{"id":843221,"date":"2025-04-24T13:12:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/time-for-epl-everton-staff-jet-out-to-france-to-complete-transfer-for-super-eagles-forward\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T13:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:12:32","slug":"time-for-epl-everton-staff-jet-out-to-france-to-complete-transfer-for-super-eagles-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/time-for-epl-everton-staff-jet-out-to-france-to-complete-transfer-for-super-eagles-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for EPL? Everton staff jet out to France to complete transfer for Super Eagles forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Nine-time English Premier League Champions, Everton, have sent their staff out to secure the services of Super Eagles and FC Nantes forward, Moses Simon, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Toffees have battled and survived relegation in the past two seasons. Now, under new owners and the mentorship of David Moyes, the Merseysiders want to change things at the club, with the hopes of making Everton a top-half Premier League club again.<\/p>\n<p>In a bid to progress, the five-time FA Cup winners have identified their primary targets ahead of the summer transfer window, and Moses Simon is one of those.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_158208\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158208\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1050731405-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158208\">Moses SIMON during the Ligue 1 match between Angers SCO and FC Nantes at Stade Raymond Kopa on September 22, 2024. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/moses-simon-shines-for-nantes.html\">Is Moses Simon having his best-ever season? A look into the Super Eagles star\u2019s numbers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/nantes-moses-simon-nigerian.html\">Nantes star Moses Simon set to be third Nigerian to win the Marc-Vivien Fo\u00e9 award In France<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/strasbourg-burna-boy-nantes.html\"><strong>Watch: Strasbourg players vibe to Burna Boy\u2019s Sophia diss track after Nantes victory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_158211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158211\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1057402729-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158211\">Moses SIMON and Wilfried Singo 17 \u2013 Monaco during the Ligue 1 match between FC Nantes and AS Monaco at Stade de la Beaujoire. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Moses Simon is currently experiencing his best individual season in the French Ligue 1, scoring seven goals and providing nine assists in 28 games for the Yellow Canaries.<\/p>\n<p>As per <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodisonnews.com\/2025\/04\/24\/everton-delegation-jets-out-as-work-underway-to-sign-moses-simon-amid-12m-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodison News<\/a><\/strong>, Everton have sent a delegation to France to keep tabs on Simon till the end of the season, as they continue to monitor his performances, alongside that of Lyon\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodisonnews.com\/2025\/04\/22\/everton-to-seal-excellent-20m-transfer-for-rayan-cherki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rayan Cherki<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The one-time EFL Champions are working behind the scenes to sign the versatile Nigerian winger who\u2019ll be available in the summer if interested clubs pay a fee around \u00a312.8m.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_158213\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158213\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1060300517-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158213\">Moses Simon of Nigeria during the Men\u2019s FIFA World Cup qualifiers match between Nigeria and Zimbabwe at Godswill Akpabio International Stadium. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Soccer <strong>Should <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/moses-simon\">Simon<\/a> move to <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/everton-2\">Everton<\/a>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>With Nantes struggling to survive relegation in France, a move away from the Yellow Canaries makes sense, and with just a year left on his contract with them, there\u2019s no better time for the club to cash out than right now.<\/p>\n<p>The former Genk attacker is understood to have told his agent to find a move to England in the upcoming transfer window, although there are other teams in Europe who are keen on the forward.<\/p>\n<p>Everton play transition football, a style of play Moses Simon and Samuel Chukwueze thrive on, breaking on counterattacks with blistering pace.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_158209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158209\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1052172666-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158209\">Moses Simon of Nigeria during a training session in preparation for the 2025 AFCON qualifier match between Nigeria and Libya at Godwill Akpabio Stadium. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He\u2019ll get playing time with David Moyes\u2019 side as no wingers in the current Everton squad boast a pedigree of Simon\u2019s abilities on and off the ball. Still, it\u2019ll be interesting to see where he ends up when next season kicks off.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Soccer Adefolahan Guerreiro\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/740e257566cac1cbb2887e0f85afd655?s=80&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/guerreiro\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAdefolahan Guerreiro\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdefolahan is a multilingual journalist and writer at Soccernet Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>With a track record of involvement in College sports, Adefolahan is focused on crafting engaging football content and utilising his language skills and extensive sports knowledge to enhance content accessibility for a global audience.<\/p>\n<p>He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/everton-epl-super-eagles.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Nine-time English Premier League Champions, Everton, have sent their staff out to secure the services of Super Eagles and FC Nantes forward, Moses Simon, Soccernet.ng reports. The Toffees have battled and survived relegation in the past two seasons. Now, under new owners and the mentorship of David Moyes, the Merseysiders want to change things [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":843222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33376,2005,80],"tags":[44905,5480],"class_list":{"0":"post-843221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-everton","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-staff","10":"tag-everton","11":"tag-staff"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}