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title: "Everton transfer news: One a Premier League winner – the other nobody has heard of yet"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Gary Gowers"
section: "Everton News"
published: "2026-06-10T09:18:28Z"
modified: "2026-06-10T09:18:30Z"
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# Everton transfer news: One a Premier League winner – the other nobody has heard of yet

- Everton are targeting a new right-back this summer as a matter of priority
- Ben White’s Arsenal career appears over after a season wrecked by injury
- Guela Doue of Strasbourg has also emerged as a name on Moyes’s shortlist

**A tweet doing the rounds this week named [Ben White](https://readeverton.com/everton-ben-white-arsenal-transfer-rumour/) and [Guela Doue](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/guela-doue/profil/spieler/711980) as Everton’s two main right-back targets. One would be a smart, experienced signing. The other could be something a bit more interesting than that.**

> Everton are prioritising a new right-back this summer \
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> But who should they sign?\
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> A look at some of the options, including those tracked so far like Guela Doue & Ben White\
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> Doue seems like ideal fit but valuation may be problematic \
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> 🔓[@TheAthleticFC](https://x.com/TheAthleticFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [https://t.co/9IB3zCnJSZ](https://t.co/9IB3zCnJSZ)
>
> — Patrick Boyland (@Paddy\_Boyland) [June 10, 2026](https://x.com/Paddy_Boyland/status/2064617272526672006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Let us be straight about the right-back situation first, because it has been quietly embarrassing for long enough. [Jake O’Brien](https://readeverton.com/jake-obrien-everton-solid-season-right-back/) – a decent enough centre-back – has spent much of the past season shunted out of position because Everton simply have not had a proper right-back to call upon.

[Seamus Coleman](https://readeverton.com/seamus-colemans-finest-moments-for-everton/), who has given this club everything and then some over 15 years, is leaving when his contract is up. [Nathan Patterson](https://readeverton.com/evertons-nathan-patterson-looking-for-new-pastures/) never really got going. The need is not exactly hidden. It has been staring at everyone for two seasons.

So the idea that Moyes has two names on a list is at least a sign that someone has noticed.

## The case for White

Ben White’s Arsenal career has, to put it kindly, not gone to plan this season. He picked up a serious knee ligament injury against [West Ham](https://readeverton.com/tag/west-ham-transfer-news/) that ruled him out for the rest of the campaign – including the Champions League final – and with Jurrien Timber now firmly first choice at right-back, his future at the Emirates looks like it has run its course.

He is 28, he has played in title-winning teams and deep Champions League runs, and he is a player who has spent years in a system that demands intelligence and technical quality from its full-backs.

The injury record gives you pause, and it should. But the profile, when fit, is exactly what Everton need. A Premier League winner who knows how to play in a well-organised defensive unit. Moyes will like that.

### And Doue?

Guela Doue is the less familiar name and the one that will have some people reaching for Google. He is 23, Ivorian, plays for Strasbourg, and has had a genuinely impressive 18 months in Ligue 1 – versatile enough to play centre-back or wing-back, valued at around £15m, and described by his former manager Liam Rosenior as a natural leader in a very young squad.

One for the curious rather than the cautious, perhaps. But Everton have form for finding players in that bracket and getting good value.

The right-back position needs sorting. It needed sorting last summer and the one before.

Whether the answer turns out to be a proven English international nursing himself back from injury or a 23-year-old Ivorian who not many people have heard of yet, the only thing that actually matters now is that someone gets it done before pre-season begins and O’Brien ends up at right-back again.