Everton’s search for a striker could still be on after David Moyes hinted at the same in his pre-match press conference before facing Tottenham Hotspur this Sunday.
The Toffees signed Thierno Barry for £27.6M from Villarreal this season but the 23-year-old French striker is yet to open his goal-scoring account. Meanwhile, Beto, who finished last season on a high note, has been disappointing as well and has scored just once in the Premier League so far.
The position of the Number 9 is becoming a concern for Moyes as both the Blues’ strikers have been goal-shy. Asked about the same, Moyes said, “It is difficult to buy strikers. Name the strikers who you can get, I can say that to you.
“You think you will come up with someone. But I will tell you why I wouldn’t be able to get them, or why they wouldn’t want to come here.
“Age or money or something, there would be a reason. Behind the scenes, we are not stupid, we try to get what we think we can. Strikers, honestly, for years at West Ham I could not find one.
“We got one every year, Gianluca (Scamacca) found it really tough and he was Italy’s No 9. But the three we have playing the way we are, we would have taken that. We cannot fix it all in one window. We probably were not attractive to do that either.
“I hope we can find goals from Thierno and get some from Beto, the other boys are creative.”
While Moyes didn’t explicitly mention that they are looking to bring in a new striker, he’s hinted at the possibility to add more quality to the squad beyond what was possible to do in one transfer window.
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Jim Bennings
1 Posted
25/10/2025 at
17:19:02
Derek Knox
2 Posted
25/10/2025 at
17:39:08
If the price is right… “Come on down, Richarlison, Gabriel Jesus, Joshua Zirkzee or anyone else who is peripheral to their squads”!
Christy Ring
3 Posted
25/10/2025 at
19:10:19
Toney would be a brilliant shout.
Derek Knox
4 Posted
25/10/2025 at
20:16:16
Jim @ 1, a loose canon, or a tight blunderbuss, (Beto/Barry) both fit the bill !
Mike Gaynes
5 Posted
25/10/2025 at
20:21:05
Toney is on £400k a week, plus performance bonuses for another £100k.
Tony Dunn
6 Posted
25/10/2025 at
20:30:15
Sorry, I don’t know where he plays.
Say it in a Mrs Merton voice… not going to happen.
Paul Kernot
7 Posted
25/10/2025 at
23:30:34
Angus #2. Have you read the piece on TW by Angus ‘Would Richarlison be a good fit for Everton’? Interesting read. He makes a valid point that Richi did best last time as on of 2 strikers, feeding off Calvert Lewin’s knock downs & not so well as a lone striker, here or at Spurs, therefore who does Moyes drop in order to accommodate/get the best from him?
Alan J Thompson
8 Posted
26/10/2025 at
04:44:48
Is Mr Moyes with this outburst trying to get the two current choices as striker to try harder or fill them with confidence? I’d have preferred he’d have spoken about the type of striker he might want (cue smart arse reply; one who scores) or possible changes to style of play or personnel rather than what seems Moyes preference of big target man, one option being that mentioned here quite often, the false No.9.
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