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BBC News
3 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Everton in talks over permanent Alcaraz deal
It's looking like being a busy summer at revival following David Moyes' appointment in January allowed the Toffees to finish 13th in the table and they can now look at their transfer Blues have announced a number of departures but are in discussions with Argentine midfielder Carlos Alcaraz to make his loan deal from Flamengo into a between the two parties are said to be going midfielder Idrissa Gueye, who won the club's player of the year award at the age of 35, is also in discussions over a contract extension, with his current deal ending this Moyes mentioned the club had already spoken to Ipswich striker Liam Delap and conversations continue to take place, though the Englishman also has interest from Manchester United and Chelsea, leaving clubs waiting on his Dominic Calvert-Lewin and defender Michael Keane are both out of contract too but there are no indications as to whether they will extend their stays to feature at the club's new stadium next season.
New York Times
4 days ago
- Business
- New York Times
Everton progressing in Carlos Alcaraz talks, hopeful of completing deal by end of May
Everton are progressing in talks with Flamengo over a permanent deal for Carlos Alcaraz and are hopeful of completing a move by the end of the month. Alcaraz, 22, joined at the end of the winter window on a temporary deal. The move contained both a mandatory purchase clause should he make nine Premier League starts, and an option to buy for €15million (£12.6m; $16.9m) which expires at the end of May. Advertisement The former Southampton midfielder made just seven league starts for Everton, scoring twice, but has impressed sufficiently for the club to want to make the move permanent. He netted the winner in the 1-0 win over Newcastle United on Sunday. Discussions between the teams are progressing over the structure of the deal, and the hope is that the transfer can be completed before the purchase option expires at the end of May. Everton face a key summer rebuild, with Abdoulaye Doucoure, Ashley Young, Asmir Begovic and Joao Virginia among those set to leave the club when their deals expire at the end of June. Doucoure was offered a new contract but has received more lucrative offers from elsewhere, notably Saudi Arabia. Everton confirmed earlier this week that their other four loan signings, Jack Harrison, Jesper Lindstrom, Orel Mangala and Armando Broja, would be returning to their parent clubs. Purchase options for Napoli's Lindstrom and Chelsea's Broja were not taken up. Talks are continuing over a new deal for veteran midfielder Idrissa Gueye, while Everton are also keen to retain club captain Seamus Coleman. Defender Michael Keane and striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin are also out of contract. Everton finished the season in 13th and will move to a new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock, on Liverpool's waterfront, in time for next season. Alcaraz would be a popular signing with Everton fans. Hard-working, versatile and tenacious, he has made a number of key contributions from midfield since joining in February, including the winning goal at St James' Park on the final day of the season. His surges forward from deep have also given the side more threat on the counter. Alcaraz did not make enough league starts to trigger the purchase obligation, but manager David Moyes has seen enough to warrant a permanent move. Advertisement For the €15m fee, signing Alcaraz always felt like a no-brainer. He has resale value, room for further development and has already shown he can make a difference in the final third for Everton. In a summer of change, retaining someone already familiar with the squad and environment seems to make sense. Should the deal get over the line, the next challenge for him will be to become more consistent and cement a place in the Everton side next season now that Doucoure is leaving.
New York Times
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Everton's player of the season: Idrissa Gueye – into autumn of his career and never better
A couple of weeks ago, I was asked to pick Everton's player of the season. At that stage, the answer seemed pretty straightforward. Despite the notable contributions of others, I felt midfielder Idrissa Gueye had done more than anyone else to hold the team together across the whole campaign. But the Senegal midfielder's name formulated so quickly in my mind that I then started to have doubts. Others had their own compelling case to make. Advertisement In his first season at Everton, forward Iliman Ndiaye hit double figures for goals. The 25-year-old is a bona fide entertainer, eliciting a sense of excitement whenever he embarks on one of his characteristic surges forward with the ball, in a squad that has not had enough of them in recent years. Success-starved supporters have craved some joy, and Ndiaye has belatedly provided it. Then there are the routinely excellent displays of goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, without whom Everton would have almost certainly suffered the ignominy of dropping into the Championship by now. Shot stopping is not the only element of goalkeeping to consider, but the England No 1 has prevented a league-high six goals this season with his saves. Pickford has developed into a remarkably consistent presence who has a pleasing habit of elevating his game to another level when the side needs him most. After brief dalliances elsewhere though, I came back round to Gueye, or 'Gana' as he is affectionately known by team-mates, friends and fans. At 35, we all keep expecting him to slow down. That is a sad inevitability at some point, but it has not happened yet — if anything, he is arguably playing as well as ever. 'He's getting better the older he gets,' his midfield colleague James Garner, 24, said after the 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest last month. 'He's a calm, assuring head alongside me. I'm still pretty young and still learning the game, and he's helped me massively.' Gueye's influence on the Everton team is two-fold. There's the experience and reassurance he brings, as well as the sense of cohesion. An elder statesman in the squad and a French speaker, he is a popular bridge between different groups in the dressing room — as close to Ndiaye and Abdoulaye Doucoure as he is to someone like long-time club captain Seamus Coleman. On the pitch, he remains the team's engine; someone whose ball-winning prowess still ranks among the best in the league. In terms of the raw numbers, he is top of the league for tackles, joint-sixth for recoveries and also in the top 10 for interceptions. Stats like these should always be placed into context. Everton have had the 18th lowest possession share in the league, so Gueye and his team-mates are being asked to defend more. But even adjusting for opportunity (per 1,000 touches), the former Aston Villa and Paris Saint-Germain midfielder is more than holding his own, as the below graphic shows. The 'true interceptions' metric considers blocked passes as well as interceptions. The formula for 'true tackles' is slightly more long-winded: tackles + challenges lost + fouls committed. In simple terms, Gueye is a prominent presence off the ball, performing a large volume of actions, and doing so with a high success rate. If there was a standout moment across the season as a whole, it was probably the 1-0 win away at Brighton & Hove Albion in January — a game in which Everton had spent the final five minutes plus stoppage time a player down due to Orel Mangala's injury. After withstanding wave after wave of pressure, it was telling that Gueye was the one team-mates and coaching staff first embraced on the full-time whistle. Advertisement During that match and other more turbulent moments of the season, the temptation was to wonder where Everton would have been without him. It almost certainly would not have been pretty. As he approaches the age of 36, and with his contract up this summer, the question at Everton has been how long he can keep going. Wherever he is playing his football, there will be an increasing focus on managing his minutes and his body. Even now, there are few doubts over his ability. 'Idrissa has done fantastically and he's surprised me a lot,' Everton manager David Moyes said last month. 'He's not a spring chicken and we're mindful of that. 'We've tried to rest him here and there, but he's done so well and kept playing. He's very good at breaking the play up and his experience is good. 'There's a certain group of players here who he's very helpful to and they see him as a top player and a gentleman as well. They rely on him a lot, but for me, he's done so well.' After a successful stint at PSG, Gueye rejoined Everton in the summer of 2022 keen to help steer the club through choppy waters. He has done that and more. He and his family have developed a deep-rooted connection to the club and the city. In a social media post from his wife Pauline after Goodison's final Premier League game, she spoke about their deep affection for the stadium and how they had 'built their family' on Merseyside. A post shared by Pauline Gueye (@paulinegueye_) As he approaches the twilight of his career, Gueye can rest assured that he has already cemented his legacy at Everton.
BBC News
5 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Gossip: Paris FC keen on out-of-contract Gueye
Ligue 1 newcomers Paris FC are interested in signing midfielder Idrissa Gueye, whose contract at Everton expires next month. (Foot Mercato - in French, external)Want more transfer stories? Read Tuesday's full gossip columnFollow the gossip column on BBC Sport
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
The timeless tackler
All stats are from the Premier Leauge only [BBC] When Idrissa Gueye joined Everton in 2016, he made the most tackles of any player in the Premier League in his first season. Nine years later, he has repeated the feat - and made even more tackles in the process. In fact, in five of his six seasons at Goodison Park he has ranked inside the top three players for tackles won in the top flight. The only outlier was the 2023-24 season in which injuries greatly reduced his game time. Advertisement When FBref started recording tackling data in 2017-18, Gueye's success rate at tackling dribblers was 41%. It has slowly risen over time and now sits at 59%. The midfield veteran has aged like a fine wine in the ball-winning department.
