a surprise announcement on Tuesday, the club confirmed that the old ground, which was initially supposed to be demolished, will become the new home for Everton Women.

The men’s team, meanwhile, will move to the state-of-the-art Everton Stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock, capable of holding 52,888 fans. The new stadium, built on the banks of the Mersey, cost nearly £800M, much of it funded by former owner, Farhad Moshiri.

"All the Evertonians have been waiting for this for a long, long time now,” Moyes continued.

"Even since I was there for the first time, they were talking about a new stadium move, we were gonna get a new ground. But it's about to happen now."

 

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