# Moyes seeks cup progress as Everton face financial uncertainty

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/time-and-owners-not-on-moyes-side-as-he-tries-to-end-everton-trophy-drought/
- Published: 2026-10-29T08:00:28+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T08:17:35+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/29/friedkin-group-david-moyes-end-everton-drought
- Topics: Americas, Entertainment, Europe, Music, Sport, TV, World

## Key points

- Everton face Newcastle with a League Cup run offering a route to silverware.
- The Friedkin Group is seeking a sale and has curtailed squad investment.
- Moyes’s contract expires this season as Everton’s trophy drought nears 32 years.

## Summary

Everton’s Carabao Cup tie against Newcastle gives David Moyes a chance to move towards a trophy, a stated aim for the season, and to lift the mood after two consecutive defeats. But the Friedkin Group has halted squad investment and is looking to sell the club, leaving Moyes under pressure to deliver with limited resources.

Everton have never won the League Cup, while Newcastle ended a 56-year wait for silverware by winning it in 2025. Everton’s striker Thierno Barry has missed 12 big chances in the Premier League this season, and the club has no alternative centre-forward; captain James Tarkowski says the team needs results. Moyes, 63, is out of contract at season’s end, with talks over an extension repeatedly delayed.

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