Friday’s Everton News: USA tour kicks off, Douglas Luiz latest, future investment planned

Everton F.C. Visits the Empire State Building | Photo by John Nacion/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust

Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours

Follow along with Everton’s stateside travels! [EFC]

James Rodriguez and Yerry Mina top the list of best ever Colombian Premier League players. [Premier League]

Douglas Luiz may be on the move sooner rather than later after he failed to show up to Juventus training camp. Everton are said to be in the reckoning, but so are West Ham and Nottingham Forest.

Douglas Luiz wants to go back to Premier League this summer as priority. His relationship with Juventus is broken

and he will surely leave. Agent now in Italy to assess all options. https://t.co/CSCRLjjsWr pic.twitter.com/RFEHTunKDP

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 24, 2025

“I think Sean Dyche did a fantastic job steering the team away from relegation. That was a really huge obstacle, and he has to be given credit for that, but it just felt like the time was right for David Moyes to come back. The club needed a figurehead, a statesman who can lead from the front, as only he can at Everton...Everton was just floundering and flirting with relegation every year, that’s just not acceptable. So, when you look at the new ownership, it was a clean break and a great opportunity to bring him back,” says former goalkeeper Tim Howard. [Echo]

20-year-old midfielder Jenson Metcalfe completes permanent move to League One side Bradford City. [EFC]

Everton are continuing to make behind-the-scenes moves to prepare for further investment in the club, with the intention of allocate future shares directly to the ownership group Roundhouse.

Letter to Everton shareholders confirming that the directors of the club will have the right to allocate future shares directly to Roundhouse. This confirms it is the Friedkins intention to invest further capital into the club in the coming years pic.twitter.com/EfJ86eGt9T

— Paul Quinn (the esk) (@theesk) July 23, 2025

What to Watch

Plenty of MLS action on today. The Blues take on Bournemouth tomorrow in New Jersey! COYB!

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