The summer window may now have slammed shut for another year, but Everton can still be active outside of the window with a free agent signing on the table.

Dewsbury-Hall shows love for Everton fans

The Blues have made an encouraging start to the new Premier League season, winning two of their three matches, seeing off Brighton and Wolves in back-to-back recent outings.

Multiple new Everton signings have made a positive impression at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, and while Jack Grealish is stealing the plaudits, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, who scored against Wolves, has spoken glowingly about his new fans after joining from Chelsea earlier this summer.

"I always knew how good the Everton fans were, but genuinely, home and away, you don't see an empty seat, which for me tells you all you need to know.

"They've welcomed me so well since I've got here, which means a lot for me and my family and gives me the confidence to go and try to play well for the Club. Look, it was a great day today. I'm happy that we sent them home with three points and yeah, on to the next. It's been a big, big week and the players deserve a lot of credit."

While the window has closed, there is still a chance for Everton to sign players who are free agents, which has led to a promising new update emerging.

Everton backed to make out-of-window signing

Speaking to Everton News, journalist Graeme Bailey claimed that Everton could still look to sign a new defender - one who is without a club currently and therefore a free agent. Celtic have already done something similar, bringing in Kelechi Iheanacho after the window shut on Tuesday due to their striker shortage.

On the face of it, Everton's squad looks fairly strong after an impressive summer, with the likes of Grealish, Thierno Barry and Tyler Dibling adding plenty of firepower in the final third.

That said, added squad depth is never a bad thing, and if Moyes feels that another defender would bolster his side's chance of enjoying a successful season, he needs to be trusted, especially given how much of a problem position the right-back spot has been in recent years.

With Jarrad Branthwaite out injured currently, there is arguably a lack of depth at centre-back too, with veteran pair James Tarkowski and Michael Keane being relied upon week in week out. There is also no guarantee that Branthwaite will remain an Everton player for the long-term future, so if the right player is available on a free transfer, it is certainly something that the Blues should look into.

Kurt Zouma could be a potential option, for example, especially as Moyes knows him so well from their time together at West Ham, with the 30-year-old bringing experience to the back-line.