Everton In Danger Of False Start In New Home

By his ain admission, David Moyes is not instantly drawn to Snoop Dogg's music.

But location is simply a condemnation successful 1 of nan best-selling and influential rap artists of each time's astir celebrated songs that astir apt sums up Moyes' temper astatine nan moment.

Halfway done Drop It Like It's Hot, Snoop declares "I can't clone it".

Moyes saw Snoop execute astatine nan Super Bowl connected his erstwhile sojourn to Atlanta successful 2019. The arena was memorable - nan game, according to nan Scot, was not, arsenic nan New England Patriots hit nan Los Angeles Rams, Snoop's team, 13-3.

On Sunday, astatine nan magnificent Mercedes Benz Stadium, a 2-2 tie pinch Manchester United was amended arsenic acold arsenic Moyes' Everton broadside were concerned.

It meant they vanished pinch 1 point, and bottommost of nan Premier League Summer Series table. Having mislaid their erstwhile 3 pre-season matches, nan results are starting to beryllium a interest - Moyes can't clone it.

It surely is not what astir Evertonians felt nan business would beryllium arsenic they hole for their eagerly awaited last trial arena successful their caller location against Roma connected Saturday.

With a caller stadium, eager caller owners and a head who understood them, this was meant to beryllium nan commencement of a caller era.

Yet Moyes' last property convention astatine nan Premier League Summer Series centred connected a acquainted theme.

"I deliberation there'll beryllium deals adjacent week," he said. "I deliberation we're getting overmuch closer. But I felt that 4 aliases 5 weeks agone arsenic well.

"Obviously, we're getting adjacent nan tickly bits and we've sewage to get immoderate things done."

Lack of activity connected nan transportation beforehand has been a moving commentary successful Moyes' engagement pinch nan media passim Everton's 12-day trip.

From saying he needed up to 9 caller players - he has sewage 3 truthful now it is down to six - to expressing interest that erstwhile they do yet get it will beryllium excessively precocious for a due integration earlier nan opening Premier League crippled astatine Leeds connected 18 August.

There has been movement. Thierno Barry has joined from Villarreal for £27m and Adam Aznou, 19, completed his move from Bayern Munich for astir £8m past week.

But some are caller to nan Premier League. Moyes privately feels it is asking a batch for either to make an contiguous impact.

Southampton's breathtaking talent Tyler Dibling is 1 of those Moyes expects Everton to onshore this week. Dibling intelligibly has Premier League acquisition and his presence would beryllium a positive, yet, astatine 19, he is besides 1 for nan future.

It was intolerable not to spot Moyes successful animated speech pinch Tomas Soucek, personification he knows truthful good from his clip astatine West Ham, astatine Chicago's Soldier Field past Wednesday, and deliberation that is precisely nan benignant of subordinate Everton need; solid, experienced, dependable.

Soucek is not a target but Moyes will beryllium connected nan lookout for a subordinate pinch akin attributes to nan Czech Republic skipper, who he signed permanently for West Ham successful 2020 for £19.1m.

When he was introduced into nan 2nd half of nan West Ham crippled aft recovering from injury, centre-half James Tarkowski made an contiguous effect by covering a vulnerable onslaught and simply shrugging Jarrod Bowen disconnected nan shot to triumph possession for his team.

Tarkowski is different of those players Moyes tin trust, albeit he gave a punishment distant successful nan last crippled of nan US travel by sticking his limb into Manchester United's Amad Diallo - moreover if nan existent interaction was minimum.

Moyes believes Jarrad Branthwaite mightiness beryllium fresh capable to subordinate nan main group for training this week aft nan 23-year-old missed nan US travel pinch a insignificant niggle.

Having Branthwaite and Tarkowski backmost successful defence will make Everton much solid. But Moyes knows it is not enough, which is why each nan talk of Jack Grealish heading to nan nine mightiness beryllium premature.

Grealish would undoubtedly beryllium an breathtaking addition, albeit pinch important caveats astir his shape - he has not been nan aforesaid subordinate since Manchester City's 2023 Treble play and Moyes is not 1 to easy disregard Pep Guardiola's appraisal of nan 29-year-old - and cost, moreover of a loan.

However, if it is to happen, it will beryllium overmuch later successful nan window. Everton person acold much basal issues to reside conscionable now.

It wasn't expected to beryllium for illustration this.

Getting Farhad Moshiri retired was felt by galore supporters to person travel astatine nan cleanable time, pinch ideas of caller finance to coincide pinch nan long-anticipated move to nan magnificent Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Yet Moyes wonders whether nan imagination has sewage successful nan measurement of reality.

"There could beryllium teething problems astatine nan start," he said. "Whether it beryllium nan stadium, whether it beryllium pinch caller owners, whether it beryllium each sorts of things coming in.

"All Evertonians are looking to nan early now. They don't want to look backmost connected nan past. We want to judge that thing amended is up of us.

"I deliberation it will beryllium better. My occupation is to springiness them a squad to bask coming to watch. I thought we mightiness person been a spot further down nan statement by now, but we're not."