Dewsbury-Hall, Dibling: Everton eye Chelsea star, Saints reject bid for winger

Everton are in talks to sign Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall from Chelsea after having a second bid rejected for Southampton winger Tyler Dibling.

A new No 8 is a priority for Everton boss David Moyes along with a defensive midfielder, with Leicester's Wilfried Ndidi one they like.

Dewsbury-Hall only joined Chelsea last summer having impressed in Leicester's Championship-winning campaign but has struggled for minutes at Stamford Bridge.

Everton's offer for Dibling was understood to be worth an initial £35m plus £8m in add-ons, a considerable increase from their opening bid of around £27m.

Southampton had claimed earlier in the year that they would only be willing to sell the 19-year-old for £100m, but their valuation is thought to be £45m.

It remains to be seen whether Everton will follow up with another bid for Dibling, with Lyon's Malick Fofana another winger target of theirs.

Dibling has two years remaining on his current contract at St Mary's and Aston Villa, Chelsea, Tottenham and RB Leipzig have all previously shown an interest in him.

Moyes: Everton not ready for new season - we need signings

Moyes admitted last week that the club is "not ready" to start the season due to a lack of signings.

"We're not ready to perform well enough in this tournament. We're not ready to start the Premier League season," said Moyes.

"I'm not overly concerned [by the results] because I don't have the players which I need and what I want. And obviously, we're up against it right from the start. We knew before we came [to the US] we were going to be really up against it. So, it was never going to be us coming here and winning [games].

"I think our attacking play at the moment has been really poor. I think we haven't created enough chances.

"I think the way we're playing in that area of the pitch at the moment has been really below par. But we've made individual mistakes which has shown us up for that as well."

Everton concluded their Premier League Summer Series with a 2-2 draw with Man Utd on Sunday.