His superstar father was once outshone at Goodison Park by Alex Nyarko but George Weah’s son Timothy provides a tantalising potential transfer prospect for Everton. Back on August 12, 2000, Weah senior, who had been a global football phenomenon while at previous employers AC Milan, turned out for Joe Royle’s Manchester City against the Blues in Joe Parkinson’s testimonial.
Despite a bright start from the Liberian international – who is now president of his homeland – he quickly faded as Everton triumphed 3-1 with a Niclas Alexandersson brace and an outrageous back-heel goal from Alex Nyarko. Timothy Weah, who has been capped 29 times to date by the USA, scoring four international goals, the latest of which came against Wales at the World Cup, was born earlier that year in Brooklyn, New York. Starting his career at Paris Saint-Germain, another of his dad’s former clubs, the winger had a loan spell at Celtic in 2019 before joining his current side Lille.
L’Equipe report that Everton are among a clutch of clubs seriously interested in signing Weah this month along with Premier League rivals Fulham and Brighton & Hove Albion plus Spanish side Sevilla. The 22-year-old has started just three club games so far this season, coming off the bench nine times for Paulo Fonseca’s side having been suffering with a foot injury at the start of the campaign.
