After following up a match-winning assist at Newcastle United with a sixth goal of the campaign against Burnley, Everton’s Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has been hailed as “one of the signings of the season.”

Blues boss David Moyes first earmarked the midfielder when he returned to Goodison Park in January 2025, but had to wait until last August to snap him up for £25million from Chelsea after he had helped the west London outfit to win the UEFA Conference League and FIFA Club World Cup. While the Nottingham-born player netted a dozen times for Leicester City when they won the Championship title in 2023/24, he has now eclipsed his best total with a top flight side having netted five times for Chelsea last season, although all of those goals were against overseas teams.

With six goals and five assists for Everton so far, Dewsbury-Hall leads the team this term for goal involvements and another former Moyes signing, Jermaine Beckford is impressed with what he’s seen. He told the ECHO: “I genuinely think Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has been one of the signings of the season. He’s been absolutely fantastic.

“He had a spell when he was out injured, and...