Reef.
Player Valuation: Free Transfer
Hello again 
I assume you all thought I was a one-time troll account. I assure you I am not. I did however jump the gun... (which is quite the understatement tbh). Let's hope this goes better than last time. eh?
(Also, wasn't there like a forum/thread where I could introduct myself? If so I forgot to do that and can't find it now.)
Now, before we go in, I must preface this by saying I have done barely any research this time (which is hilarious considering how horrid last time went and all the 'research' I did on that). These aren't all ideas I am stuck on, and some of it would be considered pretty idealistic. I mostly just took players I want to see plus players I've already seen linked to us and put the best together then tried to figure out how it might work. Anyways, here goes nothing...
Total Outgoing Income: ~£55,000,000 to £60,000,000
Total Incoming Expenses: ~£105,000,000 to £130,000,000
Net Summer Spend: ~£50,000,000 to £70,000,000
Three permanent sales generate the club’s core rebuilding funds, alongside a deliberate developmental loan.
Six targeted signings directly solve multi-year systemic issues within Everton's first-team squad.
Perhaps most importantly, however, is how our midfield looks after this window.
What ends up happening is the squad completely abandons its historical reliance on an isolated defensive destroyer like Idrissa Gana Gueye. Instead, defensive and creative responsibilities are evenly distributed across a more modern trio.
Tanner Tessmann starts as the deep-lying playmaker, James Garner as the right-sided box-to-box and Dewsbury-Hall as a more advanced, creative number eight.
I assume you all thought I was a one-time troll account. I assure you I am not. I did however jump the gun... (which is quite the understatement tbh). Let's hope this goes better than last time. eh?
(Also, wasn't there like a forum/thread where I could introduct myself? If so I forgot to do that and can't find it now.)
Now, before we go in, I must preface this by saying I have done barely any research this time (which is hilarious considering how horrid last time went and all the 'research' I did on that). These aren't all ideas I am stuck on, and some of it would be considered pretty idealistic. I mostly just took players I want to see plus players I've already seen linked to us and put the best together then tried to figure out how it might work. Anyways, here goes nothing...
Total Outgoing Income: ~£55,000,000 to £60,000,000
Total Incoming Expenses: ~£105,000,000 to £130,000,000
Net Summer Spend: ~£50,000,000 to £70,000,000
Three permanent sales generate the club’s core rebuilding funds, alongside a deliberate developmental loan.
- Carlos Alcaraz (£15M–£20M): Permanently sold. Despite individual technical flashes, his tendency to overplay, slow down transitions, and neglect the team's positional discipline makes him a poor fit for Moyes and our current system.
- Dwight McNeil (£20M): Cashed in at peak market valuation. Selling him provides immediate domestic financial profit, giving the club more room regarding PSR.
- Beto (£20M): Sold to clear squad space and wage margins. While hard-working, he lacks the clinical, high-volume scoring numbers required to push the club up the table despite and has just passed his prime
- Nathan Patterson (Loan Out with Option to Sell): Sent to an ambitious side to guarantee 35+ starting appearances. This allows him to develop his confidence and defensive positioning out of the intense Goodison spotlight. Hopefully this increases his market valuation for when we want to sell him.
Six targeted signings directly solve multi-year systemic issues within Everton's first-team squad.
- Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£10M): Acquired at a massive cut-price fee from West Ham following their relegation. Solid defensively in a 1v1 and has good attacking quality.
- Juanlu Sánchez (£15M–£20M): Bought from a financially desperate Sevilla. At 22 years old, his ability to play right-back, right wing, or invert into central midfield gives us more modern tacticaly fluidity and hopefully he can be the perfect apprentice to Wan-Bissaka.*
- Tanner Tessmann (£20M): Signed from Lyon. A 6-foot-2 physical powerhouse with an 86% passing accuracy this season and who should be a reliable deep-lying playmaker.
- Jack Grealish (£20M): His highly successful loan move from Manchester City is made permanent as he enters the final year of his contract. He obviously starts as our main left-winger.
- Richarlison (£30M–£40M): We all know and love him. He injects elite work rate, defensive tracking from the front, and the versatility to start anywhere across the front three. Hopefully Spurs are still willing to sell him at less than what we originally sold him for.
- Romelu Lukaku (£10M-£20M): Another returning player. Also in the final year of his contract, hopefully we can persuade him to come back to the club. He's capable of guaranteeing 15+ goals per season and can hopefully also act as a great mentor to Barry.
Perhaps most importantly, however, is how our midfield looks after this window.
What ends up happening is the squad completely abandons its historical reliance on an isolated defensive destroyer like Idrissa Gana Gueye. Instead, defensive and creative responsibilities are evenly distributed across a more modern trio.
Tanner Tessmann starts as the deep-lying playmaker, James Garner as the right-sided box-to-box and Dewsbury-Hall as a more advanced, creative number eight.
- Tanner Tessmann (The Anchor): Sits deep between or just ahead of the center-backs. He dictates tempo, wins aerial battles, and uses his excellent passing range to launch quick transitions.
- James Garner (The Engine): Operates as the right-sided No. 8. He provides tactical insurance, tracking overlapping runners, covering wide spaces when fullbacks push up, and acting as a safe possession valve.
- Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (The Creator): Deployed as the advanced left-sided No. 8. He leads the counter-press and constantly drives into the final third to support Grealish and Lukaku with late runs, goals, and assists.Bench & Rotation Hierarchy
- Tim Iroegbunam (The Closer): The primary physical ball-winner brought on in the final 20 minutes to break up opponent momentum and secure narrow margins.
- Merlin Röhl (The Plan B): A tall, athletic, direct ball-carrying midfielder used specifically to shatter stubborn, low-block defensive units.
- Harrison Armstrong (The Future): The 19-year-old academy graduate is fully protected from immediate pressure, filtering into low-stakes cup matches to develop naturally.
