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Apparently we are recruiting a new head of goalkeeping at the academy after the previous one, David Lucas, was promoted to the first team at the request of Jordan Pickford. It's being overseen by Carl Davidson who has recently become an interim Head of Academy Coaching.

It sounds like our GK pathway is quite highly rated:

Apparently Man City wanted to pay £10m (!!) for Douglass Lukjanciks (17) but he's just signed a new contract and should be with the u21s next season.

George Pickford (18) is also highly rated and played 9 games for the u21s last year.

Goodness Gospel-Eze and Seve Patrick are the current u18s and some may remember for the test event we had 19 year old UAE player Abdulla Alhammadi on trial - it sounds like we didn't offer him a contract but he has been training with the club.

Harry Tyrer has played full seasons on loan at Chester, Chesterfield and Blackpool and is 24. So he's a proper first team squad member, not a youth player.

Currently our GK slots are:

Pickford (31, and England no.1)
Mark Travers (26, and lots of PL experience)
Tyrer (24 although maybe he'll be out on loan again)

I can understand why we let Begovic and Virginia go. There seems to be 2 options at each of the u21 and u18 ages and good competition coming through.

Apparently yesterday we paid Liverpool £200,000 for Ruben Savvas, who is just 14.

So while we gnash our teeth at lack of progress at RW, CM, RB I think we are quietly and diligently setting up a promising pathway of GKs.

https://thetoffees.online/everton-academy/everton-seeking-academy-goal