Carlos Alcaraz style question raised as Brazilian verdict shared on Everton transfer
ECHO Everton reporter Chris Beesley gets the lowdown on the Blues’ transfer deadline day signing Charly Alcaraz from Rio de Janeiro-based journalist Rodrigo Calvozzo. Following his first game back as Everton manager, David Moyes declared the club definitely needed “to do something” in the winter window of the transfer market but in the end the Blues only brought in Charly Alcaraz, with the deal not officially confirmed until 75 minutes after the deadline had passed, so will the Argentinian midfielder prove enough and was he worth the wait? Buy a Paper
Carlos Alcaraz style question raised as Brazilian verdict shared on Everton transfer
ECHO Everton reporter Chris Beesley gets the lowdown on the Blues’ transfer deadline day signing Charly Alcaraz from Rio de Janeiro-based journalist Rodrigo Calvozzo
Following his first game back as Everton manager, David Moyes declared the club definitely needed “to do something” in the winter window of the transfer market but in the end the Blues only brought in Charly Alcaraz, with the deal not officially confirmed until 75 minutes after the deadline had passed, so will the Argentinian midfielder prove enough and was he worth the wait?
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Unlike the start of his first stint at Goodison Park in 2002, when Fulham were beaten 2-1, following Moyes dubbing his new employers “The People’s Club,” as he was unveiled the previous evening, the 1-0 home reversal to Aston Villa on January 15 this year proved something of a rude awakening when it came to the magnitude of the task ahead for the Scot. Following a display that had all the hallmarks of being a hangover of the previous regime under Sean Dyche, Moyes lamented: “We’re desperately needing to add some quality in certain areas, mainly to create and craft goals, and it looks like to finish as well, we’re needing to get those levels up.”
Back then, the returning Blues boss, who steered the club to nine top-eight finishes in his first spell in charge, including their highest Premier League position of fourth in 2004/05, had spent little more than one full day with the squad, but come the following Sunday, significant changes in style and attitude from the team were evident as the first of a hat-trick of victories was secured by a team who had previously not won back-to-back fixtures all season.
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Carlos Alcaraz style question raised as Brazilian verdict shared on Everton transfer
ECHO Everton reporter Chris Beesley gets the lowdown on the Blues’ transfer deadline day signing Charly Alcaraz from Rio de Janeiro-based journalist Rodrigo Calvozzo
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Chris Beesley Everton reporter
06:00, 06 Feb 2025
Following his first game back as Everton manager, David Moyes declared the club definitely needed “to do something” in the winter window of the transfer market but in the end the Blues only brought in Charly Alcaraz, with the deal not officially confirmed until 75 minutes after the deadline had passed, so will the Argentinian midfielder prove enough and was he worth the wait?
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by Taboola
Unlike the start of his first stint at Goodison Park in 2002, when Fulham were beaten 2-1, following Moyes dubbing his new employers “The People’s Club,” as he was unveiled the previous evening, the 1-0 home reversal to Aston Villa on January 15 this year proved something of a rude awakening when it came to the magnitude of the task ahead for the Scot. Following a display that had all the hallmarks of being a hangover of the previous regime under Sean Dyche, Moyes lamented: “We’re desperately needing to add some quality in certain areas, mainly to create and craft goals, and it looks like to finish as well, we’re needing to get those levels up.”
Back then, the returning Blues boss, who steered the club to nine top-eight finishes in his first spell in charge, including their highest Premier League position of fourth in 2004/05, had spent little more than one full day with the squad, but come the following Sunday, significant changes in style and attitude from the team were evident as the first of a hat-trick of victories was secured by a team who had previously not won back-to-back fixtures all season.
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The 3-2 success against Tottenham Hotspur has now been followed up by a 1-0 triumph at Brighton & Hove Albion in what was the 61-year-old’s 700th Premier League game – an exclusive club of which the only other members are legendary pair Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson – while Leicester City were blown away 4-0 last Saturday to open up a nine-point gap between the relegation zone and Everton, who also have a far superior goal difference on the sides below them plus a game in hand. Everton In The Community Forever
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Even after that chastening defeat to Unai Emery’s men, Moyes had cautioned: “if it’s not going to be someone which makes the team better then there’s no point in wasting our money. So we have to get that option of somebody we think could do better than what we’ve got.”
Given that Alcaraz was ultimately the only one through the door at Finch Farm then before the window “slammed shut” as Sky Sports like to say, that’s something of a glowing endorsement of the 22-year-old. Speaking in his pre-match press conference for the visit of Leicester, just hours before Flamengo announced Alcaraz’s exit, Moyes admitted that PSR issues were continuing to hamper the Blues’ pursuit of targets and remarked: “I want to sign people who I think the supporters will be excited by and would love to come and see.”
Can Alcaraz prove to be that kind of acquisition? Moyes’ maiden signing first time around was also a loan signing born outside of Europe in the shape of Joseph Yobo who would go on to make 259 appearances for the club, a figure that only his future team-mates Tim Howard (414) and Tim Cahill (278) can top among players from outside the British Isles.
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