Everton in advanced talks to sign Southampton winger Tyler Dibling

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21 hours ago

Everton are in advanced talks with Southampton over a summer deal for attacker Tyler Dibling, according to one renowned Toffees insider on X.
The Saints have given the 19-year-old permission to hold talks with Everton over personal terms ahead of a potential move to the Hill Dickinson Stadium club, and the deal could be worth a little over £35 million.
The Toffees have been trying to sign Dibling for a while since Southampton got relegated, and they had their £27m bid rejected last week, but they are now closing in on a deal from the look of things.
The reliable Everton insider (followed by the likes of Alan Myers, Fabrizio Romano, Jason Burt and Christopher Beesley on social media) reported via X on Monday afternoon that talks are ongoing between both clubs.
The winger could become the fourth summer arrival at the Merseyside club after Thierno Barry, Adam Aznou and Mark Travers.
Southampton had insisted they wanted over £100m for Dibling amid interest from the Toffees, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United and Bayern Munich.
However, they have had to settle for a little over a third of that and Everton will be glad to have pipped fierce competition to his services.
The versatile Dibling can play as a right winger, a striker, a central midfielder and behind a striker, and manager David Moyes could do with such a talented player within his ranks.
He weighed in with four goals and three assists in 38 appearances across all competitions last term, and he has what it takes to become one of the best attackers in the Premier League under the tutelage of the Everton boss.
The Toffees are desperate to quickly wrap up more deals in the final month of the summer transfer window and have also approached Chelsea for English midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
Both clubs are in talks over a permanent transfer, and an agreement could be reached in the coming days as the Stamford Bridge club want to sell the former Leicester City star.