It’s a very different Everton with a new manager in charge and a raft of new signings in place
It is June 2027. David Moyes has departed after a fairly boring season where we finished 10th and made the quarter finals of the League Cup. Liam Delap hits the best goals return (13) for an Everton striker since 2021.
Kieran McKenna is appointed as Moyes's replacement, after a year off playing with his kids and tending to his herbaceous borders. The good news is that the financial shackles have eased further and the recruitment team have a kitty of £230m to supplement the squad assembled summer 2026.
Steady progress in recruitment over two summers sees us assemble a squad that Transfermarkt rates as 8th and the bookies see as likely to qualify for Europe.
It’s possibly / probably the best squad we’ve had in the entire Premier League era – and McKenna has a track record of good football and outperforming the level of investment in the playing squad. Here's how it shapes up... something to look forward to:
First XI
Pickford
Lewis (bought from City 2026)
Diouf (bought from West Ham 2026)
Branthwaite
O’Brien
Hackney (bought from Boro 2026)
Garner
Manzambi (bought from Freiburg 2027)
Nwaneri (bought from Arsenal 2027)
Gittens (bought from Chelsea 2027)
Delap (loan converted to permanent signing 2027)
Second XI
Tzolakis (bought from Olympiakos 2027)
Kpakio (bought from Cardiff 2027)
Methalie (bought from Toulouse 2027)
Harwood-Bellis (bought from Saints 2026)
Bah (bought from City 2027)
Armstrong
Rohl
Dewsbury-Hall
Dibling
Fatawu (bought from Leicester 2026)
Barry
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