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Mon 12 January 2026 12:39, UK Updated Mon 12 January 2026 12:58, UK <\/p>\n
David Moyes needs to upgrade his options at right-back.<\/p>\n
Jake O\u2019Brien has been playing in the makeshift position<\/a> for the majority of the season, while Nathan Patterson continues to remain on the periphery of Moyes<\/a>\u2018 plans.<\/p>\n Patterson has struggled with injuries<\/a> throughout his Everton career, and he has only made four appearances in all competitions this campaign.<\/p>\n Having joined the Toffees in January 2022, the 24-year-old has failed to deliver on the immense potential that he had, and he now looks set to leave.<\/p>\n Everton are linked with Bologna\u2019s Emil Holm<\/a>, and Patterson could be the key to any January deal.<\/p>\n Holm<\/a> has registered impressive attacking numbers in the first half of the season, with the Swedish international providing four assists in his nine Serie A appearances.<\/p>\n On Monday, Italian media outlet Corriere Della Sera<\/a> reported that Everton<\/a> made a move for Emil Holm in recent hours, offering money and Patterson<\/a> in exchange.<\/p>\n However, Bologna are not inclined to sell him, especially given the fact that they are struggling to cope with injuries to their defenders.<\/p>\n After coming through IFK Goteborg\u2019s academy in Sweden, Holm moved to Italian side Spezia, where, after a couple of loan spells, Bologna snapped him up in July 2024.<\/p>\n The 25-year-old has played 46 times for Bologna since his arrival 18 months ago, helping them win the Coppa Italia in May 2025, which ended their 51-year trophy drought.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Moyes clearly places no faith in Patterson, and the Scottish full-back could play alongside international teammate Lewis Ferguson if the deal goes through.<\/p>\n Nathan Patterson\u2019s injuries let him down at Everton<\/p>\n Everton have had a quiet transfer window so far<\/a>, although the signing of Holm would be a statement of ambition from The Friedkin Group.<\/p>\n Patterson has not played more than 26 games in a single season of his career, which speaks volumes as to how Everton have subsequently neglected that position for so many years.<\/p>\n He has suffered seven different injuries in less than four seasons, with only one of them being minor.<\/p>\n 25\/26Muscle injury51 days825\/26Muscle injury42 days424\/25Hamstring injury26 days523\/24Thigh problems160 days2122\/23Knee injury1 days122\/23Ankle injury36 days721\/22Ankle surgery63 days11Patterson\u2019s injury record at Everton (via transfermarkt)<\/p>\n In Holm, the Toffees have a right-back who is dependable and athletic going forward, and he could strike up a brilliant partnership with Iliman Ndiaye.<\/p>\n O\u2019Brien will now serve well as a back-up, and Everton will no longer be solely reliant on Vitalii Mykolenko for any attacking input from the full-back positions.<\/p>\n Moyes will certainly be anxious to get this move over the line ahead of a crucial month of Premier League football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Mon 12 January 2026 12:39, UK Updated Mon 12 January 2026 12:58, UK David Moyes needs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2765,140322,218,140323,101597,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-366801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-david-moyes","9":"tag-emil-holm","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nathan-patterson","12":"tag-sofascore","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366801","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=366801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Nathan](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nathan-Patterson-stats-Everton-819x1024.jpg\")
Patterson\u2019s stats for Everton in the 2024-25 Premier League season. Credit: ImagoEverton offer Nathan Patterson as part of deal for Emil Holm<\/p>\n