BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - AUGUST 29: Everton manager David Moyes at the post match interview during the Premier League 2026/27 match between AFC Bournemouth and Everton at Vitality Stadium on August 29, 2026 in Bournemouth, England. (Photo by David Horton - CameraSport via Getty Images)
BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - AUGUST 29: Everton manager David Moyes at the post match interview during the Premier League 2026/27 match between AFC Bournemouth and Everton at Vitality Stadium on August 29, 2026 in Bournemouth, England. (Photo by David Horton - CameraSport via Getty Images)
Welcome to our live coverage of David Moyes' press conference to preview Everton's Premier League clash against Manchester United at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Sunday. The Blues boss will be with us at 1.30pm.
And it's safe to say the questions he faces - initially at least - will have little to do with the encounter against his former club.
That's because of the way the transfer window ended for Everton. After the club's owners, The Friedkin Group, U-turned on their hugely controversial decision to agree to sell Harrison Armstrong to Nottingham Forest, David Moyes lost four players from his first-team squad, including star man Iliman Ndiaye, who left for Manchester City for £65m.
But while Jack Grealish returned on loan from Manchester City, and the club's long search for a right-back ended with the arrival of Ainsley Maitland-Niles, the dramatic collapse of Folarin Balogun's big-money move from Monaco has left Moyes with just one senior striker in Thierno Barry.
Joe Thomas is at Finch Farm to find out what the Blues boss makes of that - and much more.
As you can imagine, it's filling up here - we have the BBC, Guardian, Sky Sports, Premier League Productions, the Times, the Athletic and the Northern Gazette.
What David Moyes will we get this afternoon?
Will he be bullish, will he be open or will he keep his cards close to his chest?
It's strange - his hand has been weakened by the way the window ended, but his position has probably been strengthened.
For those who have not read it, here is my transfer window wrap-up.
This is how it starts:
A frenetic deadline day saw Everton sign two players but end the transfer window in disarray and with the club’s damaged hierarchy facing more questions than answers.The Blues secured the return of Jack Grealish and ended their longstanding search for a right-back with the addition of Ainsley Maitland-Niles. Yet that business was overshadowed by the late collapse of a deal for Folarin Balogun.The circumstances that led to the departure of key player Iliman Ndiaye and the debacle that saw the club explore the sale of starlet Harrison Armstrong had already seriously undermined the reputation of owners the Friedkin Group and those tasked with delivering their vision.That so much business was left so late, and for David Moyes’ squad to have shrunk over a summer in which the goal was to build a side that would not fade like Everton did at the end of last season, are also topics that demand scrutiny in the aftermath of an unedifying end to business.Chief among the questions now faced by TFG is the true financial health of the club- or at least the extent to which they are willing to fund the resurgence of the Blues. The US-based owners inherited a club that required rebuilding behind-the-scenes after the financial and regulatory turbulence that characterised the final years under former owner Farhad Moshiri.Those days appeared to have been over, with the club’s latest set of accounts pointing to intense efforts to restructure its debts and move it to a firmer financial footing. Even the shock £35m compensation payment the club was recently ordered to pay Burnley over a previous breach of financial rules was met with reassurance from Everton the figure would not impact summer transfer plans.The Blues also said the Premier League had confirmed it would not be included within its Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) calculations.Yet despite projecting confidence over the club’s finances, bolstered by the move to Hill Dickinson Stadium and the clutch of high-profile commercial deals that have followed, the final days of Everton’s transfer window appeared to be influenced by a need, or desire, to sell.
Hello everyone, Joe Thomas setting up here at Finch Farm.
This is the first time we will hear from David Moyes since that disaster of a deadline day. What will today hold for us?
I have no idea!
Everton fans have acted reacted furiously to what happened on deadline day and the days leading up to it.
The 1878s, who have been dedicated to improving the atmosphere on matchdays have announced they are “standing down for the foreseeable future”.
The Everton Fan Advisory Board has called for chief executive Angus Kinnear to meet with themselves and other Blues’ supporters groups.
While the Everton Fans’ Forum issued a statement expressing their anger at how the club ended the transfer window and warned that 'patience should not be accepted for acceptance'.
And it's against that backdrop that our Blues fans' jury members have gave their usual Friday verdicts.
You can read those right HERE.
Good afternoon
And welcome to our live coverage of David Moyes' press conference to preview Everton vs Manchester United at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Sunday.
But, let's face it, questions about that match will very much take a backseat to ones about what just happened in the final days of the transfer window.
How does he feel about being left with just one striker? How has Harrison Armstrong responded to what happened on Saturday? What are his thoughts on selling Iliman Ndiaye for £65m? What does he make of his deadline day arrivals? And has he spoken to The Friedkin Group about the dramatic events on the past weeks?
So many questions. Let's see if supporters get some answers.