Everton's opportunity to strengthen the squad for the remainder of the season expires at 11pm tonight and the Blues have secured 17-year-old goalkeeping prospect Jindrich Stanek from Sparta Prague. John Heitinga is reportedly close to completing a move to Fulham with Everton rumoured to be eyeing a move for Niklas Moisander as a replacement. Meanwhile, the club are believed to be chasing Atletico Madrid midfielder, Mario Suarez.
Everton's acquisition of 17-year-old goalkeeping prospect Jindrich Stanek from Sparta Prague was the only incoming transfer of the day, while John Heitinga sealed a free transfer to Fulham. Hopes that the Blues would be strengthening further with a rumoured move for Atletico Madrid midfielder Mario Suarez appear to over.
Everton are back on home turf after three successive away games that yielded a handsome win in the FA Cup Fourth Round but just one Premier League point. Coleman and Distin remain sidelined with the rest of the longer-term walking wounded and Martinez has some choices to make before he can name a starting XI for the visit of Aston Villa. KO is 3pm.
Everton have signed highly-rated Czech goalkeeper, Jindrich Stanek, from Sparta Prague for an undisclosed fee.
Seamus Coleman and Sylvain Distin remain sidelined with their respective injuries and will not figure against Aston Villa this weekend, Roberto Martinez has confirmed.
Updated Roberto Martinez has intimated that any movement before tomorrow's transfer deadline will likely come after John Heitinga's future has been resolved.
Academy striker Hallam Hope has returned to Everton after a one-month loan at Northampton Town.
Everton have announced that the club made an operating profit of 0.7M for 2012-13, reversing a 6.4M loss for the previous year. The annual accounts cite a 7.3% increase in turnover, thanks to increased broadcast revenue and gate receipts, and a 10.7m swing in net profit on player trading and contracts for the season.
Everton have announced that Sylvain Distin has signed another one-year extension to his contract which was due to expire this summer. The 36 year-old remains in age-defying form this season and his absence has been felt over the last month in the matches where he has been sidelined by a slight hamstring strain.
Everton have confirmed initial reports from Belgium citing Romelu Lukaku's agent that the striker's ankle injury is not as bad as first feared and that he could be back within a month.
Everton suffered the biggest Merseyside derby defeat since the 1980s as Liverpool racked up a four-goal lead thanks to their devastating forward line and coasted to three points despite commendable spirit in the second half from the Blues. Goals from Gerrard and Suarez book-ended an impressive brace from Sturridge thankfully, he passed up a hat-trick with an awful penalty in the second half while the reds were able to soak everything Everton threw at them as they chased some consolation.
As if the scoreline from Anfield, on the back of numerous injuries to key Everton players, wasn't enough, Romelu Lukaku left the match on a stretcher with suspected ankle ligament damage.
Roberto Martinez has reiterated his satisfaction with the two signings he has made this month but also suggests that he is always looking to strengthen the squad where it makes sense.
Bryan Oviedo underwent successful surgery on his broken leg last night and is now resting comfortably in hospital before beginning what he hopes will be a rapid recovery.
Everton have recalled Luke Garbutt from his loan spell at Colchester United to provide cover for Bryan Oviedo who is out for the season as he recovers from a double leg break.
A look at the Merseyside rivalry from across the Pond.
On Merseyside, as this region of northwest England is known, the rivalry between Liverpool and Everton has always been different. If the standard-issue European rivalry is something akin to street-gang warfare, the Liverpool-Everton relationship is more like two brothers who constantly bicker over who has the better car.
Everton in the Community is counting down to the finale of its 25th anniversary campaign on Saturday 1 February when the Blues take on Aston Villa.
Everton and Liverpool go head to head at Anfield on Tuesday night with a mere point separating the two sides and much at stake in the chase for a Champions League place. Martinez has a host of injury concerns, with Coleman out and Jagielka and Distin doubtful in central defence. Pienaar and Barkley have a chance of playing, though, and Traor will be assessed to see if he can play any part.
Roberto Martinez has spoken of his desire to see Gareth Barry stay at Everton beyond this summer when his loan spell with Manchester City ends and he becomes a free agent.
Gerard Deulofeu has resumed full training with Barcelona and will return to Merseyside this weekend, Roberto Martinez confirmed this morning.
Everton's trips to Newcastle and Fulham in March have both been put back a day to accommodate live televised broadcasting by Sky Sports.
Everton's stalwart defender, Leighton Baines has agreed a new four-year deal that could keep him with the club until 2018. The news comes before the end of another transfer window in which he was again linked with a move to Manchester United, but his new contract should put paid to such speculation once and for all.
In the draw for the Fifth Round of the FA Cup, Everton were drawn to play Swansea City at Goodison Park.
Roberto Martinez is in confident mood as he prepares to take Everton to Anfield for the first time in Tuesday's Merseyside derby.
Everton have received approaches from two clubs, one in Turkey and one in Italy, regarding John Heitinga who is intent on leaving Goodison this month to secure first-team football ahead of this summer's World Cup Finals.
Everton made comfortable work of a potentially tricky tie at Stevenage with a handsome 4-0 win but the evening was marred by a horrific injury to Bryan Oviedo. The Blues were a goal up thanks to Steven Naismith's early opener when the Costa Rican took the full force of Simon Heslop's attempted shot from distance and was stretchered off with a broken leg. Everton remained composed, though, and doubled their lead when Naismith poked home just past the half hour park. Substitutes John Heitinga and Magaye Gueye padded the lead in the second half while Naismith was denied a hat-trick by an erroneous offside call.
Everton's maddening injury problems deepened today when Bryan Oviedo was stretchered off the Stevenage pitch after 20 minutes with a double leg break at the ankle following a collision with Simon Heslop.
Everton U18s beat Arsenal 2-1 today thanks to goals by Tyrone Duffus and George Green.
The Daily Mail feature a fascinating, in-depth interview with Roberto Martinez in which he describes his philosophy as it relates to sleep, diet and focus; his insistence on steeping his players and staff in Everton's illustrious history; and his thoughts on the deficiencies of the English system with regard to the development of young players.
Everton have completed the acquisition of Lacina Traor on loan from Monaco until the end of the season. The striker was granted a work permit earlier this week but final negotiations over the terms of the deal, which appeared to be threatened by a serious injury on Wednesday to Radamel Falcao, weren't hammered out until this afternoon.
Everton's next step on the road that they hope will lead to Wembley takes them to Hertfordshire tomorrow to take on Stevenage for the second time in cup competition this season. Coleman joins Pienaar, Barkley, Alcaraz and Deulofeu on the injured list, limiting Martinez's squad-rotation options and enforcing at least one change to the side that started at West Brom. KO is 5.30pm with live coverage on BT Sport.
Lacina Traor's move from Monaco to Everton is still on track despite a season-ending injury suffered by Radamel Falcao last night. The player's agent has said that he expects the French club to honour the terms of the deal which would see the towering forward spend the rest of the current season at Goodison Park.
updated Seamus Coleman suffered what Everton have described as a 'minor soft tissue injury' to his hamstring on Monday night, with Roberto Martinez confirming on Thursday that he will miss the FA Cup tie at Stevenage.
Everton have been fined 45,000 for an illegal approach in 2010 for Nottingham Forest defender Jamaal Lascelles, the FA have announced.
A Spurs fan revisits a belief he posited a year ago that Everton are a fundamentally decent club in an indecent League and concludes that, if anything, his theory holds more water now under Roberto Martinez and the Blues' recent community efforts than it did before.
Ive always had the impression, and this is obviously tinged with a purely subjective viewpoint, that Evertonians understand that football isnt just about results or trophies or the narrowness of what happens on the pitch. Theres a very real sense that they understand that there are other, more human factors that unite us all as fans. Perhaps witnessing their neighbours suffer such unspeakable tragedy has forced them to re-evaluate the very essence of the nature of rivalry. Maybe thats what it is that makes Everton such a decent club. Perspective. Winning and losing make no difference in that regard. As long as the club exists and attempts to live up to its nothing but the best motto is all you can really ever ask of the football club. Silverware, however welcome it might be, is not the ubiquitous bottom line.
Maybe thats what it is that makes Everton such a decent club. Perspective. Winning and losing make no difference in that regard. As long as the club exists and attempts to live up to its nothing but the best motto is all you can really ever ask of the football club. Silverware, however welcome it might be, is not the ubiquitous bottom line.
updated Everton's application for a work permit for Lacina Traore has been successful, the club have confirmed. Talks with Monaco were scheduled to complete the acquisition of the giant striker on loan until the end of the season but a potentially season-ending injury to Falcao may have thrown the deal into doubt.
Much is being made in the media of a Sky Sports interview given by Romelu Lukaku on Monday evening in which he offered support for his childhood "idol" Nicolas Anelka, not so much for the West Brom striker's controversial "quenelle" goal celebration but more for calls not to punish him harshly for what he defends as a gesture of homage to a French comedian.
"He was my idol as a kid and he still is," Lukaku said. "I don't think he should be banned for that, he was just supporting a comedian in France. We don't have to make such a big deal about it.
"I hope he doesn't get suspended because he is a player people want to play on the pitch."
Everton withdrew the video from the official website and have distanced themselves from Lukaku's comments. Far from being "in hot water", as The Express are trying to suggest, the Belgian striker, who is an ambassador for footballs anti-discrimination group Kick It Out, is likely to be spoken to but not disciplined by the club. Anelka, however, is facing a lengthy ban if the FA decide to punish him for an anti-Semitic gesture.
Steven Pienaar missed yesterday's match at West Brom because of a groin injury picked up against Norwich, Roberto Martinez explained today.
Seamus Coleman will have a scan on his hamstring within the next 24 hours to determine the extent of the injury that forced him off against West Brom last night.
Everton have succeeded in bringing in 15 year-old winger Steven Kinsella to the Academy, securing the Irish U17 international ahead of reputed interest from Manchester United, Tottenham and Chelsea.
Everton Under-21s lost 1-0 to Aston Villa at Goodison Park this evening. With many of the Blues youngsters out on loan, the side had an average age of just 17 and did well to hold out against a stronger Villa side until the hour mark.
Roberto Martinez confirmed after tonight's game against West Bromwich Albion that the club are waiting on Lacina Traor to be granted a work permit before they can confirm his transfer on loan from Monaco.
In a controversial move, the FA have appointed Martin Atkinson as referee for Everton's clash with Liverpool at Anfield on Tuesday week.
Everton's U21 goalkeeper Mason Springthorpe is the tenth player to go out on loan from the junior ranks, leaving the second squad without a number of players for their U21 Premier League game against Aston Villa at Goodison Park tonight. Kick-off is at 7 pm.
Everton passed up the chance to move back into the top four as they allowed West Brom to grab a draw after Kevin Mirallas had given them the platform to take all three points. The Belgian's calm finish off Romelu Lukaku's knockdown put the Blues ahead late in the first half but a flat second-half display by Roberto Martinez's men allowed the Baggies back into the contest and Diego Lugano powered home a 75th-minute equaliser to earn a point.
In an in-depth interview in The Telegraph, Gareth Barry tells Henry Winter how much he is enjoying life at Everton and his hopes for the future, including that outside chance of making Roy Hodgson's team for Brazil this summer.
Everton begin a three-match spell on the road with a trip to The Hawthorns on Monday night to face West Bromwich Albion as the heat in Premier League's top six continues to rise following the weekend programme. Distin returns after recovering from injury while McGeady is included in the squad for the first time but Barkley and Alcaraz remain sidelined. KO is 8pm with live coverage on Sky Sports.
Updated Everton are close to securing Ivorian striker Lacina Traor on loan for the rest of the season, with the 6 8" man on Merseyside today to undergo a medical.
Roberto Martinez says Chelsea are not going to listen to any offers for Romelu Lukaku in the current transfer window. Martinez admits that Everton know they would be wasting their time making any approach at the moment.
Speaking during his first interviews at Finch Farm since arriving from Spartak Moscow, Aiden McGeady says that the pull of Everton and manager Roberto Martinez was too good to resist. The Irish international has seen little action since November but he is keen to get his fitness levels up and fight his way into the Blues' first team.
From Jack Kirwan, way back in 1898 to Aiden McGeady this month, Everton have employed a steady stream of Irish players down the years.
Aiden McGeady has been talking about his time in Russia with Spartak Moscow, and admits that the novelty wore off after a couple of years. He also cites a massive difference in attitude to football, and it not being the easiest place to bring up children.
Everton Under-18s fell to a 2-0 defeat away to Bolton on Saturday morning, with Kevin Sheedy bemoaning the loss of 8 regulars held back for the U21 game on Monday.
The Guardian's Liverpool-based reporter Andy Hunter reports on the abuse, death threats and withering numbers plaguing grassroots football on Merseyside, symptomatic of a nationwide malaise at this vital level of the national game.
Roberto Martinez provided a summary of the squad's Spanish sojourn this week and an update on injuries in his press conference this morning but, predictably, he was giving nothing away when it came to the identity of possible incoming reinforcements.
Nikica Jelavic has issued a public thank you to Everton's fans for their unwavering support as he makes the switch this week from Goodison Park to Hull City's KC Stadium in a 7.5m move. The Croatian said he was humbled by the backing he received from Blues fans as he struggled to regain the explosive form with which he announced his arrival to the Premier League two years ago.
In a statement this week, Bill Kenwright has gone public with his praise for a number of Everton's recent community and fan outreach initiatives, off-field aspects that he says make the club special.
Aiden McGeady will wear the Number 7 jersey vacated by Nikica Jelavic, Everton have confirmed.
Roberto Martinez has reiterated that up front is one area where he will be concentrating his efforts before the transfer window closes in view of Nikica Jelavic's move to Hull City.
Leighton Baines is reportedly set to sign a new contract with Everton that will resolve the uncertainty around his future and ward off interest in his services from Manchester United. The 29 year-old will be a year from the expiry of his current deal at the end of the season.
Everton's U18s advanced in the FA Youth Cup with a 4-3 victory over a Birmingham City with George Green's 89th-minute free kick proving to be the winner.
Nikica Jelavic has concluded his move from Everton to Hull City pending a work permit after completing a medical on Humberside and tying up the final details on his contract.
Everton have now confirmed Ross Barkley has suffered a broken toe but have been unable to put a definite timescale on the 20 year-old's recovery. The club's initial estimate is that he could be out for three to six weeks which would likely rule him out of the FA Cup Fourth Round trip to Stevenage and, possibly, the Anfield derby at the end of the month.
Members of the Everton Shareholders Association Executive Committee met with Everton's CEO Robert Elstone and Director of Communications Alan Myers in mid-December in the latest quarterly meetings with the Club. The meeting notes include Robert Elstone talking about plans for a new stadium, the Fans Forum & the Away Fans Initiative.
Former Everton player Bobby Collins, who played for the Blues between 1958 and 1962, has passed away at the age of 82.
From a report in the Daily Mail:
Sin-bins will be considered by two new panels which are being set up to advise on law changes in football. The sin-bin system is being trialled in the Dutch amateur leagues this season and both FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini have suggested time penalties for players should be looked at. It is expected sin-bins will be considered when the new advisory panels to the International Football Association Board (IFAB) are set up in March.
The sin-bin system is being trialled in the Dutch amateur leagues this season and both FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini have suggested time penalties for players should be looked at.
It is expected sin-bins will be considered when the new advisory panels to the International Football Association Board (IFAB) are set up in March.
Steven Pienaar received the all-clear from a scan at Finch Farm today after he was withdrawn as a precaution during yesterday's win over Norwich.
Roberto Martinez saluted the efforts of his players as they overcame Norwich City at Goodison Park in what the Blues boss called a tricky game.
Thanks to a series of swashbuckling displays, Seamus Coleman is having the season of his life at Everton. Ex-Everton player turned pundit, Kevin Kilbane, sits down with the young Ireland defender and finds out just why hes having such an impact.
Everton collected another home win and moved back into the top four with another assured performance that had them comfortably two goals to the good over Norwich by the hour mark. Gareth Barry's impressive 20-yard strike in the 23rd minute opened the scoring and Kevin Mirallas' beautiful free kick just before the hour mark sealed the victory after Leighton Baines had been felled near the penalty area.
Roberto Martinez has revealed that Ross Barkley could be out for some time with what appears to be a metatarsal fracture that could sideline him for up to six weeks.
Everton unveiled Aiden McGeady as their first signing of the January transfer window prior to the kick off of this afternoon's game against Norwich City.
On loan striker Chris Long scored on his professional debut this afternoon, helping MK Dons beat Shrewsbury Town 3-2 in League One.
Having enjoyed their first week-long break from action since mid-December, Everton are back on Premier League duty this Saturday with Norwich City the visitors as the Blues look to get back to winning ways following the New Year's Day draw at Stoke. Distin, Baines, Jagielka and Barkley will all have their fitness assessed late this week before Martinez makes his squad selection. KO is 3pm.
Nikica Jelavic could be set to sign for Hull City after Everton agreed a 5.5m deal today for the Croatian striker that could eventually rise to 7.5m. The 28 year-old, who is one of two players whom Roberto Martinez has said could move on this month, has been given permission to hold talks with the Humberside club to negotiate personal terms.
Defender Tyias Browning has joined the long list of Everton Academy and U21 players out on loan, signing for Wigan Athletic for an initial month-long spell.
Roberto Martinez has hinted that Seamus Coleman will be rewarded with an improved contract this summer to reflect the outstanding form he has shown this season.
Roberto Martinez has confirmed that Everton are "very close" to agreeing a pre-contract deal with Aiden McGeady, with the winger set to join the Blues in the summer.
Academy winger Matthew Kennedy has joined teammate Matthew Pennington on a month-long loan at Tranmere Rovers Everton have announced.
Roberto Martinez has denied that anything has been concluded but Everton are reported to be on the verge of signing Aiden McGeady, either on a pre-contract with a view to joining the club on a free transfer in the summer.
A lucky team of junior Blues will join the matchday team at Goodison Park on Saturday.
Everton Academy striker Chris Long is the latest player to be farmed out on loan, the 18 year-old joining League One side MK Dons for a month.
Roberto Martinez believes that Everton's future is bright based on the standard and number of young players who are either coming through the ranks or already lighting up the Premier League at senior level.
Former Everton midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger has announced he is gay in a bid to break the taboo of homosexuality in sport.
Roberto Martinez remains insistent that Everton will finish the season with the club's most coveted players in place, telling attendees at a special supporters event at Finch Farm last evening that "everybody should be very assured that we are not going to lose any of the top performers that we have this season." The manager spoke at length with many of the Everton fan sites, discussing his footballing influences, philosophy and impressions of his new club after seven months in the job.
A limited number of great seats for Saturday's game against Norwich City at Goodison Park have become available.
Everton's FA Cup Fourth Round tie at Stevenage has been set for 5:30pm on Saturday 25th January, with BT Sport televising the match live.
Luke Garbutt will spend at least another month at Colchester United after his loan spell there was extended again.
Everton have joined the footballing world in paying tribute to Eusebio who has passed away, aged 71.
This rather lavish spread in the much-maligned Daily Mail reminds us that, during Roberto Martinez's unveiling as the new Everton manager, chairman Bill Kenwright revealed the Spaniard had promised to deliver Champions League football to Goodison Park. Elliot Bretland argues that the pessimism of Martinez's predecessor, David Moyes, hindered the club's progress.
Roberto Martinez admits that he doesn't want to sell Nikica Jelavic this month but realises the crossroads at which the striker finds himself as he weighs his desire to play for Croatia in the World Cup this summer against fighting to reclaim his starting berth at Everton. He says he won't sell the striker on the cheap while Jelavic is hoping to get more chances to reclaim his place if he says.
Everton and Stevenage will meet in cup competition for the second time this season after they were drawn together in the draw for the Fourth Round of the FA Cup. This time the League One side host the tie on either 25th or 26th January.
The manager was delighted with what he described as the "complete performance" by a much-changed side as Everton dominated QPR and coasted through to the Fourth Round.
Hallam Hope, on loan for a month at Northampton, put them into the lead with a debut goal on his first senior professional appearance under the tutelage of Andy King.
Everton booked their place in the FA Cup Fourth Round with a 4-0 hammering of QPR. Ross Barkley set the Blues on their way with a crisp drive and two goals by Nikica Jelavic had them 3-0 up when he was handed the chance for his first hat-trick. Unfortunately, he chipped his spot-kick onto the bar but Seamus Coleman's superb finish completed a rout of an abject Rangers that might have been more emphatic were it not for Julio Cesar in the visitors' goal.
Roberto Martinez believes everyone in football has a responsibility to help eradicate diving from the sport.
Following Fifa president Sepp Blatter's proposal for the use of a time penalty as a deterrent, Martinez says simulation has become a problem.
"It is our fault," said the Spaniard. "It has been creeping in and has been happening for a couple of seasons. It is down to all of us to try to eradicate that."
Queens Park Rangers have made an approach for Nikica Jelavic and are hoping to open talks over a deal to take the Croatian to London report The Guardian.
Having won the competition with Wigan Athletic last May, Roberto Martinez begins his quest to win the world's oldest knockout competition in back-to-back seasons as Everton host QPR in the Third Round. Distin is ruled out again and the manager has hinted at changes to the line-up that started at Stoke on New Year's Day. KO is 3pm. Live commentary will be available via evertontv.
Roberto Martinez will pick from the same squad as against Stoke on Wednesday, with Sylvain Distin ruled out again with a hamstring strain.
The case for convincing Sylvain Distin to become an English national to play alongside his Everton teammate for the Three Lions in Brazil this summer.
West Ham's bid to sign John Heitinga from Everton has collapsed at the last minute after the defender pulled out of the move, saying that the switch to Upton Park was not the right option.
John Lundstram will spend the rest of the season on loan at Yeovil Town, while fellow Academy prospects Hallam Hope and Matthew Pennington have been loaned to Northampton and Tranmere respectively.
Roberto Martinez was clearly disappointed at dropping two points from today's clash with Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium but he was pleased to see his team battle back to earn a draw.
Leighton Baines rescued a point for Everton with an injury-time penalty as Stoke looked to have frustrated the Blues with a dogged stand in defence of Oussama Assaidi's 49th-minute goal. A lively first-half had seen Kevin Mirallas smack fearsome shots onto both the crossbar and the post and Blues were rebuffed countless times as they chased the game in the second half until sub Leon Osman won the all-important penalty in added time with which Baines made no mistake.
Republic of Ireland international midfielder James McCarthy has set his sights on Champions League qualification with Everton so he can test himself against the biggest clubs in Europe.
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