Bobby Vincent, Senior Chelsea correspondent for Football.London, runs the rule over Everton’s latest signing, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall was a really popular figure at Stamford Bridge and he can excel at Everton. That’s the verdict of Bobby Vincent, Senior Chelsea correspondent for Football.London, the ECHO’s sister title in the capital.

The midfielder joined Chelsea from Leicester City for £30million on July 2, 2024, but after just a single season in west London, he was snapped up by David Moyes for an undisclosed fee understood to be an initial £25million. On assessing the Nottingham-born player’s time at Chelsea, Vincent told the ECHO: “It was a bit of a strange time. It was a very successful time in terms of he won two trophies, but on a personal note, not so much.

“He obviously followed Enzo Maresca from Leicester City so he would have been expecting more minutes, but he came into a very competitive Chelsea squad. His contribution in the Conference League cannot be understated, though (he played 15 games, netting four times, opposed to 13 matches without scoring in the Premier League).

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“The most impressive thing from his time at Chelsea was his temperament. He never once moaned about his playing time – and he did loads of interviews. Chelsea would often put him up for media duty because he is a fantastic speaker and a really nice guy but not once, even when probing him to try and say something, did he complain about his lack of minutes.

“Considering Chelsea are getting the majority of the fee they paid for him back, it is seen as okay business.