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Mon 28 April 2025 13:19, UK <\/p>\n
Everton defender James Tarkowski could miss the start of the 2025-26 campaign in a \u201chuge\u201d blow for David Moyes, sources have told Football Insider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The 32-year-old had been ever-present as captain under David Moyes but suffered a serious hamstring injury in the loss against Man City<\/a> on 19 April.<\/p>\n Tarkowski will undergo surgery and his recovery could continue into the new campaign.<\/p>\n Sources say Everton<\/a> had planned to dip into the transfer market to add a new centre-back even before his injury \u2013 and will now accelerate those plans.<\/p>\n Everton to accelerate defender move after Tarkowski injury<\/strong><\/p>\n Jake O\u2019Brien moved into the heart of Moyes\u2019 defence for the 1-0 away loss at Chelsea on Saturday (26 April), with Nathan Patterson coming in at right-back.<\/p>\n Tarkowski had played 90 minutes in every Premier League<\/a> game this season before his injury.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Tarkowski\u2019s Everton stats in the 2024-25 campaign (all competitions) <\/p>\n MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n The Everton captain is under contract on Merseyside until June 2026 after joining on a free transfer three years ago.<\/p>\n Tarkowski has made 119 appearances for the Toffees and has also played in the Premier League with former club Burnley<\/a>.<\/p>\n Everton are putting transfer plans in place following The Friedkin Group\u2019s takeover and ahead of their move to the new Bramley Moore Dock stadium.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Football Insider <\/strong>revealed last week (21 April) that Everton will go toe-to-toe with Aston Villa and Newcastle United for Facundo Medina\u2019s signature<\/a> this summer.<\/p>\n Medina is capable of playing at both centre-back and left-back and Lens value the\u00a0Argentine\u00a0in the region of \u00a325million to \u00a330million.<\/p>\n The Argentinian\u2019s form this season has drawn interest from the Premier League ahead of the transfer window.<\/p>\n For more Everton and exclusive news, follow us on Facebook<\/a> or join our brand new WhatsApp Channel<\/a> for instant updates to be sent straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mon 28 April 2025 13:19, UK Everton defender James Tarkowski could miss the start of the 2025-26 campaign…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[11817,94,101,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-57999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-everton","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-premier-league","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114416737683712669","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57999","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=57999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n Appearances (Starts)<\/strong><\/td>\n 34 (34)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Minutes Played<\/strong><\/td>\n 3014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Goals<\/strong><\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Assists<\/strong><\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Yellow Cards<\/strong><\/td>\n 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n ![\"Dan](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Friedkin-everton-stadium-image-1024x576.png\")
Everton are preparing to move into their new stadium for next season. (Credit: Hasan Karim, Breaking Media)Everton could land \u00a330m Medina deal<\/strong><\/p>\n