Sky Sports are reporting that Everton have had an £18M bid for Aston Villa Captain John McGinn rejected.
Aston Villa say John McGinn is not for sale after rejecting the £18M offer from Everton.
David Moyes is thought to view the 30-year-old midfielder as a priority target and is keen to add his leadership, experience and versatility to an Everton side that has lacked leaders on the pitch.
McGinn’s current contract at the club is set to expire in 2027. The Scotland international made 49 appearances across all competitions for Villa last season, scoring 4 goals and adding 6 assists.
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John Pickles
1 Posted
07/08/2025 at
16:23:40
Sky Sports reporting Villa rejected an £18m offer from Everton for John McGinn.
Neil Copeland
2 Posted
07/08/2025 at
16:24:14
Sky reporting that Villa has turned down a bid from us for John McGinn.
Danny O’Neill
3 Posted
07/08/2025 at
17:04:23
I’m not sure if this is an old rumour dug out by Sky.
A good player, a proper nark, would give us another leader on the pitch and probably fits Moyess’ profile and not done and dusted at 30. And Villa need to sell.
Unless Moyes is planning on Iroegbunam or Armstrong going on loan or thinking ahead for the loss of Gana in January, plus maybe a replacement for the soon-to-be 36-year-old, I’m not convinced by this one.
Lee Courtliff
4 Posted
07/08/2025 at
17:14:09
He may be a decent player but it’s unlikely he’d want to leave Villa for us anyway. This is not the type of signing I want to see us make, especially when we don’t have the added games of European football to consider.
I’d rather we give minutes to Armstrong if we’re going to ‘rotate’… and I certainly don’t remember Moyes being big on that anyway.
Joe McMahon
5 Posted
07/08/2025 at
17:16:31
I feel he’s past his best. He’s also too slow now.
Paul Smith
6 Posted
07/08/2025 at
17:16:38
Surely bollocks from Sky this one.
Jim Bennings
7 Posted
07/08/2025 at
17:18:25
Steve Brown
8 Posted
07/08/2025 at
17:21:33
However, Everton definitely need an additional central midfielder before the window closes.
Gana will depart for the African Cup of Nations for up to a month, and we can’t be relying solely on Tim Iroegbunam and Harrison Armstrong as cover.
Jim Harrison
9 Posted
07/08/2025 at
17:28:01
I doubt we even made a bid.
He is central to their team and they haven’t made a signing.
File under gossip and clickbait.
Michael Kenrick
10 Posted
07/08/2025 at
17:32:02
Everton’s John McGinn transfer stance outlined after claims over £18M offer
Everton did retain an interest in McGinn earlier this summer and there were enquiries last month, but no bid was submitted.
Insiders are ‘bemused’:
“How do you feel?”
“I feel bemused.”
“Me too… can’t quite explain it.”
“Methinks the Grand Old Name of Everton is being used to try and flush out interest from the Magpies instead.”
Ian Bennett
11 Posted
07/08/2025 at
17:37:36
He’s a player. Not a cheap deal, but someone who could help get into the Top 10. Can play multiple positions, and is decent on set pieces.
Hayden Hackney is a better long-term bet. Andrey Santos and Lavia at Chelsea should be considered on loan or permanent for the former.
Andrew Bentley
12 Posted
07/08/2025 at
17:43:09
We desperately need this alongside the young players we have been mostly linked with. A blend of young raw talent with a sprinkling of one or two experienced pros makes a lot of sense, especially in central midfield.
I’m talking more the No 6 or No 8 position where we have Gana and a lot of youngsters. Even Dewsbury-Hall hasn’t had that much top-flight experience for a 26-year-old.
Christy Ring
13 Posted
07/08/2025 at
17:43:46
It seems Luiz heading to Forest. We still need a defensive midfielder with Gueye turning 36 next month.
Rob Dolby
14 Posted
07/08/2025 at
17:47:22
I would have welcomed him 5 years ago but now, at 30 and £18M, he would be blocking the progress of someone else – like Armstrong.
Go and get Brownhill on a free for a similar player.
Peter Mills
15 Posted
07/08/2025 at
18:08:38
Not necessarily McGinn, but a good nark to help Tarkowski would be invaluable.
Gavin Johnson
16 Posted
07/08/2025 at
18:16:31
Sounds like Moyes wants another midfielder, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he goes to West Ham for Soucek now.
Jay Harris
17 Posted
07/08/2025 at
18:18:20
Whilst a lot of it is clickbait, there are certainly many instances where we are being portrayed as a desperate unattractive club.
What happened to doing research and testing availability before diving in???
Very unimpressed with the so-called elite recruitment team up to now.
Sam Hoare
18 Posted
07/08/2025 at
18:25:13
If anything, we need another 6 in the middle. Apparently we bid for Dion Lopy who is an interesting option.
James Newcombe
19 Posted
07/08/2025 at
18:28:23
Is he a right back now?!
Pete Neilson
20 Posted
07/08/2025 at
18:50:27
Trying to get him in for Saturday!
Jeff Armstrong
21 Posted
07/08/2025 at
18:54:34
Again.
Colin Glassar
22 Posted
07/08/2025 at
19:03:59
Do we really need the pudgy little Scot? What will he bring? I’ve never really rated him.
Justin Doone
23 Posted
07/08/2025 at
19:06:24
Bringing his age back into the equation, he’s 6 years younger than Gana. Some players age quickly when they turn 30, but Gana remains as fit as a fiddle.
I’m convinced McGinn will still be able to hack it for at least 3 seasons and £20M to £25M would be well spent money in my opinion.
Paul Hewitt
24 Posted
07/08/2025 at
19:08:45
Could have had Ndidi for £9M.
Steve Cotton
25 Posted
07/08/2025 at
19:12:34
If we are after him, then the Douglas deal has gone to shit…
Colin Glassar
26 Posted
07/08/2025 at
19:15:37
Forest will end up buying him outright from Juventus.
Ed Prytherch
27 Posted
07/08/2025 at
19:21:50
Having missed out on every man and his dog this summer, Newcastle have their eyes firmly fixed on the next person to turn them down. He goes by the name John McGinn and he currently plays for Aston Villa. Everton previously made enquiries about the Scotland midfielder but nothing was doing.
Ian Wilkins
28 Posted
07/08/2025 at
19:33:28
We all know what positions are key to us, we just can’t fill them. I’d hoped we would add some real quality; I’m finding it quite frustrating… and I’d wager David Moyes is too.
Robert Tressell
29 Posted
07/08/2025 at
19:57:54
McGinn is good but if we upgrade midfield now itll be a different sort of player – ideally a proper specialist holding midfielder.
Mark Murphy
30 Posted
07/08/2025 at
20:00:02
I dont understand the negativity? We tidied up Alcaraz pretty swiftly. Brought Barry in reasonably quietly and quickly considering were not a CL club and Aznou and Dewsbury Hall both arrived with little fuss. Soton are obviously playing hardball with Dibleys future and were not rushing it.
McGinn is old news and probably a plan c.
Im quite relaxed now Aznou and Dewsbury Hall have come in and I fully expect 2 or 3 more.
Robert Tressell
31 Posted
07/08/2025 at
20:02:47
Completely agree Mark # 30. TFG seem intent on hunting out value and thinking longer term – with no hint at them shitting their pants in the process. All very professional.
Mike Allison
32 Posted
07/08/2025 at
20:03:57
Cant possibly be true can it? Must be some ‘client journalism from someone – Villa? McGinns agent?
George Cumiskey
33 Posted
07/08/2025 at
20:05:45
Doaks from Liverpool for the right-wing position is a player we should be going for.
Colin Glassar
34 Posted
07/08/2025 at
20:12:27
Id be chuffed if we ended up with Dibling, Grealish and a RB.
Robert Tressell
35 Posted
07/08/2025 at
20:16:10
Carvalho went to Brentford for about £21m last summer.
Elliot is being touted as £40m (+) this summer.
How much is too much for Doak?
£20m
£25m
£30m
Where would we draw the line?
Stuart Sharp
36 Posted
07/08/2025 at
21:06:51
Are we just going to buy one with whatever change we have left after paying too much for someone few of us have heard of?
Mike Gaynes
37 Posted
07/08/2025 at
21:19:12
Stuart #36, what makes you think we haven’t? Do the names Tete, Maitland-Niles, Juanlu ring any bells at all?
Stuart Sharp
38 Posted
07/08/2025 at
21:52:36
Two of them do Mike, but have/did we definitely bid? Wasn’t being entirely serious anyway. Just thought it would be a priority, that’s all. We’ve signed a goalie, a striker, a LB and 2 midfielders. Yes, there’s still time and I know it’s complicated, but I’m reading a lot less about RBs than I thought.
John Keating
39 Posted
07/08/2025 at
21:53:34
Should have got him for peanuts in 2017
He would have jumped at coming to us then.
How do I know? Cos he told me
Stuart Sharp
40 Posted
07/08/2025 at
22:11:09
Just realised part of my last post is missing. No idea what I did there (except drink at the same time). I know we bid for Tete in the early part of the window, but I haven’t seen anything firm about Maitland-Niles. And I thought Juanlu Sanchez was a winger?
Gavin Johnson
41 Posted
07/08/2025 at
22:20:28
He’s not just a RS player. He, and his family are huge Liverpool fans. He comes across as a bit of a GS and the worst kind of Liverpool fan. One from out of the area (Surrey in his case) who thinks the way to show their RS support is to spend their spare time trolling Everton and Man U fans online.
Of course he doesn’t do this but you know he would be doing it if he wasn’t a professional footballer.
He was giving Richarlison the 3 0 hand gestures for 30 years when the RS played Spurs, so good player but not in an Everton shirt.
David West
42 Posted
07/08/2025 at
22:34:33
We need 1 or two players in the middle but 6 ???
😜
Jerome Shields
43 Posted
07/08/2025 at
23:07:56
Always thought that Moyes would be looking for a Maginn type player. Did not expect him to try for the Real McCoy.
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