David Moyes targets ex-player as Everton legend weighs up contract offer

Feargal Brennan

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Changes are incoming at Everton this summer as the Toffees land in their new home at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Bramley Moore.

Everton ended their 133-year link with Goodison Park in May as fans bid farewell to one of English football's most iconic stadiums.

David Moyes' return to Merseyside in January steered the team away from relegation danger and the veteran boss will be aiming higher in the 2025/26 campaign.

As part of a summer rebuild, the club have already activated the option to make Carlos Alcaraz's loan from Flamengo into a permanent deal, as the Argentinian stays on Merseyside.

Jarrad Branthwaite is also expected to stay, despite lingering interest from Premier League rivals, but club captain Seamus Coleman faces a huge call on his future.

Moyes has openly called for the veteran defender to stay, with his contract expiring at the end of June, but Coleman is yet to answer the club's offer.

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Is Seamus Coleman staying at Everton?

Captain Coleman is a legend at Everton with 428 appearances at the club since being signed from Sligo Rovers in Moyes' first stint in charge in 2009.

16 seasons later, the Republic of Ireland international has racked up 428 games, and he's the club highest-ever Premier League appearance-maker with 369.

Moyes' indication was that he wants Coleman to stay on in playing capacity - despite rumours he could be made a player-coach - but the 37-year-old is now into the final few weeks of his contract.

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The expectation is Coleman will stay on, and sign a one-year extension, but Moyes is lining up a back up plan.

Reports from Football Insider claim Moyes is looking at his former West Ham United full-back Vladimir Coufal as a free agent.

The Czechia international has left the London Stadium after five years in the capital, and he's rumoured to be keen on another EPL challenge, but Moyes faces competition from Wolves and newly-promoted Leeds United.

Feargal Brennan

Feargal is a content producer for The Sporting News. He has been working with TSN since the start of 2022 after stints with Reach, Amazon UK and Squawka in a nomadic career in the football media pyramid. Always with a keen eye on Arteta's 'Reds' and Kenny's Ireland 'Greens' and a 100% five-a-side penalty record.