Everton have made considerable progress over the past 15 months, with David Moyes willing this outfit away from the relegation fodder.
Yet the Toffees stumbled over their laces against Sunderland on Saturday, losing their final Premier League match of the season at the Hill Dickinson. Everton were ponderous and incoherent as an attacking force, and it served as evidence that there is a lot of work to be done ahead of the 2026/27 campaign.
Everton's Recent Premier League Finishes
Season
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24/25
23/24
22/23
21/22*
Tenth in the Premier League with one game left to play, Everton have come on leaps and bounds, but they need more quality in attack.
How Everton plan to strengthen in attack
Everton will likely dig into their pockets for a new number nine this summer. Thierno Barry is a talented and exciting goalscorer, but he's hardly the most refined on the block. Beto, however, suffers from too many dips in form, and it wouldn't be surprising to see him leave.
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There's also the matter of Jack Grealish, whose loan spell at the Hill Dickinson is soon to expire. Moyes would love to bring the flashy winger back on a permanent basis, but hopes of doing so ride on a financial middleground being met.
Of course, Everton still have Iliman Ndiaye at their disposal, but the Senegal international could do with some competition out on the wings.
As per TEAMtalk, Everton plan to reward Moyes with another exciting attacker, having begun work on Leicester City's Abdul Fatawu, who is expected to be allowed to leave the club this summer for a £20m fee.
Leicester winger Abdul Fatawu
Leicester have been relegated to League One this year, but Fatawu has been among the few bright sparks, and he could prosper in a Moyes outfit challenging for the Premier League ascendancy.
Why Fatawu could be Everton's next Ndiaye
Fatawu is endowed with blistering speed and a natural physicality that would make him perfect for the Premier League. His playing style comes with a whiff of Ndiaye's own dazzling air, and it's something that
It's been a tough year for Leicester, and no mistake, but the Ghanaian winger has shone, hailed as a "special talent" by Gary Lineker in the past.
The Foxes signed the young forward from Sporting Lisbon on loan in 2023/24 before making the deal permanent that following summer. He has since made 100 appearances for the club, scoring 16 goals and supplying 23 assists.
Cruelly, he only started six times in the Premier League last year due to an ACL injury, though he still caught the eye across his few outings, completing many dribbles and duelling with a fierce intensity.
League Comparison (2025/26)
Stats (* per 90)
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Goals
Assists
Shots (on target)*
Big chances missed
Accurate passes*
Big chances created
Key passes*
Succ. dribbles*
Recoveries*
Tackles + interceptions*
Duels won*
Like Ndiaye, he's a real livewire, and like Ndiaye, he is clinical when finding himself in space, ready to strike on goal (albeit, he needs to weave into openings with more consistency, putting a keen edge on that dangerous skillset).
Fatawu plays down the right channel, and while he would thus find himself jockeying with Ndiaye, who has made that flank his own across the course of the campaign, if Moyes and co fail to secure a permanent deal for Grealish, it could see the Senegalese talent return to his natural left side.
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Options. This would give Moyes options, and a new piece of weaponry to echo Ndiaye and ensure that the Toffees continue to go from strength to strength, perhaps landing the requisite firepower to shake up a few feathers at the front of the table next term.
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