{"id":421200,"date":"2026-01-21T17:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/421200\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T17:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:29:10","slug":"james-garner-agrees-contract-as-ac-milan-make-surprise-january-move-for-everton-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/421200\/","title":{"rendered":"James Garner agrees contract as AC Milan make surprise January move for Everton star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2-Insets-Alternative-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"James Garner looking right with breaking banner\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Imago<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mark-Smith-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Mark Smith\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Wed 21 January 2026 12:58, UK <\/p>\n<p>James Garner has been the standout star for Everton this season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodisonnews.com\/2026\/01\/19\/micah-richards-shares-why-everton-need-to-keep-james-garner-in-latest-masterclass-vs-aston-villa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garner was sensational as Everton beat Aston Villa 1-0 on Sunday<\/a>, keeping the Toffees in contention for European football in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodisonnews.com\/2026\/01\/21\/everton-stance-on-jack-grealish-transfer-shared-after-season-ending-injury-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Grealish now out injured long-term<\/a>, his responsibility to create chances will only grow, as well as keeping things solid in midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodisonnews.com\/2026\/01\/19\/senegal-media-raves-about-everton-duo-iliman-ndiaye-and-idrissa-gueye-after-crazy-afcon-scenes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iliman Ndiaye and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall are back or close to returns<\/a>, with David Moyes keeping his star men together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodisonnews.com\/tag\/james-garner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garner<\/a> is attracting serious interest ahead of the February deadline, however.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>James Garner agrees long-term Everton contract<\/p>\n<p>AC Milan have been sniffing around Garner this month, with the Italian giants taking a shine to the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodisonnews.com\/tag\/manchester-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> man.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodisonnews.com\/2025\/12\/31\/everton-now-face-uphill-battle-to-keep-james-garner-after-fantastic-david-moyes-claim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moyes has never wavered from wanting him to sign a new contract<\/a>, though, and it looks like he has finally got that wish.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bobble, Garner has agreed on a new long-term deal at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodisonnews.com\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hill Dickinson Stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/INSTA-QUOTE-3-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"James Garner image with tweet on transfer interest\" class=\"wp-image-182880\" \/>Credit: ElBobble<\/p>\n<p>It is said that Garner is set to sign the improved terms on the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodisonnews.com\/tag\/everton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Everton<\/a> contract, with AC Milan and other clubs seeing their interest rebuffed already.<\/p>\n<p>James Garner by the numbers this season<\/p>\n<p>Garner has been among the very best in the Premier League; that\u2019s no secret.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofascore.com\/football\/player\/james-garner\/927361\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sofascore<\/a>, his standout performance was in Everton\u2019s 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest. He was everywhere in a massive victory at the City Ground.<\/p>\n<p>With their backs against the wall in terms of team news, Garner scored and assisted in the win, also taking four shots and creating two big chances.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/garner-1-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"James Garner vs Nottingham Forest\" class=\"wp-image-180582\" \/>Credit: Sofascore<\/p>\n<p>Garner also dominated defensively, winning three tackles and eight of his nine duels in total.<\/p>\n<p>That just proves that he is a midfielder who can do everything, something that very few can claim to do as well, even in the entirety of the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodisonnews.com\/2026\/01\/19\/thomas-tuchel-spotted-in-talks-with-david-moyes-after-everton-win-vs-aston-villa-one-thing-was-on-his-mind\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Tuchel was at Everton\u2019s win over Villa<\/a>, and with a World Cup coming up very shortly, Garner could just be playing himself into contention for North America in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>With Leeds up next in the Premier League, Garner will just be focusing on consistent results, rather than his contract or the World Cup, but both are on the way very soon.<\/p>\n<p>Stay up to date this winter with our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodisonnews.com\/everton-2026-winter-transfer-window-every-done-deal-signing-exit-and-loan-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Everton transfer tracker<\/a>. Click to see every done deal at Hill Dickinson, plus expert reaction from our team of writers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Wed 21 January 2026 12:58, UK James Garner has been the standout star for Everton this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[201127,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-421200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-james-garner","9":"tag-soccer","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}