Season › 2024-25 › News The Rumour Mill Takefusa Kubo leads the list of targets for Everton’s right wing Anjishnu Roy | 07/07/2025 6comments | Jump to last Everton need to sign a new right winger this summer and according to reports, former Real Madrid player Takefusa Kubo currently leads the list of targets. The 24-year-old Japan international plays for Real Sociedad in Spain. Kubo came up through the ranks of Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy before joining arch-rivals Real Madrid in 2019. The transfer didn’t work out as he spent several years on loan across a number of Spanish clubs and eventually joined Real Sociedad in 2022 without playing a single match for the Los Blancos first team. He has made 137 appearances for Sociedad since then and has scored 18 goals and registered 12 assists. Everton outlet A View from the Bullens reported the update on Kubo before it was confirmed by TEAMtalk sources as the Toffees’ interest in the winger is believed to be genuine. Kubo scored seven goals and racked up four assists across all competitions last season and could be available for a fee in the region of £30m, according to the TEAMtalk report. He is not the only target for the right wing, though, as the Blues are also apparently following Omar Hutchinson and Tom Fellows. Hutchinson scored three goals and two assists for an Ipswich Town side that got relegated last season and had a decent campaign for England in the U21 European Championships. West Ham and Brentford are also keeping tabs on the youngster, who is likely to cost around £25m to £30m. Fellows, playing for West Brom, was also on the Toffees’ radar in the winter transfer market. The 21-year-old also featured for England during the U21 Euros. Reader Comments (6) 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 18:25:01 Kubo could be a great signing as like many Japanese players they are tough, skilfull and have good engines.It will be interesting to see who we eventually bring in on the right as somebody has to play there. Liam Mogan 2 Posted 07/07/2025 at 18:45:38 Hope this happens. Skilful and hard working. Be a massive improvement on the right side. Robert Tressell 3 Posted 07/07/2025 at 19:27:18 Well at the least the rumours are up a notch from where they have been in recent years. If we could add Barry, Gallagher, Kubo and a decent new RB to the mix that would be great business.Gallagher and Kubo are probably at the peak of their value right now (so not a very good value time to buy) but could occupy their position in the first XI for around 7 years or so - making them cost effective in a different way. Their longevity would spare us the need to dip into the transfer market in a few years to replace them.That was the approach Moyes took first time around with a core group of players who stayed the course with us rather than being sold for profit.There will be cheaper prospects now age about 20 to 23 who could exceed the likes of Gallagher and Kubo in time - but many of those cheaper prospects will also fall by the wayside and never quite make the grade. Buying a couple of ready made players now (albeit still quite young) allows us to look into the even cheaper (albeit even more speculative) market of 15 to 19 year olds for bigger talents. Paul Hewitt 4 Posted 07/07/2025 at 20:27:59 Fed up of rumours now. We need to start getting new players in. Christy Ring 5 Posted 07/07/2025 at 20:34:27 Kubo, Barry and Luiz looks great on paper. Rob Halligan 6 Posted 07/07/2025 at 20:37:49 Another rumour is Alexander Sorloth. Used to play for Palace, now at Atletico Madrid and he scored 20 goals in 35 appearances last season. 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