Overview
- Everton and Crystal Palace confirmed on Tuesday that they had completed a straight swap that sends Brennan Johnson to Everton and Dwight McNeil to Crystal Palace, with both players signing four-year contracts after passing medicals.
- Clubs and multiple outlets reported there was no additional fee in the deal, and both medicals were completed before the transfers were finalised.
- Johnson joined Palace from Tottenham in January for a reported £35 million but failed to score in 26 appearances for the Eagles, a form dip that Palace accepted by including him in the swap.
- McNeil’s move completes a transfer that nearly happened in January but collapsed when required paperwork missed the deadline and prompted public criticism from his partner about how Palace handled the situation.
- The exchange is notable because straight swaps are rare under recent profit-and-sustainability and accounting rules, and the deal lets Everton add a high-value attacking asset without an immediate cash outlay while Palace gain a left-sided creator they had long pursued.