Everton manager David Moyes has drawn up a long list of summer transfer targets.
We understand John Stones is on Moyes’ radar and the Manchester City defender is open to rejoining Everton.
Stones’ teammate Jack Grealish is also attracting interest from Everton, however, it would take a bid of around £50m to strike an agreement with the Citizens.
Moyes has already made it clear that the club will be looking to recruit from the Championship, too, as he believes it’s home to a number of future Premier League stars.
With that said, it’s now being reported that Everton are set to accelerate a move to sign a winger from the second tier.
West Bromwich Albion winger Tom Fellows holding up a Championship award.
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Everton ‘more likely’ to sign West Bromwich Albion winger Tom Fellows than Ben Doak
Everton have been in talks to sign Ben Doak from Merseyside rivals Liverpool, with a £30m deal transfer mooted.
Doak impressed on loan at Middlesbrough last season, registering 10 goal involvements before suffering a hamstring injury at the start of February.
However, according to TEAMtalk, Everton are now ‘more likely’ to sign West Bromwich Albion attacker Tom Fellows.
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Moyes tried to sign Fellows in January, but that deal failed to materialise on deadline day, and now the report claims a £10m summer transfer is in the pipeline.
The England youth international is currently on duty at the under-21 European Championships, so once that ends, the Toffees are expected to accelerate the deal.
West Brom are resigned to losing Fellows after their failed promotion bid.
Fellows 2024/25 stats
Fellows is widely regarded as one of the best young wingers in the Championship, as he finished the season as the joint top assist maker.
45 appearances
4 goals
14 assists
The 21-year-old predominantly operated off the right flank, but he is very comfortable using his weaker left foot to cut in and shoot.
Fellows’ former manager Tony Mowbray previously labelled him a ‘wonderful’ player with a really great attitude.
“Fellows is a wonderful, wonderful player. He is a very unassuming boy,” Mowbray said.
“He never knocks on my door’s saying, ‘why am I not playing? I feel like deserved to play’. He just accepts my decisions and gets on with it. He’s a dream footballer to manage, really.”
Evidently, his references are very encouraging for Everton, who are targeting talented young players this summer.