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title: "Finally! Hayden Hackney set for Everton medical as £25m Boro move nears completion"
canonical: "https://readeverton.com/hayden-hackney-everton-medical-middlesbrough-move/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Gary Gowers"
section: "Everton News"
published: "2026-07-01T09:46:45Z"
modified: "2026-07-01T10:27:10Z"
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# Finally! Hayden Hackney set for Everton medical as £25m Boro move nears completion

**Hayden Hackney is undergoing his Everton medical today, closing in on a move the Toffees have chased for most of the summer.**

Everton have agreed a £25m package with Middlesbrough, [reported by ESPN](https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49228404/everton-set-sign-midfielder-hayden-hackney-middlesbrough-sources) to be around £17m up front rising to the full fee through add-ons. Personal terms were already in place, with Hackney turning down interest from Crystal Palace and other Premier League clubs to move to Merseyside.

David Moyes made Hackney a priority early in the window. Boro rejected three previous offers before Everton’s improved bid got the deal moving, having already turned down a similar-sized offer from Ipswich for the midfielder twelve months ago.

Hackney was named Championship Player of the Year last season after helping Middlesbrough reach the play-off final, where they lost to Hull City. He has made 154 appearances for his boyhood club, scoring 16 goals and registering 17 assists, and was part of England’s Under-21 European Championship-winning squad in 2025.

Everton could confirm the signing as early as this week.

The Toffees are also working to finalise a permanent deal for Chelsea winger Tyrique George, with talks between the two clubs expected to conclude by the end of the week — meaning Moyes could add both a midfielder and a winger to his squad before the weekend.