Moyes confident Everton in improved position to attract summer signings

Moyes confident Everton in improved position to attract summer signings

David Moyes prepares to welcome Pep Guardiola and Manchester City on Monday

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David Moyes has said he is confident that Everton are in an improved position to attract potential signings this summer.

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The club’s push for European qualification has stalled after successive defeats to Liverpool and West Ham, results which have seen the Toffees drop to 11th in the Premier League.

​European football remains a possibility, though there is now little room for error in the run-in. Everton host title-chasing Manchester City at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Monday night, a fixture that Moyes will use to judge the progress of his side.

​Ahead of the clash, the Scot said European qualification remains the ambition, and that continental football would represent a boost to transfer plans.

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However, regardless of that eventual outcome, Moyes outlined his belief that the Blues are in a better position to attract top players to the club than in previous windows.

​He said recent relegation scares had made it ‘difficult’ to sell the project, but that a campaign challenging in the top half, and the lure of Hill Dickinson Stadium, should increase the appeal ahead of the summer.