EVERTON 25/26 SQUAD ASSESSMENT, PART 3: FIX THE FLANKS FIRST | Left Back & Right Back Recruitment Options

The Blue Frontier brings the full trio together for Part Three of its 2025/26 Everton Team Assessment, turning a long-running full-back problem into something slightly more useful than another list of rumors.   James Boyman, Shan Khan and Ryan Williams carry forward the four major squad needs identified earlier in the series: more open-play creation, better progression, stronger ball retention under pressure and improved athleticism. They apply that framework to Everton's current options, starting with Vitalii Mykolenko, before using Wyscout data, physical metrics, film study and reported fees to assess the market. Hugo Bueno and Kellen Fisher stand out as realistic left-back options, while Rico Lewis, Djed Spence, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Raoul Bellanova, Lutsharel Geertruida, Devyne Rensch, Guéla Doué and Héctor Fort lead a wider right-back discussion. The episode ends with each host building an ideal plan and a more Moyes-shaped version, separating attainable upgrades from inflated fees, tactical mismatches and the players Everton probably should have found a year earlier. Left-back targets 1. Jayden Oosterwolde 2. Hugo Bueno 3. Nathan Aké 4. El Hadji Malick Diouf 5. Rico Henry 6. Oleksandr Zinchenko 7. Darlin Yongwa 8. Matt Targett 9. Mika Mármol 10. Ali Maamar 11. Kellen Fisher 12. Martin Luciano 13. Joaquín Seys 14. Adrien Truffert 15. Samuel Iling-Junior 16. Vanderlan 17. Lucas Esquivel 18. Nathaniel Brown 19. Román Vega 20. Caleb Wiley Right-back targets 21. Rico Lewis 22. Djed Spence 23. Brooke Norton-Cuffy 24. Raoul Bellanova 25. Aaron Wan-Bissaka 26. Neco Williams 27. Lutsharel Geertruida 28. Wesley 29. Zakaria El Ouahdi 30. Óscar Mingueza 31. Joel Veltman 32. Thomas Meunier 33. Ricardo Pereira 34. Sacha Boey 35. Kyle Walker-Peters 36. Jackson Tchatchoua 37. Alberto Costa 38. Alidu Seidu 39. Anton Gaaei 40. Héctor Fort 41. Iván Fresneda 42. Vanderson 43. Jordan Teze 44. Wilfried Singo 45. Joe Scally 46. Guéla Doué 47. Tiago Santos 48. Devyne Rensch 49. Marc Pubill 50. Agustín Giay 51. Givairo Read 52. Juanlu Sánchez 53. Timothy Weah 54. Alex Freeman LINKS: https://linktr.ee/thebluefrontier