Blues missed out on Jacob – who is missing out on Toon minutes

RAMSEY TALE UNDERLINES MOYES CHALLENGE

- By CHRIS BEESLEY

AVID 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.

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 their Premier League rivals - as, under new owners The Friedkin Group, the Blues actually had money to spend after several windows of PSR restrictions.

The Blue boss said of Ramsey: “He chose not to come. He was one of that group and if you look at their subs - Sandro Tonali didn’t start for them. They have a really strong team and beating Manchester City gives you an idea of where they are at.”