Jonathan Rowe decides on his future as Everton submit £30m bid amid humiliating dig from Italy

Bologna have rejected Everton's bid for Jonathan Rowe.

Reports in Italy suggest that the Blues have offered £30million for the 23-year-old left-winger, who only joined Bologna last year from Marseille.

David Moyes is in desperate need of additions before the Premier League season kicks off in just over two weeks' time, with midfielder Hayden Hackney the only new face that's arrived so far this summer.

However, Rowe looks increasingly as though he'll be staying put at Bologna after reportedly deciding that he'd rather stay in Italy than return to England to join Everton.

That news is no doubt a blow for the Toffees.

However, there is way that they can at least change Bologna's stance on the deal.

What Bologna would accept for Jonathan Rowe

Italian news outlet Quotidiano Sportivo reported on Wednesday that Bologna have told Everton that Rowe isn't for sale after rejecting their £30m offer.

However, it is understood that the Serie A club could have their arm twisted if the Merseyside club was to up the ante and offer between £47.1m and £51.4m for the ex-Norwich star.

That doesn't mean that Rowe's mind will change, but the chance to return to England as a Premier League player would no doubt give him a good reason to consider his options.

Unfortunately for Everton, rather embarrassingly, the Italian website adds that while Rowe does dream of joining a Premier League club, that would be "only if a big club were to knock on the door: and so far that hasn't happened".

Ouch.

While Evertonians and most English football fans would disagree with that, it's a damning indictment of where the Toffees currently sit on a more global, or at least continental, scale.

Why Rowe isn't sold on joining Everton

This could be an issue that Everton are facing in general right now.

An unprecented nine Premier League clubs will be playing European football in the 2026-27 season.

And despite almost half of the teams playing across the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League, Everton won't be one of them.

So if you're a player like Rowe, would you rather sit still at Bologna, who reached the Europa League quarter-finals last season and are a club on the rise in Italy? Or would you join one of the Premier League clubs who is consistently struggling?

Or, would you wait around and see if one of the nine English clubs in Europe come in and make an offer for you this summer?

Ultimately, it could be waiting game and if Everton remain at the table come late August, Rowe's mind could change.

But right now, this is where Everton are at.