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Aheed Abrar

Tue 17 March 2026 19:10, UK

David Moyes could potentially use European qualification to attract players to Everton in the upcoming transfer window.

Michael Ball believes qualifying for Europe would be a “massive advantage” for the Toffees to sign players the Scottish manager has possibly spoken with in the past.

The former Blues defender feels finishing further in the Premier League may give the 62-year-old head coach the chance to convince players to move to Hill Dickinson Stadium.

The Friedkin Group must back Moyes in the summer regardless of whether the Merseysiders make it to Europe, but the prospect of playing a major tournament will surely be a plus point in their recruitment strategy.

Everton have one hurdle for European finish

Moyes has turned things around at The Toffees since taking over from Sean Dyche.

The Blues fans had been in perpetual fear of relegation during the final years of Farhad Moshiri’s reign, but TFG have made prudent decisions in recent months.

With the Scottish manager in charge, the Hill Dickinson Stadium are now dreaming of making vast improvements over their past fortunes.

The Merseyside outfit have European qualification in sight as they sit eighth in the Premier League table, six points behind sixth-place Chelsea.

While the Toffees have every chance of going further up the table, they will surely need to drastically improve their home form in the league, having won just five games in L4 this season.

The final eight games in the Premier League will also see the Blues take on the likes of Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City.

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Everton have been linked with Liam Delap once again after the Chelsea centre-forward preferred a move to Stamford Bridge from Ipswich Town last summer.

Moyes seems to be a big fan of the English striker, who the Toffees tried to recruit before he joined the London outfit.

The Scottish manager should make signing a new number nine his priority at the end of the season, with Thierno Barry and Beto failing to score consistently.

Everton’s race for Europe could come down to the final day of the campaign, when they play Tottenham, who may be fighting for survival in the English top flight.