Everton face a crucial summer, with several key players out of contract and a major squad reshuffle on the horizon. David Moyes has repeatedly pointed out Everton’s contract situation, stressing the need for smart planning. With uncertainty over the futures of key names, big decisions loom. We spoke to Will Rooney of LiverpoolWorld to get his take on Everton’s current situation.
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00:00Everton are set for a major contract reshuffle this summer, with big changes on the horizon.
00:09David Moyes has highlighted the club's transformation, pointing to the new ownership, an upcoming
00:14stadium move and a more ambitious outlook.
00:18Has Everton become a more attractive destination?
00:21I spoke with Will Rooney of Liverpool World about the expected overhaul and what it means
00:27for the club's next chapter.
00:29So Will, looking at Everton and David Moyes obviously coming out and saying that the contract
00:34talks are on hold now.
00:36It seems like a lot of clubs, especially in the top flight, are going to be dealing with
00:40huge deals and incomings, outgoings in the summer.
00:44It's a summer where obviously there's going to be a lot of reshuffling, the new owners,
00:48new management.
00:49What's the latest you can tell us in terms of the contract talks and what you see going
00:55on at Everton?
00:56I feel like it's probably a period this summer where we're going to be catching up a lot
00:59with new news almost breaking most weeks is the way it's looking.
01:05Yeah, definitely.
01:06It's an interesting summer because 11 players are out of contract in the current squad,
01:13that's including low knees.
01:16It's a chance to reset for Everton, I think.
01:18I asked David Moyes in his first press conference and he agreed that it's a chance for a clean
01:27slate really because the PSR situation is looking a lot healthier.
01:32Everton have got decisions to make on the players.
01:36He came out and said the contract talks are on hold until the safety is secured.
01:45I would like to think Everton have already secured the safety but I get where he's coming
01:50from.
01:51Maybe it buys Everton a little bit of time to say that, to really come down to decision
01:56rather than players knocking on David Moyes' door and saying what's happened.
02:00But there are some decisions to make.
02:03You look through the squad, Dominic Calverlue and there's been a deal on the table, he hasn't
02:07signed it, he's out injured with a serious hamstring injury now, will Everton want to
02:13offer him the same terms that potentially they were going to give him?
02:17Driss Garnagay has been unbelievable in the last few weeks.
02:25He covers so much ground, wins so many challenges and just keeps things simple with the ball.
02:31He's 35, how long does he potentially get?
02:37Does his wages that he would be wanting warrant his age?
02:43Does he maybe go somewhere else and think I want one more pay?
02:47I don't know.
02:48Abdullahi Zakkouri is another interesting one.
02:52He's had a new lease of life since David Moyes arrived, I think Everton have got a club option
02:57on that one, so they'll have to decide on that.
03:00But again, Everton are going into a new era on the Liverpool waterfront.
03:06The stadium is incredible, they've got a manager who is as experienced as he comes but he's
03:15always learning, he's always ready to change his ways a little bit, which is a big boost.
03:22We've signed some really good players, when he was at West Ham, David Moyes, I'd like
03:26to Kuzos and Paqueta and all of us.
03:31Cech has been a really good servant for them and people will be looking at that and thinking
03:37well, he went and won a European trophy at West Ham, why couldn't we go and do that with
03:41Everton?
03:43The stadium, Shaun Dyche did a great job, but did some players want to play that style
03:51of football?
03:52You've got to be realistic, did they fancy playing a Shaun Dyche style?
03:56Probably not a lot did, so maybe that made Everton's task a little bit more difficult
04:02and any players maybe arriving and thinking well, we'll be in a relegation battle now,
04:07do I want to go to Everton and do that or do I want to go somewhere else?
04:11You'd like to think going into next season, that's going to be the case, that's not going
04:15to be the case, they'll be looking upwards and that's what David Moyes is very much doing.
04:20He's saying it's going to be a gradual step, but he's already talking about getting Everton
04:24and challenging for Europe again and that's what Evertonians want to hear.
04:28They don't want to be in the lower echelons thinking a 15th place finish will be fine,
04:37they want to be battered to where they belong and that's fighting for Europe and the way
04:41to do that is to attract top players.