Everton Seal £28m Deal For Chelsea Midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-hall

Everton person completed nan signing of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall from Chelsea for a interest that could emergence to £28m.

The midfielder followed Enzo Maresca from Leicester to Chelsea past summertime for £30m but was incapable to unafraid regular Premier League shot astatine Stamford Bridge. The 26-year-old started 14 of Chelsea’s 15 games successful their triumphant Conference League campaign, scoring 4 goals and providing 3 assists. He besides made 5 appearances astatine nan caller Club World Cup won by Chelsea.

Dewsbury-Hall has signed a five-year statement pinch Everton, who will salary a guaranteed £25m positive £3m successful add-ons for nan Nottingham-born player.

“For maine to time off my aged club, it would person had to person been for thing special, a task that I really believed in,” Dewsbury-Hall said. “After speaking to nan head and seeing nan ambitions pinch nan caller stadium and everything, it felt for illustration nan correct club, it felt for illustration nan correct fresh for maine for nan adjacent step.

“[David Moyes] said he’s been admiring maine for a while; he loves nan measurement I play and conscionable explained to maine what he sees maine doing successful my domiciled successful this team. That’s what you want to perceive arsenic a player. I person tremendous respect for him, he’s a fable of nan game, truthful it’ll beryllium a pleasance to activity nether him.”

Dewsbury-Hall is Everton’s 5th signing of nan summertime but attempts to adhd Tyler Dibling to Moyes’s squad look apt to beryllium frustrated. Everton person made 3 offers for nan 19-year-old, nan latest worthy astir £40m, but talks are astatine an impasse pinch Southampton holding retired for more.

Everton besides person an liking successful Jack Grealish but person not opened talks pinch Manchester City complete nan England international. A season’s indebtedness interest for Grealish could costs £12m and Moyes has different priorities, including a right-winger.