Everton Are Facing Tough Competition For This Talented Keeper: Should Dyche Get Him On Board?
In a recent report, Sporx claimed that Everton are facing tough competition for Istanbul Basaksehir keeper Deniz Dilmen this summer. It has been stated that the Toffees will have to rival AC Milan, Villarreal and Wolverhampton Wanderers in the race to sign the Turkish youngster in this off-season.
Dilmen has been a regular feature of Basaksehir’s Under-19 team as he put in a series of impressive displays for them at the back. The Turkish goalkeeper has made 41 appearances for Basaksehir’s U-19 side thus far, conceding 55 goals and earning 12 clean sheets in the process across all competitions. He has also earned one senior appearance for the Turkish club.
The 18-year-old has caught the eye with his performances in the youth levels of Turkish football. However, he is yet to prove his worth outside his homeland.
His current deal at the Turkish club will run out at the end of next season. Thus, Everton could potentially land Dilmen on the cheap this summer.
Should Everton Boss Sean Dyche Get Dilmen On Board?
Dilmen can be a safe pair of hands in between the sticks when he is playing well for his team on the pitch. He has got decent reflexes and can pull off a few solid saves at the back. The Turkish whizkid is a good handler of the ball as well and can use his commanding 2.0m frame to dominate his penalty area. However, he needs to figure out a way to improve his ball distribution from the back.
Dilmen has the potential to become a world-class keeper someday. Hence, the Toffees will do well to snap him up as long as they can get him for a fair price during this summer transfer period.
Dilmen has what it takes to serve as an ideal successor to Jordan Pickford at Goodison Park in the long run. He is already good enough to serve an important role in the Merseyside club’s squad next season. At 18, the future looks quite promising for Dilmen, so Everton boss Sean Dyche should go all out to get the Turkish prospect on board before the end of this summer transfer window.
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El Bilal Touré appears to have confirmed his Almeria exit with a goodbye post on social media as Everton and Atalanta battled to sign him for the new season.
The 21-year-old striker has emerged as a key target for the Toffees as they look to finally provide answers for Sean Dyche at the position where he has been left lacking amid repeated injuries to Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Sky Sports’ Alan Myers had reported late on Monday (24 July) that a deal had been agreed with La Liga’s Almeria and it was up to Touré to decide, shortly after the former Stade de Reims man looked to have confirmed he was leaving the Spanish club.
The Mali international posted on his Instagram stories on Monday night (24 July) a photo of himself with “my brothers”, the Almeria CEO Mohamed El Assy and team manager Mohamed Adel Seddik, apparently ahead of his departure.
And it appears that Atalanta were able to tip the balance with a final late bid the same night [Fabrizio Romano, 24 July], with the Italian side reported to have come out on top at club level, and on the player’s side.
The 15-cap international would have been an encouraging target to land in terms of potential, but until he has more production on his CV he might be seen as a gamble at Goodison.
Links to Everton are close to a year old, and his trajectory certainly appears to be heading in the right direction so if, as it seems, the club have missed out on his signature it is going to be a disappointment.
But the Toffees should by now be relatively well versed moving on from unsuccessful transfer pursuits, and will need to do so quickly to focus on the contingency plan.
There feels like an element of the Mohammed Kudus race last summer to this, with Everton coming very close to landing the Ghanaian from Ajax before his exit was blocked amid other sales.
The 22-year-old went on to prove his quality throughout last season and is currently interesting Chelsea, after links to other European giants.
Touré may prove to be another one that got away in the same mould, but there is no time for Everton to dwell on that when more work is needed.
Arnaut Danjuma’s loan arrival is a positive but it is still striker that is the key position above all, so if it isn’t to be the exit-bound Almeria man it will need to be someone else sooner rather than later.
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