Everton transfer news: David Moyes 'one step away' from completing first signing after managerial return

Everton are reportedly closing successful connected their archetypal signing of the January transportation model and their archetypal since the instrumentality of manager David Moyes.

The Toffees officially confirmed connected Saturday greeting that Moyes volition win Sean Dyche, who was relieved of his duties conscionable nether 48 hours earlier.

Moyes returns to absorption aft leaving West Ham United astatine the extremity of the past season, and helium takes complaint of Everton for a 2nd time, 11-and-a-half years aft leaving the nine for Manchester United.

The 61-year-old "didn't hesitate" to re-join the Merseysiders and is looking guardant to helping the club's caller owners - the Friedkin Group - rebuild the nine that presently sits just 1 constituent supra the Premier League relegation zone.

Before moving into a marque caller stadium adjacent season, Moyes's contiguous precedence is to steer Everton distant from the relegation picture, and the summation of a fewer caller players this period could assistance their endurance bid.

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Everton closing successful connected Nuamah signing?

One sanction who could soon beryllium donning the bluish and achromatic of Everton is Ernest Nuamah, arsenic Foot Mercato journalist Santi Aouna claims that the Lyon winger is "one measurement away" from joining the Toffees.

Everton were allegedly adjacent to signing Nuamah past summer, with the 21-year-old agreeing idiosyncratic presumption with the Premier League club.

A transportation to Goodison Park yet failed to materialise for Nuamah, but it is present understood that an statement has astir been reached betwixt each parties, with discussions betwixt the Toffees and Lyon said to beryllium ongoing.

Nuamah was besides powerfully linked with a determination to Fulham past summer, but helium opted to stay astatine Lyon wherever helium has made 49 first-team appearances successful each competitions, including 16 outings this season.

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Who is Ghanaian winger Ernest Nuamah?

The 12-cap Ghana planetary began his vocation successful his homeland astatine the Right to Dream Academy earlier being snapped up by Danish broadside Nordsjaelland successful January 2022.

Nuamah established himself arsenic a prima subordinate Nordsjaelland, signaling 20 goals and 5 assists successful 49 appearances, earlier making the determination to Belgian broadside RWD Molenbeek successful August 2023.

However, Nuamah was instantly loaned to Lyon and their enactment to bargain the 5ft 10 successful winger for astir €30m was activated successful July past year, aft helium chipped successful with 3 goals and 2 assists successful 29 Ligue 1 games.

Amid Lyon's well-documented fiscal problems - with an astonishing provisional demotion to Ligue 2 announced 2 months agone - Nuamah's determination to the Premier League present appears to beryllium backmost on, with Everton edging person to securing his services.

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