Tim Cahill says that he is open to the option of returning to Everton on loan from New York Red Bulls if the move suited both clubs.
Steven Pienaar is a full-time Everton player again after the 30-year-old put pen to paper on a new four-year deal at Goodison Park. The South African, who says that, "there was no doubt in my mind that I would be back," underwent a successfiul medical earlier ahead of a £4.5m transfer from Tottenham Hotspur. He will wear the No 22 jersey.
Marc Braterman's piece at the Added Minutes blog goes over well-trodden ground in analysing the unchanging ownership situation at Everton
Senegal won their second game in Group A of the London Olympics at Wembley Stadium today without the help of Magaye Gueye, who watched from the bench as the West Africans beat Uruguay comfortably while going down to 10 men.
Despite near-constant media claims this summer that Manchester United are close to signing Leighton Baines, Everton reiterate that no contact has been received from Old Trafford for the England international.
Everton’s reserve team friendly at Hereford ended in a dull but energy-sapping goalless draw.
The departure of the Australian could provide the teenager with the chance to step up
Everton defender Joseph Yobo has pleaded with the club to lower their asking price for him as he seeks a move to Fenerbahçe.
The Steven Pienaar transfer saga appears close to resolution after Everton and Tottenham finally came to an agreement on a fee for the South African. According to the website of Pienaar's agent, the 30 year-old will undergo a medical on Monday and hopefully be unveiled as the Blues' second signing of the summer on Tuesday.
Everton Academy graduate Conor McAleny is reportedly in talks over a new contract at Goodison Park.
Everton's Magaye Gueye came on as a second-half substitute for Senegal in their first Group A match of the 2012 Olympic Games. Senegal held the hosts Great Britain to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford, and face Uruguay next on Sunday.
Tim Cahill sat down for his first full interview for his new club as he prepares for perhaps the final step in his career with New York Red Bulls and spoke of his commitment to and love for Everton after eight years at Goodison Park.
Everton missed the chance of lifting the Milk Cup in Coleraine for the fourth time in five years as the U15s went down to 2-0 to Brentford.
New York Red Bulls have confirmed the acquisition of Tim Cahill from Everton. The Australian underwent a medical yesterday and agreed terms on a three-year deal with the MLS side, reportedly worth $3.5m a season. The 32 year-old leaves Goodison after eight years but will continue to wear the No 17 jersey at his new club.
Liga Prima Indonesia Sportindo, the company who organised the aborted Java Cup in Jakarta scheduled for this weekend, have announced their intention to sue Everton for pulling out of the competition at short notice.
Despite quotes attributed to a "source close to the Nigerian" defender yesterday saying that he was walking away from his proposed move to Fenerbahçe, Joseph Yobo's agent has apparently confirmed that nothing has changed and the deal is still close to completion.
Tony Hibbert will donate part of the proceeds from his upcoming testimonial against AEK Athens to children's charities, Claire House and Rainbow Trust.
Joe Royle hails Tim Cahill's Everton career, with the midfielder set for a move to the MLS, but admits the timing is probably right for player and club to part terms.
Lee Carsley says a lack of trophies has tarnished Tim Cahill's career at Goodison Park and as a consequence he won't go down as an all-time great.
Sky Sports claims that Everton and Tottenham have failed to agree terms for Steven Pienaar, despite lengthy and ongoing talks over the South African's proposed move back to Goodison Park.
Everton have confirmed they will now not be playing in the inaugural Java Cup which was due to take place in Indonesia later this week. Initially, it was indicated that Nacional from Uruguay would replace the Turkish Champions but when they denied the claim, confusion over the participating clubs, the subsequent structure of the competition and safety concerns prompted Everton to withdraw.
Eight years to the day after he arrived from Millwall, Tim Cahill is on the brink of his Goodison exit with a move to New York Red Bulls after Everton confirmed that they have accepted a nominal fee — reportedly £1m — from the Major League Soccer side for the Australian icon.
Francisco Junior's impressive pre-season form looks to have brought him into first-team contention for the coming season.
Everton have confirmed reports earlier this month that the Club have signed a deal with US-based ticket marketplace, StubHub.
After another impressive 45-minute cameo at Motherwell on Saturday, David Moyes said: “I think by the way he’s playing at the moment, yes, he’s got a good chance of being involved in my plans for next season."
Update It's still to be confirmed by Everton due to the final details being ironed out, but the Turkish-Football.com website are reporting that Everton have finally accepted a knock-down price of €2.5M (~£2M) for wantaway defender Joseph Yobo. Fenerbahçe had reportedly agreed to a fee of £5M when the player went to Turkey on loan 2 years ago, but the Turks reneged on this deal and Everton agreed apparently to get money in that would finance the return of Steven Pienaar.
Galatasaray have pulled out the Java Cup, to be replaced by Nacional of Uruguay. Nacional may now be Everton's opponents at Jakarta's Gelora Bung stadium on Sunday (29 July), if both sides win their opening games against Malaysia and Indonesia.
Everton Reserves went behind after just 2 mins to a sharp header from Sean Welsh for the home side, who have had the upper hand in the first half. A penalty was called early in the second half and Welsh scored his second from the spot but Conor McAleny pulled one back for the Blues. But 2 mins later and the Blues went further behind, and Thistle then had another goal disallowed for offside.
David Moyes says that a deal to bring Steven Pienaar back to Everton is close but nothing has been concluded yet.
Everton's reserves made their way into the final of ARR Craib Cup tomorrow after beating Airdrie United 2-1 this afternoon with goals from Barkley and Garbutt. The Blues are joined in the four-team tournament by a Celtic XI, hosts Partick Thistle.
Everton continue their pre-season Scottish tour with a trip to Motherwell, where James McFadden came off the bench as a guest of the home side. Everton delivered better service for the live coverage on evertontv. It was Shane Duffy who opened the scoring for the Blues after the half-hour. But Motherwell equalized with a belter from Law after the break.
Ian Doyle of the Post points out the differences between Everton and Nottingham Forest as investment propositions.
Everton's official charity, Everton in the Community, has been honoured with a prestigious award at the 2012 Sport and Recreation Alliance's Community Sport and Recreation Awards.
A section of evertontv users experienced some technical difficulties during the first stream of pre-season football from Tannadice on Thursday evening and the Club's technology provider has apologised for any inconvenience caused to viewers.
"I came back last year at Everton and, despite not playing many games, I trained every day. It was difficult at the start but, towards the end, I was more than holding my own in training. I just couldn’t get a game but I probably felt better than I did before I got injured. These should be my peak years. I’ve had a couple out so I hope they’re still ahead of me.
Update FIFA has granted temporary clearance to all five ex-Rangers players, among them Steven Naismith of Everton, who terminated their contracts with the liquidated club, allowing them to proceed at their new clubs.
A late goal created and finished by Ross Barkley applied a touch of class right at the end of an otherwise largely mundane runout for some of the Everton first team at Tannadice tonight. Junior had done well in midfield until a poor tackle and a yellow card saw him substituted.
Stephen Pienaar played out the first half for Spurs this evening in a pre-season friendly at Stevenage, casting some doubt over the certainty of his impending move to Everton.
Apostolos Vellios wants to impress David Moyes by building on the goal he scored in the first pre-season game at Morecambe, and continue to get more first-team game time after being named Everton’s Young Player of the Season.
Everton's friendly with Dundee United has been called off this evening due to torrential rain and waterlogged conditions at Tannadice. Following a pitch inspection, the game has been postponed for 24 hours and rescheduled for tomorrow evening.
The Echo's David Prentice joins the ranks calling for a return to white socks for Everton's home kit
David Weir keeping himself in top condition in case he's needed to bolster Everton's defence this season
Jose Baxter, the Everton Academy graduate who is hopeful of being picked up by Crystal Palace, is no longer with the Club after apparently turning down a new contract at Goodison Park.
While visiting Thailand, Everton CEO Robert Elstone has promised that before the 2013-14 season there would be a charity match in Thailand between Everton and 'a leading world club'.
“I’m a massive Evertonian. To play the team I’ve loved all my life at the home of the team I’ve played for throughout the last 10 years – head-to-head – was overwhelming for me. It was superb, I’m absolutely made up."
Jack Rodwell has endured wretched luck with injuries, but the challenge now is to steer clear of the treatment table. Sylvain Distin concedes that niggling problems can be difficult to shake off, but is confident Rodwell can get back to his best.
Manchester United fans are set to have their ticket allocation at Goodison Park cut amid safety fears. Members of Liverpool City Council's licensing committee are due to vote next week on cutting United’s away allocations for this coming season and beyond.
Fifa have written to the Scottish FA asking for reasons why the registrations of the Rangers players who have left – including Everton's Steven Naismith – have not been released.
Everton made the short trip up the Lancashire coast to Morecambe and enjoyed a good runout against the League Two side in the first pre-season game, a testimonial for Jim Bentley. Goals from Francisco, Vellios, Rodwell and Anichebe had the Blues 4-0 up before Bentley was fittingly gifted a goal at the end.
Newco Rangers Chief Executive Charles Green has been dealt a fresh blow in his battle to hold on to the the club's wantaway players as his purchase of their contracts has been deemed invalid, according to a legal expert on employment law.
The autobiography of Goodison legend Neville Southall, The Binman Chronicles, is set for publication on 13th August but you can pre-order a signed copy with one of a range of limited edition covers from publisher deCoubertin Books and help the ex-goalkeeper's foundation in the process.
Despite dominating 10-man Greece, backed by impressive displays from Everton's Ross Barkley, John Lundstram and Luke Garbutt, England U19s lost 2-1 to Greece in extra time of their European Championship semi-final.
Everton have finally unveiled their new Nike home kit, and it features unusually wide white cuffs on the sleeves, as suggested in Tuesday's leaked photo. The Everton players will wear the new kit on Saturday in the first pre-season friendly at Morecambe.
As the Rangers saga rumbles on, the latest revelation is that Charles Green made a payment of £2¾M for the players' contracts, as part of the £5½M deal for purchasing all of Rangers' assets.
The Daily Mail are reporting that Everton are set to conclude a £1.7m deal with US-based secondary ticketing company, StubHub.
Further argument, if it was needed, that Everton must keep their prized left back
Everton have confirmed the departure of Reserve striker João Silva to Levski Sofia for a fee that is officially undisclosed but it is reported in Bulgaria to be €400,000. The 22- year-old was signed by David Moyes two years ago but failed to break into the first team and spent most of last season on loan back in his native Portugal.
Everton will unveil the much-delayed 2012-13 home strip on the Official Site on Thursday and fans will get to see it worn by the players for the first time at Morecambe this weekend.
Everton's John Lundstram scored for England U19s as they beat France 2-1 to comfortably win Group B in the European Championships in Estonia. They progress to a semi-final match-up with Greece.
The Scottish FA have refused to grant international clearance for the five ex-Rangers players who chose not to have their contracts transferred to the Rangers newco and have since signed for new clubs in England and Switzerland, including, of course, Steven Naismith. FIFA has granted temporary clearance while they ponder an official ruling on the matter.
Unheard of beyond Everton Academy, 18-year-old Swedish defender Johan Hammar has been talking about stepping up to train with the first team squad in Austria and getting more playing time in the Reserves.
Jack Rodwell is with David Moyes’s squad at their summer training camp in Austria currently, and revealed that he was desperate to put the persistent hamstring problems of last season firmly behind him as he heads into the new campaign.
Howard returned to Manatee County, Florida, to lead the instructors in the inaugural Complete Soccer Goalkeeper Academy featuring Tim Howard in Lakewood Ranch.
Pictures from the stunning setting in which the Blues began their preparations for the new season.
Former Everton left-back, Jimmy Tansey, who made 142 appearances for the Blues in the 1950s, has passed away today aged 83.
The Blues are not among the 23 games selected by ESPN for live broadcast between before December.
Magaye Gueye is set to be included in Senegal's team for the Olympic Games in London later this month after accepting a call-up from the West African nation.
Evertonians will be able to tune in for six of the pre-season games live online this summer via evertontv.
Phil Neville believes that he has two or three more years of top-level football in him as he describes how he is keeping himself in peak condition this summer ahead of next month's Premier League kick-off.
All four of Everton's England U19 representatives saw action in Estonia today as the Young Lions beat Serbia 2-1 to take a commanding lead in Group B of the European Championships and simultaneously secure a place in next summer's U20 World Cup.
Seven Naismith has urged former club Rangers to drop the legal threat to his Everton future.
David Moyes is entering the final year of his current contract at Everton and as yet no new deal has been agreed. However, Moyes insists he is not concerned about sorting out a new deal and that he remains happy on Merseyside.
Is he the best US player of his generation? Cue the stats: all-time leading scorer for the national team with 49 goals, the leader in assists (48), a career spanning over a decade with 143 appearances for the country. He is the public face of American soccer internationally.
Rapid Vienna believe Rangers will default on the outstanding £900k payment due to the Austrian club for the £4M transfer of Nikica Jelavic two years ago.
David Moyes admits they have benefited from the "tragedy" which has befallen Rangers by snapping up Steven Naismith on a free transfer.
David Moyes has made the retention of Steven Pienaar his next priority after landing Steven Naismith yesterday. "We're keen and I hope in time that we will be able to conclude [the Pienaar] deal," Moyes told the press today. With his loan spell over, Pienaar has officially returned to Tottenham but the appointment of Andre Villas-Boas is unlikely to change the South African's mind about where he would prefer to play his football.
Everton's season opener against Manchester United has been pushed back to Monday 20 August (8pm) for live coverage on Sky.
Steven Pienaar appeared in the Randburg Magistrate's Court, South Africa, on Wednesday, where he denied charges of assault.
Everton defender Shane Duffy believes that the criticism meted out to the Repubiic of Ireland after their showing in Euro2012 is overly harsh.
"Naismith is that rare thing in British football currently – a home-grown example of the kind of confident, astute and dynamic forwards that excel in all the major European leagues."
The Executioner's Bong blog takes a look at Naismith's record at Rangers
Ross Barkley and Luke Garbutt both featured for England U-19s as the Young Lions drew 1-1 in their European Championships Group B opener against Croatia.
Everton have completed the free transfer of former Rangers striker Steven Naismith. The Scotland international, a free agent after he terminated his contract with Rangers and rejected the chance to move over to the Newco club, has signed a four-year deal.
Steven Pienaar has admitted that he could yet stay at Tottenham if the new manager assures him that he will be part of his first team plans. It was expected that Pienaar would look to seal a permanent move back to Everton, but he has suggested that he could yet have a future in north London, and the appointment of Andre Villas-Boas to replace Harry Redknapp may be the game-changer for Pienaar and Everton.
Steven Naismith is believed to have visited Finch Farm on Saturday, and completed an initial fitness test but did not undergo a full medical over the weekend. Everton staff wanted to see how the former Rangers player’s right knee has healed after he had surgery on it in November 2011 to repair anterior cruciate ligament damage. That injury kept him sidelined for the rest of last season.
The Football Supporters' Federation are conducting a survey regarding the policing of top flight football and would like your help.
Manchester United are not misguided in their pursuit of Everton's Leighton Baines, but their offering price is entirely too high. Baines is too old, and lacks the skill, to command the money being thrown his way.
Euro2012 reached its climax with the final in Kiev this evening where Spain became the first nation to win three successive major tournaments with an emphatic 4-0 victory over luckless Italy.
Danijel Pranjic says that he would be honoured to play for Everton and apparently expects developments on that front in the next week. The Mail, however, claim that the Blues are no longer interested.
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