{"id":295608,"date":"2025-07-27T10:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T10:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/295608\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T10:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T10:15:12","slug":"everton-bid-for-adam-aznou-but-need-five-or-six-new-players-moyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/295608\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton bid for Adam Aznou but need five or six new players – Moyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everton have made an offer for Bayern Munich’s teenage defender Adam Aznou but still need up to six more signings before the transfer window closes, manager David Moyes says.<\/b><\/p>\n

The injury-related absences of central defensive duo James Tarkowski and Jarrod Branthwaite hurt Everton badly at the MetLife Stadium on Saturday as they conceded three second-half goals in a 3-0 loss to Bournemouth.<\/p>\n

It only reinforced a view Moyes expressed at an event in New York on Friday when he said he needed “nine or 10” new signings.<\/p>\n

Asked to clarify his comments following the Bournemouth defeat, which followed on from last week’s loss to Championship side Blackburn Rovers, Moyes said he felt justified in his assessment.<\/p>\n

“Well, we’ve signed three, so if you take that off, we’re still in the need of maybe five or six players,” he said. “That’s what we have to try and do.<\/p>\n

“I’ve never had one of these times. In the past I have had to sign a lot of players, but I’ve never had to do so many in one window.”<\/p>\n

The Toffees have signed goalkeeper Mark Travers, made midfielder Carlos Alcaraz’s loan move permanent and French striker Thierno Barry for \u00a327m.<\/a><\/p>\n

But they have lost five senior players, including striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Mali midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure after their contracts expired.<\/p>\n

Branthwaite is among four members of Moyes’ squad to sign new contracts this summer.<\/p>\n

“We’re trying really hard behind the scenes to get things done,” he said.<\/p>\n

Aznou, a Morocco international, joined Bayern’s academy as a 16-year-old after leaving Barcelona, the city of his birth.<\/p>\n

The left-back has made four appearances for Bayern and spent the second half of last season on loan at Spanish side Real Valladolid.<\/p>\n

Moyes confirmed an offer has been made but has cautioned against believing the 19-year-old will have a seismic impact on his squad.<\/p>\n

“We have made an offer,” said Moyes.<\/p>\n

“Whether it’s accepted and whether it’s all done… but he’s a young player. It’s someone we see as having a good future and good potential.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everton have made an offer for Bayern Munich’s teenage defender Adam Aznou but still need up to six…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-295608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114924678324970157","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}