{"id":625943,"date":"2023-08-02T10:05:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T14:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=625943"},"modified":"2023-08-02T10:07:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T14:07:38","slug":"everton-target-bags-packed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/02\/everton-target-bags-packed\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Packed His Bags&#8217;: Everton Target Prepares for Move with Medical Expected by &#8216;The end of the week&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A major update has come from Portugal regarding Everton&#8217;s chase for Youssef Chermiti. Per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.record.pt\/futebol\/futebol-nacional\/liga-betclic\/sporting\/detalhe\/chermiti-ja-tem-as-malas-feitas-para-o-everton\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Record<\/a> (translations via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EFCdaily_\/status\/1686687768594849792\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EFC Daily<\/a>) the player has &#8220;packed his bags&#8221;. This is quite a boost for the Premier League side&#8217;s fans who will be eager to get the deal over the line.<\/p>\n<p>[metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;soe\/everton&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;metabet-website&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Everton Closing in On Newest Signing<\/h2>\n<h3>Chermiti Showing Real Promise<\/h3>\n<p>The development of this story began not too long before the above tweet when Romano <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1685979217572335616\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> the original announcement of the deal. He revealed that the two clubs had already agreed to a deal in principle. Now it appears things are done on the player&#8217;s side as he is ready to make the move with a medical set to happen &#8220;by the end of the week&#8221; according to the Record.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/01\/arsenal-goalkeeper-linked-nottingham-forest\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018No Guarantee a Move will Happen\u2019: Nottingham Forest Goalkeeper Search Hits Stumbling Block<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With three goals in less than half a season of league play for Sporting CP, Chermiti has shown the potential to score goals at the highest level. He currently represents Portugal&#8217;s youth sides and scored six times in a dozen matches for the U18 team.<\/p>\n<h3>New Signings And Price Tags<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Youssef Chermiti has packed his bags ready to join Everton and is expected in Merseyside for a medical by the end of the week. [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Record_Portugal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Record_Portugal<\/a>] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8DBkdFFopz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/8DBkdFFopz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; EFC DAILY (@EFCdaily_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EFCdaily_\/status\/1686687768594849792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Everton coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/66362776\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Dyche<\/a> has been working hard to bring new signings to the club. The Toffees finished 17th in last season&#8217;s Premier League table. Hoping to avoid the relegation scare they gave their fans at the end of the previous campaign, the Meyerside club is spending big to bring in top players.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/01\/arsenal-david-raya-update\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal Prepared to \u2018Accelerate Talks\u2019 to Sign \u2018One of the Best in Position in EPL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The youngster is reported in Portugal to fetch a fee of nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerozero.pt\/news.php?id=500298\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a313 million<\/a>. Sporting will also receive 10% of the fee that Everton receive if they sell the forward in the future. It is important for the English side to avoid spending big on any one player as they look to survive another brutal Premier League season that, if they do not play their best, could again see them threatened with relegation to the Championship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Image<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_625471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-625471\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-625471 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/8235186523_10e1894eef_c-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"View of stand at Goodison Park -Everton Predicted Lineup\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/8235186523_10e1894eef_c-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/8235186523_10e1894eef_c-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/8235186523_10e1894eef_c-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/8235186523_10e1894eef_c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-625471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Main Photo Credit: Kathrin Mezger on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/dxHu3x [url=https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/dxHu3x][img]https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8057\/8235186523_2e837d8456_k.jpg[\/img][\/url][url=https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/dxHu3x]Goodison Park &#8211; Everton vs Newcastle[\/url] by [url=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/26094756@N04\/]Kathrin Mezger[\/url], on Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major update has come from Portugal regarding Everton&#8217;s chase for Youssef Chermiti. Per the Record (translations via EFC Daily) the player has &#8220;packed his bags&#8221;. This is quite a boost for the Premier League side&#8217;s fans who will be eager to get the deal over the line. 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