Season › 2024-25 › News The Rumour Mill Douglas Luiz and Nicolas Tagliafico rumours intensify over the weekend Anjishnu Roy | 07/07/2025 10comments | Jump to last Everton have been linked with Douglas Luiz and Nicolas Tagliafico over the weekend. Luiz wants a move back to the Premier League following a torrid spell at Juventus while Tagliafico could arrive as a free agent after his contract with Olympique Lyon expired last month. The Douglas Luiz rumour was first reported by Matteo Moretto of ESPN. Everton are not the only Premier League club interested in his services as Fulham and Manchester United are also following the player closely. Meanwhile, Serie A side Como are also said to be interested. "Everton and Fulham have shown the most interest in Douglas Luiz, making enquiries with both the player and Juventus regarding potential terms," said Matteo. The 27-year-old midfielder joined Juventus last summer after spending five years in the Premier League with Aston Villa. Meanwhile, the Blues are closing in on a deal for Nicolas Tagliafico and the 32-year-old is expected to join as a free agent according to Fichajes.net. He could be the third signing of the summer following the club opting to make Carlos Alcaraz’s loan spell permanent and the imminent arrival of French striker Thierno Barry. Tagliafico, if he arrives, will bring an impressive resume. He has won the FIFA World Cup and two Copa America titles with Argentina and the Eredivisie in the Netherlands. The left-back has made over 478 appearances across his career playing for Ajax and Lyon and has regularly featured in European football. He has also played 70 matches with the Argentina national team. Reader Comments (10) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer () Martin Berry 1 Posted 07/07/2025 at 18:20:54 We need a strengthening in the midfield and Luiz would sit well alongside Gueye.Also, we need cover at left-back so both of these would be welcomed. Jack Convery 2 Posted 07/07/2025 at 22:44:51 I can see Tagliafico starting, he's that good. Anthony Dwyer 3 Posted 08/07/2025 at 00:10:52 Imo both good acquisitions, Luis has the added factor of being a free kick taker which is something we've not had in years.Get them in and search for more South Americans 👌 Steve Shave 4 Posted 08/07/2025 at 06:40:50 I would love to see both of these signings happen. Excellent pedigree. Luiz could play a little further forward with Gana in the side, he has real quality and mobility on the boil. Went right off the boil at Juventus but sometimes it just doesn't work out eh?Tagliafico still has enough to push for Mykolenko's place and will add quality competition which has been sorely lacking in that position. Come on Blues, get signing some players! Si Cooper 5 Posted 08/07/2025 at 10:39:58 My overall impression of Douglas Luis is that he can be a real asset but isn’t consistently.Age and adjusting to a completely new league would be the stresses for Tagliafico.Still, quality will out so let’s see if the manager / recruiters really fancy them. Robert Tressell 7 Posted 08/07/2025 at 17:41:00 I might be wrong but I suspect Douglas Luiz has now run out of oomph and is destined for life in Turkey or Saudi or as a bit part player in a Champions League club. Not sure he'd find his motivation to drop down from Juve and fight for our cause (which could be a fair bit less glamourous). The next Douglas Luiz will be out there though - as a more long term development player. Rick Cole 8 Posted 09/07/2025 at 02:43:41 I like Luiz, though tend to agree with Russell. I personally think we should be looking at Kieran Dewsbury Hall Ed Prytherch 9 Posted 09/07/2025 at 03:39:07 I was surprised when Villa let Luiz go but he appeared to be sold to finance Onana as The Count wanted to stiffen up their defense. I have no doubt that he would be an improvement on James Garner. Jay Harris 10 Posted 09/07/2025 at 03:57:35 Totally agree with Robert.Luiz's star has faded even before he left Villa and the game is becoming more about rising young stars than fading veterans.It is worrying that we are not being associated with the Elanga's and Hutchison's of this world.And to think we could have tried a bit harder for Gyokeres. Paul Hewitt 11 Posted 12/07/2025 at 15:15:32 Douglas Luiz in talks with West Ham. Looks like we could miss out on him. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. How to get rid of these ads and support TW © ToffeeWeb