{"id":25991,"date":"2025-07-26T22:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T22:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/25991\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T22:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T22:55:08","slug":"when-everton-hope-to-complete-adam-aznou-and-malick-fofana-signings-as-one-player-especially-impressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/25991\/","title":{"rendered":"When Everton hope to complete Adam Aznou and Malick Fofana signings as one player especially &#8216;impressed&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TBR Football can exclusively confirm when Everton hope to complete the signings of Adam Aznou and Malick Fofana.<\/p>\n<p>The Toffees have had a relatively quiet transfer window so far, with just Thierno Barry, Carlos Alcaraz and Mark Travers arriving on the blue half of Merseyside.<\/p>\n<p>However, this is set to change in the coming days, with <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/everton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Everton<\/a> having made significant progress on both Aznou and Fofana.<\/p>\n<p>TBR Football can also confirm what has particularly impressed Fofana, causing him to warm to a potential move to the Hill Dickinson Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2196266812-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Malick Fofana of Olympique Lyonnais controls the ball during the UEFA Europa League 2024\/25 League Phase MD7 match between Fenerbahce SK and Olympique Lyonnais at on January 23, 2025\" class=\"wp-image-962246\" \/>Photo by Ahmad Mora\/Getty ImagesEverton hope to complete Adam Aznou and Malick Fofana signings by next weekend<\/p>\n<p>TBR Football chief correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/graeme-bailey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Graeme Bailey<\/a> understands that Everton hope to complete the signings of Aznou and Fofana before next weekend\u2019s clash with Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Everton are set to land Aznou for \u00a310million, and he is seen as a back-up option with huge potential on the left flank.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Fofana is a player they have wanted all summer, and they have now got the green light from his camp over a deal worth around \u00a330million in total.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverton have always had Fofana on their radar and have been in constant contact with his people,\u201d Bailey exclusively told TBR Football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have now been informed he is ready and willing to make the move to Bramley-Moore Dock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe player is impressed with deals like for Barry and contracts for Jarrad Branthwaite showing their ambition \u2013 he is open to the move.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Everton want two wingers and retain an interest in Omari Hutchinson, Tom Fellows and Ben Doak amongst others.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/everton-have-ace-up-their-sleeve-in-douglas-luiz-pursuit-as-juventus-man-makes-transfer-stance-clear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Everton have ace up their sleeve in Douglas Luiz pursuit as Juventus man makes transfer stance clear<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What Adam Aznou and Malick Fofana could bring to Everton<\/p>\n<p>Aznou was snapped up by Barcelona\u2019s academy in 2019 and, after three years at La Masia, went on to join Bayern Munich\u2019s youth setup.<\/p>\n<p>At just 19 years of age, the left-back has already made four senior appearances for Bayern, along with winning three caps for Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Aznou, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Real Valladolid, made his senior debut for Bayern in the 3-0 win over Union Berlin in November 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s extremely talented,\u201d Bayern director of sport Max Eberl said about Aznou via <a href=\"https:\/\/sport.sky.de\/fussball\/artikel\/adam-aznou-gibt-in-der-bundesliga-sein-debuet-und-wird-gelobt\/13247042\/34130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sky Sport Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has incredible potential and that\u2019s why we\u2019re happy that he\u2019s now also made it to the professional ranks. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully, there will be a lot more games to come for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bayern head coach Vincent Kompany said: \u201cAdam has simply done very well in training and with the national team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe can be proud. Now he just has to keep working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Everton! GO AND GET ADAM AZNOU! He will be worth 30-40 million in a few years! <\/p>\n<p>Adam Aznou vs LB\u2019s in LaLiga 2024\/25<\/p>\n<p>He ranked 1st in the league for left backs in those 5 defending stats (based on the 13 games played last season <\/p>\n<p>His per 90 data is amazing for Defending stats\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zLU9RfVOG2\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/zLU9RfVOG2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0pQG2tLlRD\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/0pQG2tLlRD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheSecretScout (@TheSecretScout_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSecretScout_\/status\/1949079707158196240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 26, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Fofana is a 20-year-old winger who has gone from strength to strength at Lyon following his 2022 move from Gent.<\/p>\n<p>He has made 62 appearances for the French side, registering 15 goals and seven assists, and has won one cap for the Belgium national team.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Lyon manager Pierre Sage said of Fofana, via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpool.com\/liverpool-fc-news\/features\/who-malick-fofana-liverpool-enters-31875227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Liverpool.com<\/a>: \u201cHe\u2019s a player who\u2019s at a very high level in his mentality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will have to string together these sorts of matches, then he will have a very, very good future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sage also said of Fofana: \u201cHe\u2019s quick, he\u2019s skilful, and he\u2019s not afraid to take risks. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s already made a big impression on the team, and I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll continue to improve and develop in the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TBR Football can exclusively confirm when Everton hope to complete the signings of Adam Aznou and Malick Fofana.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[16297,1725,1840,218,16298,16299,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-25991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-adam-aznou","tag-english-premier-league","tag-everton","tag-football","tag-graeme-bailey","tag-malick-fofana","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}