{"id":532513,"date":"2023-10-23T12:13:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T11:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=532513"},"modified":"2023-10-23T12:26:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T11:26:28","slug":"sources-everton-and-leicester-city-plotting-to-sign-midfield-sensation-dylan-sloan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-everton-and-leicester-city-plotting-to-sign-midfield-sensation-dylan-sloan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Everton and Leicester City plotting to sign midfield sensation Dylan Sloan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Everton, Leicester City and Stoke City are among the sides plotting to sign Irish sensation Dylan Sloan, <strong>sources have told Football Insider.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 19-year-old has caught the eye for club and country in the last 12 months &#8211; with the midfielder emerging as one of the best young talents in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/dylan-sloan\/profil\/spieler\/897031\">Sloan<\/a> featured for Northern Irish Premiership champions Larne in their European qualifiers this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Started it \u2705<br>Finished it \u2705<br><br>Coolly done by Dylan Sloan \ud83d\ude0e<br><br>Watch live on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app \ud83d\udcfa\ud83d\udcf1\ud83d\udcbb\u2935\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BBCFootball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BBCFootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BBCIrishPrem?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BBCIrishPrem<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BBC SPORT NI (@BBCSPORTNI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCSPORTNI\/status\/1708180427859530187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He has also scored two goals and provided one assist in 12 league appearances so far this term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The likes of Everton, Leicester and Stoke have sent scouts to make regular checks on Sloan as they weigh up potential moves for the Northern Ireland Under-19 international. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are all compiling detailed dossiers on him as, one source says, &#8220;he has blown their scouts away&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made his senior breakthrough at Larne last season, making seven appearances across all competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 19-year-old has also had loan spells at Newry City and Knockbreda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sloan primarily plays as a box-to-box midfielder but can also feature in holding midfield or in a more attacking role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has turned out twice for Northern Ireland&#8217;s Under-19 side, with his most recent appearance coming against Norway in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larne fourth in the table after winning the title in the 2022-23 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/09\/GettyImages-1594980352_1200x800-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Everton\" class=\"wp-image-529301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/09\/GettyImages-1594980352_1200x800-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/09\/GettyImages-1594980352_1200x800-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/09\/GettyImages-1594980352_1200x800-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/09\/GettyImages-1594980352_1200x800-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/09\/GettyImages-1594980352_1200x800-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/09\/GettyImages-1594980352_1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Everton &#8211; who have blooded youngsters Jarrad Branthwaite and Lewis Dobbin this season &#8211; sit 16th in the Premier League after nine games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leicester and Stoke both play Championship football and sit first and 20th in the table respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/revealed-everton-hit-with-30m-bill-after-new-update\/\">Everton hit with \u00a330m bill after new update.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everton, Leicester City and Stoke City are among the sides plotting to sign Irish sensation Dylan Sloan, sources have told Football Insider. The 19-year-old has caught the eye for club and country in the last 12 months &#8211; with the midfielder emerging as one of the best young talents in Northern Ireland. 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