By OkayGoal 
Everton are pursuing a £10m deal for West Ham United right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka, according to The Telegraph’s Mike McGrath, with the Hammers’ relegation to the Championship forcing a fire sale that has made a player bought for £15m two years ago suddenly available at a fraction of that price.
West Ham need to raise approximately £150m in player sales this summer, with relegation alone estimated to have cost the club £100m in lost Premier League revenue. Wan-Bissaka, contracted until 2031, is among the most immediately sellable names on a long list of players the club must move on quickly.
He heads to the World Cup with DR Congo next month, which creates a timing challenge. Everton will want any deal completed either before the tournament starts or immediately after it finishes, to avoid the pre-season preparation being disrupted further.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka Everton transfer: What the deal means for Moyes
Wan-Bissaka is a natural and experienced solution to all of that. His 22 Premier League appearances this season include a stretch of consistent form in January and February that demonstrated he remains a reliable top-flight defender. He fell out of favour under Nuno Espirito Santo towards the end, with Kyle Walker-Peters preferred, but his overall level is not in question.
Defensively, he remains one of the better one-on-one defenders in the Premier League. His reading of the game, pace and tackling ability give Everton exactly the kind of physical, dependable right-back the position has been crying out for. He is not an attacking fullback who will provide double digits for assists, which is the source of most fan criticism about the link, but he is a significant upgrade on what Everton have been fielding in that role this season.
Why fan reaction has been lukewarm and why it may not matter
The reaction among a section of the Everton support has been pointed. The sense that a club with a supposedly active global scouting operation has settled on the obvious, uninspiring option after years of chronic right-back issues is a frustration that runs deeper than this particular deal.
If Wan Bissaka is the answer to our right back problem the clubs been cooking up for years then deary me. Not exactly an exciting one or a progressive move. Yawn.
— Everton Blue Army (@EvertonBlueArmy) May 26, 2026
The financial reality, however, is clear. £10m for an established Premier League right-back who is 28 and under a long-term contract represents excellent value in the current market. Everton do not have the budget to be ambitious at every position. A solid, reliable signing on the cheap that solves a structural problem is exactly the type of deal a club in their financial situation should be making. Whether Moyes is the manager to get the best out of him, and whether something more exciting arrives elsewhere in the squad, will determine how this signing looks by Christmas.
