Pessimism over Tyler Dibling after Southampton reject third Everton bid | OneFootball

Everton might have to give up on their attempts to sign Tyler Dibling as pessimism grows around the club after a third bid fell short of Southampton’s demands.

Paul Joyce of The Times reports that the Blues’ latest bid was worth £40million, including add-ons, but the Saints are seeking a higher fee for their 19-year-old winger.

Everton had earlier lodged offers of around £27million and £35million for Dibling.

“It will now need Southampton to relent on their asking price for progress to be made,” the report added.

The search for a winger to play on the right has been proven to be frustrating for the Toffees so far. They missed out on their original target, Francisco Conceicao, who opted to join Juventus permanently after a loan spell from Porto.

Takefusa Kubo of Real Sociedad had also been on the shortlist, and contact was also made with Olympique Lyon’s Malick Fofana, although it has been reported that the latter is seeking European football.

Everton have also monitored Assane Diao, Omari Hutchinson and Tom Fellows, but little progress has been made on any of those players.

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A bid in the region of £40m which includes a lot of hope value, for a player with undoubted potential seems fair value to me.If we can’t do a deal at this level, then at this stage in the Everton journey, it’s probably time to move to next target.

2 Posted 05/08/2025 at 10:03:51

While Southampton rate this boy very highly as do some independent people in the game, I think £40m for a 19 year old who will be playing in the Championship this year is a huge bid. Also why if the boy is that talented haven't any of the big boys come in for him, or maybe they want to see the boy develop before splashing the cash.Should this deal go through the pressure on a 19 year old bought for in excess of £40m will be immense. The fee has nothing to do with the player that's between the selling and buying clubs, but that wont stop the fans expectation. I am sure seeing all the speculation the boys head will be turned as no doubt will his agents, after all of this I just cant see him being at Southampton at the close of the window.

James Marshall 4 Posted 05/08/2025 at 10:22:46

I still think this has legs, despite the ongoing saga. Why move on to another target, thus starting the process all over again and potentially missing out?

We're stuck between a rock and a hard place on all our transfers. The selling clubs and agents hold all the cards so we have little choice but to play the game.

Our situation is very well documented so naturally we have to pay the asking price no matter who we're dealing with. Our needs are great and everyone knows that so all we can do is pay or we don't buy anyone.

It's simple really.

Time to move on. He's a promising player but probably not worth the time and hassle being invested now.

Be interesting to see how he reacts if Everton walk away and will it push him into handing in a transfer request.

Terry Downes 7 Posted 05/08/2025 at 10:43:28

Move on now and try for Hutchinson from Ipswich looks quality might even get him for less ?

Steve Brown 8 Posted 05/08/2025 at 10:54:04

“Following the latest Everton bid that was worth in the region of £40million, Southampton came back with a proposal of £45m plus £5m in easily achievable bonuses and a 25 per cent sell-on clause.

That is beyond what Everton would be looking to pay for the 19-year-old winger and Southampton have been informed of their intention to focus on other targets, who are being pursued in parallel, due to the wide valuation gap.

Southampton do not plan to reduce their price owing to a belief that Dibling is the best young English player on the market and key to their aims of being promoted back to the Premier League.”

Time to move on, unless the player puts pressure on Soton and demands a move.

Dave Abrahams 10 Posted 05/08/2025 at 11:00:29

Steve (8) It sounds like Southampton are acting like Swansea when the price was going up and up after each bid we made for the footballer who couldn’t be named, and there were no other clubs bidding for him. Has there been any other bids for Dibling besides Everton’s’ ?

Jake FitzGerald 11 Posted 05/08/2025 at 11:08:16

According to the Athletic Everton have walked away from it.

Ajay Gopal 12 Posted 05/08/2025 at 11:15:01

While the fee seems excessively high, the final decision will be made by people who know better than most fans on what he could bring to the team. Could this be our 'Rooney' moment - when Man U got their player after paying about 35 million (equivalent of 100 million plus today), and the rest turned out to be history? Dibling has done nothing yet to suggest that he is anywhere close to Rooney's level, but the potential to reach that level is there. It would be a huge statement of intent by Everton to get Dibling - it is certainly a big risk for Everton, but is it that big of a difference between paying 35 million for Kubo/Hutchinson and 45 million for Dibling? In the long run, given the money in the game, I suggest not. I would be sickened if the RS/Tottenham/one of the other big boys were to swoop in for Dibling and he turns out to be a star there. We are long overdue a bit of luck in finding our new talisman - I hope it turns out to be Dibling.

Steve Brown 13 Posted 05/08/2025 at 11:20:54

Agree Dave, if we get further involved in the process it would have the smell of daft Farhad getting fleeced.

Soton are in the Championship, and that’s where they will be at the end of the 2025/26 season. Go back next summer as Dibling will only have 12 months left on his deal then.