David Moyes approves Kyle Walker as “ideal target” for Everton

He's good for diving and getting women pregnant. This won't help us.

Was this an Angus move? Or is Moyes finally done dithering after trying to sign him from Sheffield Utd about 15 years ago?

He's still quick, and has bags of experience. We need old heads in the team as well as younger ones. That balance is important.

Despite the off-field nonsense with Walker, I've always rated him as a player.

Terrible deal if so. We don't want any more retirement home footballers, however good he once was, he's not that player anymore. Why waste part of what little budget we have on a 35 year old , for fuck's sake?

Surely our new recruitment team should be scouring Europe or the world seeking a young, fast, dynamic right-back with resale value? Walker would be such an uninspired, shit signing.

Man City don't want him and AC Milan have seen enough.

Looks a bad deal to me.

While I feel like it goes against all my good sense, I'm not totally opposed to Walker on a one-year deal. He likely replaces Ashley Young in the aging player who can fill in on the left or right as needed, but also might just end up winning the right-back job outright if he's healthy

Ideally, we still sell Patterson and bring in another right-back but, if the wages are reasonable, I think I'm okay with this (from a footballing standpoint).

I think.

Please say it isn't true.

If true, Walker would be a great buy and he is far better than what we have at present. He could also play in a back-three.

Everton are not going to turn into a trophy-winning side in one season.

Money to spend elsewhere whilst getting in a really good right-back for the season. Yes, please! ✅

BBC Football Gossip proclaims this evening!

Why, oh why, oh why?

No contract at City tells you something. Last big pay day for him, let's hope he fucks off to the Devil's team in Saudi instead of us.

Manchester City and England defender Kyle Walker, 35, has agreed to join Everton on a 1-year deal. — BBC.

Nooo!!! Say it ain't so!😕 Two full-backs combined age? 71!!! Top 10, here we come!😁

Moyes attempted to sign Sheffield United left-back Kyle Naughton, not Kyle Walker, but was gazumped by Redknapp who signed both Kyles from the Blades in a double deal.

Everyone else chasing 20-year-olds — we chase the has-beens, the crocked, or those looking for a bumper bonus at their footballing end of life

Patterson hasn't cracked on and is likely to be shipped out, either on loan or permanently.

One would think that Walker-Peters would be the best fit here with his age and ability to cover multiple positions. But this is Everton... the mind boggles.

Has anyone watched us over the last 4 years!

You’re right, mate, better memory than me.

Short-term thinking or a necessary short-term signing?

The latter, I think

Whether it's Father Time, personal life, or a temporary blip, none of us knows… but on his wages I'm sure we can do a lot better.

Perhaps it makes sense if it allows us to invest well in other areas but we have needed good, long-term right-back for about 4 or 5 years now. Really hoped this would be addressed this summer.

Still room for Kyle Walker-Peters though?

I had thought Seamus would stay to maintain dressing room morale and develop as a coach. I don't see that ageing fullbacks are an answer, so it's stop-gap surgery, like it or not.

Up front is where the big money will be spent.

He has lost his pace, his positioning was never great and he is 35 years old. Way to go on improving the squad, guys!

Another underwhelming window on the way, it would seem. I sincerely hope we sign some better and younger quality before the window closes again. Otherwise, it's going to be yet another long season

I'd have preferred younger and some of the media stories are a bit weird, but a 1-year deal, no transfer outlay, quick, and he has Premier League experience for a current England international who is still better than half the right-backs in the league is good business. He can also play centre-back.

Put him in that back 4, and it's better than before, particularly if we've lost Tarkowski's experience for a while.

We aren't signing players for £40M in every position...

I think the last time we did that, we ended up winning the league.

Good deal for a season.

He's lost his pace, 35, and Ashley Young is faster. I thought Coufal was following Moyes here?

There are levels in every sport.

No doubt he will improve our coverage in the Daily Mail.

Useful right-back and can also fill in as a central defender or as part of a back 3 or a back 5. Also, I imagine he's a leader so would help.

I was looking for past info because I remember David Moyes was interested in Kyle Walker before he chose Spurs. Stumbled across this article from ToffeeWeb, about 2011. Interesting comments, worth going to the last one! Also, some TW posters are still posting away. Loads of names I didn't recognise.

David Moyes Burned Again — ToffeeWeb, April 2011

And O'Brien!

I hung the boots up many years ago. Trying to get me going again on a football pitch would take some stretching exercises!

The club will decide what we do. We have two young right-backs. One who hasn't quite lived up to it, although I would caveat that with injury. The other has unknown potential on the top stage.

Yes, we need cover and ideally we find someone younger, but I'm not particularly ageist.

Ashley Young has been an important player for us, as has Gana since he returned.

Heard it all now…

I think Kyle Naughton was Moyes's main objective rather than Kyle Walker.

The talking points on that link show that Moyes wasn't well regarded by a lot of Everton fans and he'd been here 8 years then.

How crap can Patterson be? Why have successive managers kept raiding care homes rather than play him?

Gareth Barry, Paul Power, Ashley Young and a past it/injury prone duo of Peter Reid and Andy Gray, not to mention Nigel Martyn.

Oh, and David Weir.

It's amazing the differing opinions of a player we're allegedly signing. I'm pretty certain Moyes has more knowledge about Kyle Walker in his little finger than most of the so-called experts on here!

No, no and no.

Yes, 15 years ago, definitely but not this ageing one.

Great player in his day, but way past his best.

I liked the bit that says Moyes has a 'reputation of spotting gems in the lower divisions and who could blame other Premier League managers for attempting to steal Moyes's targets. It doesn't take a lot of money to outbid Everton. I would imagine there are quite a few Premiership managers kicking themselves for not outbidding Everton when Moyes signed Seamus Coleman for £60,000.'

Not many can argue with that.

Don't do this.

They have a couple of beds free and worried about redundancy.

I doubt if any Premier League managers or their scouts had heard of a 21-year-old Seamus Coleman back then and I doubt Moyes had.

Seamus was pointed out to Everton by someone who liked Seamus and Everton.

Not the smartest tool in the box and seems to have gone downhill rapidly. He can play in a few different positions, but Moyes will need to work some magic to get the best out of him.

There are many options out there having the right age profile and experience who can do a good job for us.

Why Walker?

Walker had a very poor Euros 12 months ago, signalling his time at the very top level was coming to an end. Man City obviously concur with this and hence why he was and is no longer in their plans.

We should be signing a right-back that the likes of Man City will want to come and buy from us in 18 months time.

If Seamus is staying, which is great for the dressing room and training ground, do we need to sign an ageing failing player like Kyle Walker? Let's hope not.

The Everton right-back position is fast becoming a pensioners' paradise. This signing would be underwhelming to say the least, but kind of consistent with Moyes's belief of having a senior, proven winner to rally the troops. Phil Neville in his 1st reign at the club, now Kyle Walker.

I'm not sure on what basis that the signing of Ashley Young can ever be considered a success.

I rated Walker as a player too before he was finished. He's finished at this level and there is only one direction his performances will go from here.

Whereas signing someone with potential and room to improve must be a better option.

Don't forget, we need around 7 minimum to fill out the squad. A free right-back cover won't do any harm. Ashley Young did okay in the end.

This "list" is one put together by media clickbait sites and journos merely guessing.

Why do people fall for this at every window and get worked up about it at every window?

Players are playing for longer now. Look at Gana, 36 and as good as he's ever been. Walker is clearly past his best but he could still do a job for a season or two. No-brainer for me.

Not every signing has to be a young prospect with sell-on value on a 5- or 6-year contract. You also buy players for the short term. That's how you build a squad.

I mentioned on another thread last week that Walker wanted Everton. I had it from a 100% source.

Now, if the deal can actually get made is another matter.

Signing Paul Power, Gareth Barry raised eyebrows but turned into inspired signings and even Ashley Young (an ultimate professional) plugged a gap.

We're asking Moyes to re-sign Seamus and Gana Gueye on short-term contracts to plug gaps, so giving Kyle Walker a 1-year deal is no great shakes, really. In a years time we can re-assess where we are.

But some positions are needed more than others and right-back is one of those. We need our new right-back.

We also need a new left-back, although Mykolenko will do until a better player is identified to replace him.

However, there is currently no right-back and having a stop-gap such as Walker — who'll be on massive wages, has had a turbulent personal life and has massively lost form — is not the answer.

We go on about Everton strikers of recent times, but that keeper had an unforgiving and lonely existence at Southampton last season.

Regardless, we need backup in the keeper department.

On other supposed rumoured targets, I can't see us going for Grealish, even on loan. And I don't think he would be a good fit.

It would be similar to Villa taking on Rashford and agreeing to pay 75% of his £300K a week wages.

I’m not impressed with Patterson as a right back, going forward possibly but if this is a short term fix I would look to try and offload Patterson to Rangers and cut our losses, others might still think worth keeping but I,m not too sure about Patterson myself. Love to be proved wrong and eat humble pie.

Romanian captain. Loads of experience. Decent age. Would be a decent price and affordable wages. Fast, strong, competitive and a good player

Walker may be a decent stop gap for a season. Given PSR etc we may have to accept a few signings like this over the next few years. Not ideal for idealists.

Its a player capable of going straight into the 11, and do a good job. He adds a good level at right back and can play back up centre back.

If he stays fit, I think he will be a good 7 to 8 out of 10, and certainly way better than Coleman, Young, Patterson, Tete, Walker Peters, Coufal etc.

A right back is unlikely to win you a game. He's more than capable of doing a better job than an emerging player next season, and that's why it's a 1 year deal.

Mykolenko, Branthwaite, Obrien and Walker isn't a bad back 5, and has pace to play 10-15 yards further up the pitch, and in Walker support the attack.

Imagine Patterson worst game and that is the current Kyle Walker not to mention he is on 175k a week far more than we were paying Ashley.

If he can’t make it in Italy how do you think he’s gonna make it in the Prem.

Still a NO. We need someone for the future, another Coleman.

John #62, is that the England team that has Henderson in it and Branthwaite doesn't get into the squad of?

One method is to make do of course. Another method would be to gamble now to get ahead.

Let me explain. If we breach PSR over a period of time then we will have points taken off us. This was potentially disastrous with a crap team and hardly any points.

However, just gamble now and invest heavily while everbody else doesn’t. Spend on top quality with potential for resale value.

Because if it works and we have a squad capable of challenging for top 4. Then a 1 season points deduction in 2/3 years time when we are performing at the top of the table is a deduction worth taking.

Players with resale value also give you an opportunity to offset any PSR breaches and avoid a points deduction.

Newcastle and Villa have done exactly that. They didn’t spend thinking that they’d end up as a bottom of the table club with no playing assets that they could sell.

Signing players like Kyle Walker now will just leave us standing still or worse - going backwards.

I know Moyes wouldn’t be for this because he would never have the ‘I’ve done well in little budget’ excuse to hide behind.

If its the Dog & Duck, don t bother.

Probably something to do with the catering franchises.

On a serious note the Walker rumour is purely agent driven.
Walker's desperate to get away from City and Everton would be handy for him but it's not a serious likelihood.

Okay, it might not always come off, but there is a difference between ability, and desire. I would really struggle to name a player who didn't have that. They might just not have been good enough.

Try telling Gana, Tarkowski and Ashley Young that they didn't have hunger.