Nathan Patterson

Everton sealed the signing of promising Scotland international right-back Nathan Patterson on a five-and-a-half-year deal on 4 January 2022. The young defender joined the Blues from Scottish Premiership champions Rangers for an undisclosed fee, becoming the Clubs second acquisition of the winter transfer window following the arrival of Vitalii Mykolenko from Dynamo Kyiv. Patterson played his first game for the Club in an FA Cup fifth-round victory over Boreham Wood on 3 March and was poised for a Premier League debut at West Ham United exactly one month later, only for an ankle injury to intervene and prematurely curtail the players campaign. The young Scot showed his ability during the 2022/23 season, making a strong start in which he featured heavily under Frank Lampard.

Disappointingly, Patterson picked up an injury in the penultimate game of the season, ruling him out of the campaign finale against Bournemouth. In 2023/24, the defender made 26 appearances across all competitions for the Blues, before a hamstring injury sustained at Chelsea in April 2024 forced Patterson to miss the season run-in and subsequent Euro 2024 finals that summer with Scotland. The young defender joined the Blues from Scottish Premiership champions Rangers for an undisclosed fee, becoming the Clubs second acquisition of the winter transfer window following the arrival of Vitalii Mykolenko from Dynamo Kyiv. Patterson played his first game for the Club in an FA Cup fifth-round victory over Boreham Wood on 3 March