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Everton Prepares Jake O’Brien Transfer Offers Before Deadline

8/25/2026

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Everton will field offers for Ireland centre-back Jake O'Brien before the transfer deadline.
O'Brien wants regular centre-back minutes, a role Everton cannot guarantee.
He made 37 Premier League appearances last season, five of them at centre-back.
If he departs, Everton will be left with three senior centre-backs and must add a fourth.

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Everton will field offers for Ireland centre-back Jake O'Brien before the transfer deadline.
O'Brien wants regular centre-back minutes, a role Everton cannot guarantee.
He made 37 Premier League appearances last season, five of them at centre-back.
If he departs, Everton will be left with three senior centre-backs and must add a fourth.