Douglas Luiz and Nicolas Tagliafico rumours intensify over the weekend | OneFootball

Everton have been linked with Douglas Luiz and Nicolas Tagliafico over the weekend. Luiz wants a move back to the Premier League following a torrid spell at Juventus while Tagliafico could arrive as a free agent after his contract with Olympique Lyon expired last month.

The Douglas Luiz rumour was first reported by Matteo Moretto of ESPN. Everton are not the only Premier League club interested in his services as Fulham and Manchester United are also following the player closely. Meanwhile, Serie A side Como are also said to be interested.

"Everton and Fulham have shown the most interest in Douglas Luiz, making enquiries with both the player and Juventus regarding potential terms," said Matteo.

The 27-year-old midfielder joined Juventus last summer after spending five years in the Premier League with Aston Villa.

Meanwhile, the Blues are closing in on a deal for Nicolas Tagliafico and the 32-year-old is expected to join as a free agent according to Fichajes.net. He could be the third signing of the summer following the club opting to make Carlos Alcaraz’s loan spell permanent and the imminent arrival of French striker Thierno Barry.

Tagliafico, if he arrives, will bring an impressive resume. He has won the FIFA World Cup and two Copa America titles with Argentina and the Eredivisie in the Netherlands.

The left-back has made over 478 appearances across his career playing for Ajax and Lyon and has regularly featured in European football. He has also played 70 matches with the Argentina national team.

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Anthony Dwyer 3 Posted 08/07/2025 at 00:10:52

Imo both good acquisitions, Luis has the added factor of being a free kick taker which is something we've not had in years.

Get them in and search for more South Americans 👌

Steve Shave 4 Posted 08/07/2025 at 06:40:50

I would love to see both of these signings happen. Excellent pedigree. Luiz could play a little further forward with Gana in the side, he has real quality and mobility on the boil. Went right off the boil at Juventus but sometimes it just doesn't work out eh?

Tagliafico still has enough to push for Mykolenko's place and will add quality competition which has been sorely lacking in that position. Come on Blues, get signing some players!

Si Cooper 5 Posted 08/07/2025 at 10:39:58

My overall impression of Douglas Luis is that he can be a real asset but isn’t consistently.

Age and adjusting to a completely new league would be the stresses for Tagliafico.

Still, quality will out so let’s see if the manager / recruiters really fancy them.

Ed Prytherch 9 Posted 09/07/2025 at 03:39:07

I was surprised when Villa let Luiz go but he appeared to be sold to finance Onana as The Count wanted to stiffen up their defense. I have no doubt that he would be an improvement on James Garner.

Jay Harris 10 Posted 09/07/2025 at 03:57:35

Totally agree with Robert.

Luiz's star has faded even before he left Villa and the game is becoming more about rising young stars than fading veterans.

It is worrying that we are not being associated with the Elanga's and Hutchison's of this world.

And to think we could have tried a bit harder for Gyokeres.