{"id":1188,"date":"2026-06-29T12:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/?p=1188"},"modified":"2026-06-29T12:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:47:16","slug":"everton-close-in-on-25m-deal-for-middlesbrough-star-hayden-hackney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/everton-close-in-on-25m-deal-for-middlesbrough-star-hayden-hackney\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton Close in on \u00a325m Deal for Middlesbrough Star Hayden Hackney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everton are on the verge of securing their first major statement signing of the summer transfer window, closing in on a \u00a325 million deal for Middlesbrough midfielder Hayden Hackney.<br>\u200bThe Toffees, led by manager David Moyes, finally made a breakthrough in negotiations after Middlesbrough rejected at least three previous bids\u2014including offers of \u00a312 million and \u00a315 million\u2014for their talismanic captain. With only 12 months left on his current contract at the Riverside Stadium, Boro have opted to cash in on their academy graduate after narrowly missing out on Premier League promotion in the play-off final.<br>\u200bHackney, 23, enjoys an burgeoning reputation as one of the finest talents outside the top flight, having been named the Championship\u2019s Player of the Season for the 2025\/26 campaign. The dynamic playmaker registered five goals and seven assists last term while leading all second-tier midfielders in progressive carries.<br>\u200bWith Idrissa Gana Gueye&#8217;s contract expiring, Moyes has earmarked Hackney to immediately inject fresh legs, energy, and elite ball-carrying ability into Everton&#8217;s engine room. Despite late interest from Crystal Palace, Manchester United, and Tottenham, the Blues have won the race, with a formal announcement expected later this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everton are on the verge of securing their first major statement signing of the summer transfer window, closing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-1188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","tag-everton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1189,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions\/1189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}