David Moyes has revealed that Jacob Ramsey is one of the players Everton missed out on in the summer transfer window as he outlined his recruitment stance for January. Ramsey, who hails from the same Great Barr area of Birmingham as Blues central midfielder Tim Iroegbunam, joined Newcastle United from Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee on August 17, understood to be in the region of £40million.

The 24-year-old came on as a substitute for the Magpies in their 4-1 win at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday but so far he’s only played more than 45 minutes once in the Premier League under Eddie Howe in his half dozen outings for his new club.

Moyes has spoken before about the number of players that turned Everton down over the summer – citing the lure of European football from nine of the

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