Tyler Dibling of Southampton in action during the pre-season friendly between Southampton and Lazio at St Mary's Stadium on August 07, 2024 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images)placeholder image
Tyler Dibling of Southampton in action during the pre-season friendly between Southampton and Lazio at St Mary's Stadium on August 07, 2024 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Everton have been in pursuit of signing Tyler Dibling from Southampton.
Southampton have made their latest decision over Tyler Dibling amid Everton's interest.
The Toffees have been keen on signing the winger in the summer transfer window. David Moyes' side have had bids rejected by the Saints, who value Dibling at £50 million. He enjoyed a breakthrough 2024-25 season for Southampton, scoring four goals and recording three assists in 37 appearances as the south-coast outfit finished bottom of the Premier League with a mere 12 points.
Amid Everton’s interest, Dibling missed Southampton’s opening two games of the season and had been training away from the first team. However, he is back in the Saints’ squad for their clash against Championship promotion rivals Ipswich Town this afternoon. Dibling has been named on the bench at Portman Road by head coach Will Still.
Speaking at his pre-match press conference, Still said: "For the moment, he's still a Southampton player, and he's trained really well yesterday, and he trained well today. We'll make a decision purely based on what the team needs and where he's at physically, but we'll make that call later in the day or tomorrow.
"He's still a Southampton player, and he hasn't gone anywhere. I know there's been a lot of noise, there's a lot of noise about a few players. "We can't control that as such, it's just part and parcel of what the transfer window is, so we'll have to wait and see.
"Having honest conversations, I think he was pretty honest in the past few weeks. "It's not the easiest thing for him, he's still very young, he's still trying to understand how it all works. I'll be honest with everyone and hope they are back. Everyone has been. There was some stuff about Matty [Fernandes] and Matty's come back and done really well. I'm sure Tyler will be exactly the same."
Everton boss David Moyes was asked about the interest in Dibling when addressing the media before the club’s opening 2025-26 Premier League clash against Leeds United at Elland Road. The Blues boss said: “Like many managers in the Premier League getting deals done has been really difficult. That’s one name you’ve mentioned but we’ve bid for many players and not been able to get it over the line. There’s many clubs who could say something similar.”
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