Season › 2024-25 › News The Rumour Mill Rumour Mill — Week of 3 August 2025 Michael Kenrick | 03/08/2025 27comments | Jump to last With Everton securing the wooden spoon in the Premier League Summer Series with an impossibly thin squad, there are strong suggestions that more players will be signed this week. And on Wednesday, a new name was added to the select few who have signed for Everton: 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) Confirmation that Everton has re-signed five of last season's senior players: 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 Carlos Alcaraz, on a permanent 2-year deal While in the transfer market, Everton have been linked with: Article continues below video content Dion Lopy, holding midfielder at Almeria Zuriko Davitashvili, winger at Saint-Etienne 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 Douglas Luiz, midfielder at Juventus 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 Omari Hutchinson, winger at Ipswich Town Raphael Onyedika, midfielder at Club Brugge Mihailo Ivanovic, striker at Millwall Timothy Weah, striker at Juventus Tom Fellows, winger at West Bromwich Albion Fred, midfielder at Fenerbahçe Ben Doak, forward at Liverpool Aleksandar Mitrovic, striker at Al Hilal Jack Grealish, midfielder at Manchester City Hamza Igamane, striker at Glasgow Rangers Wilfred Ndidi, midfielder at Leicester City James McAtee, midfielder at Manchester City These players who were heavily linked with a move to Everton have gone elsewhere: 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 may return to Blackpool While these departures from the club have now been confirmed: Dominic Calvert-Lewin rejected a new contract, may join Celtic, or Man Utd, or Aston Villa, or AC Milan 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 Reader Comments (27) 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 () Iain Johnston 1 Posted 03/08/2025 at 18:55:11 And for the next one on the clickbait conveyor belt I give you...(drum roll please).Akturkoglu of Benfica. Apparently we're looking at a £39M bid.18 goals & 16 assists across all competitions last season. Phil (Kelsall) Roberts 2 Posted 03/08/2025 at 18:57:46 England-born winger Ademola Lookman says Atalanta have reneged on that promise after "receiving an offer for a move to AC Milan in alignment to what I believe had been discussed"."I feel I have no choice but to speak out for what I believe is right and I feel that enough is enough," Lookman wrote on social media."I can confirm I have now handed in a formal transfer request."Lookman said Atalanta were "blocking the opportunity" of him leaving the club "for reasons I do not understand".1. So he is not coming back2. He hasn't changed since he left Mike Gaynes 3 Posted 03/08/2025 at 19:09:48 Phil, he "hasn't changed since he left"??In three seasons in Serie A he has 39 goals and 21 assists.I call that one hell of a change. Phil (Kelsall) Roberts 4 Posted 03/08/2025 at 19:34:58 But his attitude has not changed, only his experience (and hair style). Mike Gaynes 5 Posted 03/08/2025 at 19:58:56 I dunno, Phil, I think 77 goal involvements in all competitions is pretty good evidence that he's no longer the immature underperformer he was with us. And I think he's entitled to want to leave a club that allowed the manager to publicly insult him, then lied to him about a transfer. I'm all for the guy. Hope his Inter deal goes through. Rob Halligan 6 Posted 03/08/2025 at 20:08:35 Atalanta should give Lookman the move he wants, if for no other reason than him single handedly winning them the Europa League in 2024, when he scored a stunning hat trick to defeat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0. Mike Gaynes 7 Posted 03/08/2025 at 20:09:07 MK, thanks for including Weah, but I'm afraid I'm keeping that rumour alive all by myself.Although his move to Marseille seems to have fallen through... hmmmm. Ian Bennett 8 Posted 03/08/2025 at 20:30:40 Tyrique George Chelsea Ajay Gopal 9 Posted 04/08/2025 at 06:32:47 MK, Aznou features on both the 'signed' list and 'linked with' list?, Omari Hutchinson appears twice, some names on the linked with list have already signed with other clubs - Evan Ferguson, for example?But, this is all great fun, until you realise that with less than 2 weeks left for the start of the season, we have actually signed only 3 players - none of whom are unlikely to make the 1st XI - and let go of 12 players - out of which, arguably 4/5 players featured regularly last season;- Calvert-Lewin, Ashley Young, Jack Harrison, Orel Mangala (before his injury) and Doucoure. At a stretch, you could argue that Harrison Armstrong seems to have made a strong case to start or feature regularly this season, which means that we still need to sign 4 quality players at least. To restate the bleeding obvious -Right back - Maitland-Niles, Rensch, Vagiannidis, JuanluRight Winger - Dibling, Kubo, Hutchinson, Doak, Fofana2 x Midfield - Gallagher, Grealish, McGinn, Luiz, Mangala, OnyedikaIf we get these deals done, we will have a squad capable of challenging in the Top 10. John Keating 10 Posted 04/08/2025 at 08:51:28 Obviously we need players who can step up instantly into the squad.However, we still must look to the future and buy potential for small money.I’ve mentioned him before but Lennon Miller at Motherwell is one worth watching. With the right coaching this lad could be a great buy Mal van Schaick 11 Posted 04/08/2025 at 09:10:09 Let’s go full circle and sign Calvert Lewin and Doucoure. Mike Doyle 12 Posted 04/08/2025 at 09:12:55 Mal #11] Many of us would not be surprised to see that happen. Robert Tressell 13 Posted 04/08/2025 at 12:12:30 John # 10, Miller could be an excellent signing. It doesn’t take long before low cost high quality young players are high quality first teamers. John Keating 14 Posted 04/08/2025 at 20:09:48 Robert, there are many young prospects we can get for nowt. There are very few who have proven themselves in first teams in various leagues.Miller has been excellent at Motherwell last season. I still cannot understand why clubs haven't “taken a chance” a la John McGinn. Miller is a great prospect. Mark Jensen 15 Posted 06/08/2025 at 17:04:16 All five players brought in so far have been purchases. No loans in as of yet. Do you think any loans will come in and will they arrive before Transfer Deadline Day? Steve Brown 16 Posted 07/08/2025 at 12:51:23 Phil @ 4, I assume you know Ademola personally then? Steve Brown 17 Posted 07/08/2025 at 12:52:38 Now to someone who definitely is a knobhead.Marseille are considering terminating the contract of Neil Maupay as they can't find anyone to buy him. Phil Roberts 18 Posted 07/08/2025 at 13:20:33 Steve, he came round for tea at the weekend. Danny O'Neill 19 Posted 07/08/2025 at 13:36:29 Lookman turned out to be a good player. A few question marks over his attitude in his formative years, but that's common in young players. Read the same for Anthony Gordon. I don't think there were doubts over his ability.Everton were too early for him. Wrong time, wrong club in the situation we were in for a player wanting to establish himself. Steve Brown 20 Posted 07/08/2025 at 13:57:01 Hope he doesn't read your post then, Phil. He's be upset.Lookman's only attitude problem was refusing to do what Allardyce wanted when he chose a loan to RB Leipzig over Derby County.Smart lad. Sam Hoare 21 Posted 07/08/2025 at 16:18:18 Forest bidding for Dilane Bakwa. Him and Evan Guessand (just signed for Villa) were the two players I wanted for us!No right-back links either at the moment, so perhaps Moyes is happy with O'Brien there? Colin Glassar 22 Posted 08/08/2025 at 10:50:24 Sounds like TFG are to offer new shares to new investors. This is surely a positive move, right? Michael Kenrick 23 Posted 08/08/2025 at 17:22:15 Wilfred Ndidi has left Leicester City, with the midfielder joining Turkish side Besiktas for £9M after the club triggered his release clause. Ray Roche 24 Posted 08/08/2025 at 17:41:37 Michael, But none of the so-called Big 6 made a move for him, in fact I didn't see any Premier League clubs linked strongly with him. Mike Gaynes 25 Posted 09/08/2025 at 05:59:43 Well, we have a new name at the top of the rumor list. Fichajes in Spain reports we're about to sign Dion Lopy, 23, defensive mid from Almeria in the Spanish second division. Senegal international for just a few minutes so far, and reportedly the best prospect on a club that missed out on promotion and now must balance its books. From Yahoo Sports:Talks between the club and the player are said to be in the final stages, and a deal worth around €25 million is on the verge of being agreed. According to the report, Lopy has begun preparations to leave Almeria and, unless something goes wrong, he could be on his way to Merseyside within days.Lopy is physically strong, quick in the tackle and has strong positional awareness. He is a master of keeping possession of the ball and is very disciplined in providing coverage to the defence... His athleticism, involvement in high pressing and quick recovery match Everton’s current needs. Idrissa Gueye could be used as a mentor, and Lopy could slowly be built up as a regular player. €25 million might seem like a high price tag, especially at a time when the club’s finances are not normal, but the investment does not seem risky. Interesting statistical profile. In 73 appearances for Almeria (5400 minutes) he has one, goal, three assists... and 26 yellow cards. No reds, however. Lopy's value on Transfermarkt is listed at just €6 million, but his contract runs through 2029, which may account for the high price.Obviously we're looking at him as a potential Gana understudy. Michael Kenrick 26 Posted 09/08/2025 at 13:04:41 Omari Hutchinson has been omitted from Ipswich Town’s squad.What, if anything, can this possibly mean? Stay tuned… Michael Kenrick 27 Posted 09/08/2025 at 13:08:47 And what's this stuff about Tyrese Campbell? The 'kid' is 25 already and has been tearing out trees for, er, Stoke City and Sheffield Utd.Surely not. 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