Everton have completed their only signing of the January transfer window, with 18 year-old right back John Stones arriving from Barnsley in a deal that could eventually be worth £3m to the Championship club. A reported move for Alvaro Negredo was scuppered early by Sevilla's €20m asking price and the only other deal of the day was the loan move for Magaye Gueye to Brest in France.
Leon Osman has been called up to the England squad for a second time as reward for his form for Everton and his impressive international debut against Sweden last November. Phil Jagielka and Leighton Baines are also included.
BBC Sport are reporting that Everton have opened talks with Sevilla about £9m-rated Spanish forward Alvaro Negredo.
Everton won on home turf for the first time in 2013 but they had to survive a nervy last half hour after shocking defending by Heitinga had gifted West Brom a way back into the game at 2-1. The Blues had led comfortably at the break from two Baines goals, the first a beautiful strike from 18 yards, the second a typically confident penalty after Yakob had felled Anichebe. Dorrans rattled the bar and Osman somehow missed a virtually open goal to make it safe late on but the defence eventually held on to secure three welcome points.
Everton's FA Cup Fifth Round tie with Oldham Athletic has been selected for live televised coverage by ITV and will kick off at 6pm on Saturday 16th February.
Everton's deal to bring for Leroy Fer to the Premier League from FC Twente is off after the Dutch club rejected a modified payment structure for the 23-year-old midfielder. Everton were looking to make the bulk of the £8.6m fee dependent on appearances but Twente president Joop Munsterman refused to renegotiate the terms and the player will remain in the Eredivisie.
Everton have announced that Academy striker Anton Forrester has joined Blackburn Rovers on a free transfer following a successful trial with the Championship club.
David Moyes has dismissed out of hand suggestions that the proposed deal to bring Leroy Fer in from FC Twente is not because the Dutchman has been earmarked as Marouane Fellaini's successor at Goodison Park.
Leroy Fer's proposed transfer from FC Twente is on ice this evening after the Eredivisie club refused to accept restructured terms for the £8.6m deal agreed over the weekend. Everton are concerned by the results of scans on the 23 year-old's knee following the injury he suffered in September and are looking to make the bulk of the fee dependent on appearances, which the Dutch club say they cannot agree to.
After the player's agent announced that he and his client were in talks about a possible move from Borussia Moenchengladbach to Everton, Igor de Camargo has joined Hoffenheim on loan.
“It’s a very nice step to move to the Premier League. My qualities can be fully expressed there. I’m a box-to-box player so that fits in England.
“Everton is a good club who always fights for the European spots. They have always been a good club to join and they came faster than I expected because I only expected to go in the summer at the earliest.”
“I have looked at the players in the squad and love the way they play. Everton are in the top five and have a real chance of playing in Europe next season.
“From when I was a young boy, I always wanted to play in the Premier League. The fact I am going to do it with one of the biggest teams in the Premier League makes this move even more special.”
Everton's FA Youth Cup 4th Round tie at Port Vale has been rescheduled for Thursday 7 February (7pm kick-off), following three prior postponements due to the recent spell of winter weather. A 5th Round tie at Arsenal or Fulham awaits the victors.
Everton are currently priced at 5/1 to finish in the top four this season.
Two home games in the space of four days offer Everton the ideal opportunity to further press their claims for a top-four finish if they can claim maximum points, starting with the visit of West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday evening. Mirallas and Gibson are close to fitness according to Moyes but Coleman's thigh injury will sideline him for another fortnight. KO is 7.45pm.
Described by sports minister Hugh Robertson as "the worst governed sport in this country," English football has come under attack from a parliamentary report that criticises the game's failure to introduce new financial controls and increase the influence of fans.
For all of the talk about Everton trying to finish fourth and grab a Champions League spot, I feel winning the FA Cup would be bigger.
Everton have agreed an £8.6m deal to sign the Dutch international midfielder Leroy Fer from FC Twente, subject to a medical, the club has confirmed. The 23 year-old will now travel to Merseyside to discuss personal terms on a proposed 4½-year contract and undergo medical examination with a view to finalising the deal ahead of Wednesday's game against West Bromwich Albion.
David Moyes has backed up his intention not to sell any of his players before the transfer deadline by insisting that he can't afford to let John Heitinga go because of a lack of central defensive options.
Former Everton midfielder Jose Baxter played a crucial role in his Oldham Athletic side beating Liverpool 3 - 2 in the fourth Round of the FA Cup this afternoon. And the draw for the 5th Round of the famous old competition, taking place just minutes after the end of that thrilling game, threw up an another fascinating tie for the Latics, Everton now having to visit Boundary Park next month.
Everton captain Phil Neville's loyalty to manager David Moyes came to the fore at the climactic end of the Blues' FA Cup tie at Bolton in a spur-of-the-moment dressing down of those traveling fans who had booed the decision to replace Nikica Jelavic with eventual goal-scoring hero John Heitinga.
Everton's dramatic, late victory at Bolton was tarnished by another injury setback for Kevin Mirallas who was withdrawn after just 17 minutes with what appeared to be a recurrence of his hamstring injury.
David Moyes is in familiarly cautious mood as the transfer deadline approaches, saying that while he is hopeful of completing some last-minute business, he is not bullish on the market of available players.
Updated: Bolton Wanderers' ground staff waged an all-night battle against snow to clear the Reebok Stadium pitch so the FA Cup tie with Everton will rest on conditions on the roads and pavements outside the ground.
David Moyes has said he is torn over whether to rest Nikica Jelavic or give the out-of-form Everton striker another opportunity to "change his world" at Bolton Wanderers.
A dramatic, last-minute Heitinga strike sent Everton into the Fifth Round at the Reebok providing vindication for Moyes's unpopular decision to replace Jelavic with the Dutch defender late on. After going ahead in fortuitous fashion when Anichebe's 18th-minute shot ricocheted off Pienaar and in, the Blues were pegged back in fairly short order by Sordell's equaliser. Though they improved after half-time, Everton looked set for a replay until Heitinga rammed home from a 90th-minute corner to win it.
Should weather conditions and the state of both the Reebok Stadium and its surroundings permit, Everton will take the next step along the road to Wembley today as they take on Bolton Wanderers in the FA Cup Fourth Round on Saturday afternoon. Gibson, Coleman and Hibbert are out but Moyes is likely to field a strong line-up that could include Mirallas's first start in weeks. KO is 3pm.
David Moyes has set himself a mission to end Everton's 18-year wait for a trophy as he prepares to mark his 500th match as manager at Bolton tomorrow in the 4th Round of the FA Cup.
David Moyes has confirmed that the injury that Seamus Coleman sustained against Southampton on Monday will keep him out of tomorrow's FA Cup tie at Bolton Wanderers.
Leighton Baines says Everton are desperate to put their past FA Cup failures behind them and end the club's 18-year wait for a trophy.
Despite slipping backwards on most financial metrics, Everton have jumped up two places in Deloitte's Annual Football Money League, published today, and now sit just outside the top twenty moneybags clubs at 26th in the world. The ranking is based on reported revenue of €99.5M in the 2011-12 season.
As expected, Sylvain Distin has signed a one-year extension to his contract with Everton that will run through June 2014. The 35-year-old Frenchman continues to deliver solid performances at the back for the Blues and is finally seeing the clean sheets appear this season.
Former Liverpool and Everton winger Jimmy Payne has died at the age of 86. He left Liverpool to join Everton in 1956 but his time on the Blue side of the city was restricted to just six games due to injury before he forced to retire just short of his 30th birthday.
This story from the Express highlights the career gamble taken by Jose Baxter last summer when he turned his back on the bright lights and kudos of being at a top-flight club (Everton) in favour of spending his weekends on the pitch at Oldham, instead of being marooned in the stands.
In Brenford's game against Leighton Orient, Everton loanee Jake Bidwell had thoughts of playing in a dream cup tie with Chelsea at the weekend eliminated when he was issued with a second yellow card.
Rafael Benitez has labelled Marco Materazzi “a liar” after the former Italy defender claimed Chelsea’s interim manager had pictures of Jose Mourinho removed from a wall at Inter Milan’s training base.
Tim Howard is hoping Everton's growing defensive resilience will help them produce their usual end-of-season form and clinch a Champions League qualification spot.
Leeds United take on Spurs in the FA Cup on Sunday but Everton have withheld permission for Ross Barkley to play so that he does not become cup-tied.
Kevin Mirallas returned on Monday from a hamstring injury that has seen him miss almost two months of his first Premier League season.
David Moyes believes that the return of Kevin Mirallas can only help in his side's struggle to score the goals needed to sustain a push for fourth.
In an interview with talkSPORT last night, Alan Stubbs restates popular concerns about David Moyes's Everton future, and the need for funds from the Chairman to mount a meaningful challenge for a top-four place in the Premier League.
Jelavic was again misfiring during the St Mary's stalemate and now is a good a time as any to relegate him to the Everton bench to accommodate the more explosive Anichebe.
“I was frustrated with how we played and frustrated in the second half that we did not get the goal,” Moyes told Sky Sports.
An Everton fan has been found guilty of racially abusing two players during the 1-1 draw at QPR in October.
As a former defender himself, Moyes shares the sense of sadness at how the famously physical element of British football is being erased by most tackles being considered automatic fouls in the Premier League – such as the red card given Jack Rodwell’s faultless tackle on Luis Suarez at Goodison Park last year.
David Moyes was interviewed for the job of Saints manager in the summer of 2001, shortly after caretaker boss Stuart Gray and assistant Dennis Rofe had ended the 2000-01 season in temporary charge.
Everton survived a dreadful first-half performance that saw Lambert hit the post and the ball twice scrambled off the Blues' goal-line but ended up battling through a second-successive goalless draw. They improved after the break but Jelavic spurned the best chance of the game and Boruc denied both Fellaini and Anichebe with impressive saves.
This revealing interview with ex- Everton physio Mick 'Basil' Rathbone originally appeared in Issue 1 of The Merseysider Magazine.
Held hostage by Islamic militants in Algeria, engineer David Murray from Kirkby and three of his colleagues escaped from their captors during the attack by Algerian special forces this week.
Brazilian winger Everton Ramos da Silva scored the winning goal today for Heracles Almelo against Marco van Basten’s SC Heerenveen in the Dutch league.
Wikipedia says the 29-year-old is Heracles’s all-time top scorer in the Eredivisie.
Thanks to Chris Owen for finding this story
In the wake of Nigel Adkins' surprise dismissal as manager of Southampton, David Moyes says that he is proud to work under Bill Kenwright who affords him the autonomy to make his own decisions.
After the Swansea game, the advice of the captain going forward is: “It’s about relaxing. I think we need to relax a little bit – the fans, the players, all of us. There was a bit of anxiety against Swansea when we should relax and enjoy the games coming up.”
Everton go in search of a fourth successive away win in all competitions on Monday when, weather permitting, they visit Southampton who will have new manager Pochettino in charge for the first time. Gibson and Hibbert are still out, Mirallas is, again, also unlikely to figure and while Heitinga could be fit again, Moyes is likely to field a largely unchanged line-up. KO is 8pm with live coverage on Sky Sports
22-year-old MotoGP rookie Bradley Smith sampled life in the English Premier Football League when he was invited to a special training session with Everton FC yesterday (Thursday), where he worked through a strenuous 40-minute match fitness test with flying colours and was declared as fit as a first team player.
Duncan Ferguson has revealed how difficult he found it coming to terms with the end of his playing career at Everton and how he sought an escape to Majorca with his family rather than drag his career out longer at another club.
Everton's games in March against Manchester City and Stoke City have been selected for live broadcast, with changed kick-off times.
Everton deserve to be third in the Premier League – hot on the heels of Manchester City and United – but must develop a more ruthless streak if they are to realise their true potential, claims Peter Reid.
Phil Jagielka says that Nikica Jelavic has the full backing of his teammates while he works through a barren spell in front of goal that is in marked contrast to the goalfest with which he announced his arrival on the Premier League scene last season.
David Moyes says that patience from both the players and the supporters is going to be required at times as the Blues pursue the possibility of Champions League qualification this season.
Jack Rodwell has left nothing to chance as he seeks to bounce back from the hamstring problems that have blighted him since his move from Everton. The 21-year-old Man City midfielder has moved house, swapped his car, started yoga lessons and even changed his pillow in a bid to get to grips with a problem which has repeatedly interrupted his career.
"When I was out in the summer I thought maybe I'd played my last game already. Now I'm back at a very, very good level in the Premier League, playing for a huge club and it's so enjoyable. I'm over it now and I don't want to look back really. It happens and I think most players go through it."
Attendance figures at Goodison Park for the first half of this season show a marked increase, with an average of 36,964 watching the Blues’ first 11 home games compared to 33,320 at the same time last year.
Everton are appointing a new video analyst — Lee Dunn, who has been performing this function at Torquay United.
With the cost of attending Premier League matches currently somewhere near the top of the football news agenda, FourFourTwo has crunched the numbers to see which set of fans are being asked to fork over the most cash in order to follow their team away from home...
Kevin Mirallas is back in training after suffering a recurrence of a hamstring injury which had already sidelined him for a month against Spurs on December 9. But Everton are unlikely to risk him at Southampton on Monday, in a bid to ensure the player doesn’t suffer another repeat of the problem which has already seen him miss 11 matches this season.
Everton FC is embarking on a new Charity Challenge for the 2012/13 season with a group of people cycling from Sunderland's Stadium of Light to Goodison Park this April in support of Everton in the Community and the Everton Former Players Foundation.
Everton will make the shorter trip to the Reebok Stadium for their FA Cup Fourth Round tie after Bolton Wanderers beat Sunderland 2-0 in this evening's Third Round replay at the Stadium of Light.
Since joining Oldham in September, Jose Baxter has scored 11 times in 25 games and he agreed a new 2½-year contract with the Latics on Saturday.
For the Premier League's cleanest grounds Manchester City, Liverpool, Everton, Arsenal, Tottenham, Newcastle and Sunderland were equals in the keeping things tidy department. But an inspection of Manchester United's stadium revealed "mouse activity" which the club were advised to monitor, alongside a broken tap and flaking pipework.
Everton Under-18s will not play Port Vale on Tuesday evening in the 4th Round of the FA Youth Cup as the game has been called off due top a frozen pitch. The match has been rescheduled for 22nd January.
Everton's U21s beat Blackburn Rovers in convincing fashion this evening, registering a 3 - 0 victory thanks to goals by McAleny, Junior and Lundstram.
“The fact of the matter is we've played well enough to threaten those top positions in the league. There will be a lot of games at this time of year where you will have to find a way of winning and picking up points, because everybody is trying. Today, we just couldn't find that way."
Creating the most chances of any Premier League player this season, much has been made of Leighton Baines’ attacking prowess. Saturday’s 0-0 draw against Swansea highlighted his creative talents with the visitors employing an extra right back in a bid to halt his forays forward. In fairness to Michael Laudrup, the plan worked to an extent with Baines not quite at his best.
This was a frustrating afternoon for the Toffeemen against a stubborn, compact opponent. Our best chances where from crosses when we could use our aerial advantage, but sadly our finishing was not at its best.
Everton’s comparison to the halcyon days of the labour movement is tellingly apt because, whilst other clubs are frantically dismantling their connections to the past, Everton make it a matter of honour to retain their sense of identity and continue to acknowledge those that have gone before. Everton, for instance, continue to emerge from the tunnel on home matchdays to the theme tune of Z-Cars.
David Moyes cut a frustrated figure after his side were held to a goalless draw by visiting Swansea at Goodison Park.
Everton Under-18s got their Elite Group campaign underway in fine style, beating Reading 3-2 at Finch Farm. Three first-half goals were enough to secure maximum points, with Harry Charsley netting a brace after Jasper Johns’ early opener.
After starting the New Year away from Goodison Park with trips to the northeast and the southwest, Everton are back on Merseyside to Swansea City. Mirallas is again mentioned as having a chance of playing, Baines should be fit, but Gibson and Hibbert are ruled out. KO is 3pm.
A decent looking team took on Swansea City at Goodison Park, with Jelavic and Anichebe coming close in the first half that saw the Blues pressing and probing with intent. They failed to convert a few clear chances, though, as the red shirted visitors constructed a brick-wall defence that, together with goalkeeper Vorm, denied Everton anything from the game — except for a very rare clean sheet.
There has been a lot of media publicity this week talking up Leon Osman's 10th anniversary of his debut game, coming on as a 91st-minute sub the end of a 4 - 3 loss at Spurs on 12 January 2003. And The Mirror now reports that Leon Osman will celebrate the 10th anniversary of his Everton debut this weekend by signing a new three-year contract.
David Moyes has responded to speculation about midfielder Marouane Fellaini by reiterating he is not looking to sell players in the current transfer window.
Everton have announced that midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger will remain at the club until the end of the season.
The next stage of Ross Barkley's development plan has been decided with a month-long loan to Leeds United, Yorkshire rivals of Sheffield Wednesday, where the Everton youngster spent the first half of the season on loan with David Jones's side.
Luke O'Farrell provides some insight into the ESPN perspective from Everton's win against the League Two side.
Marouane Fellaini does have a buy-out clause in the lucrative contract he signed at Goodison in 2011 – but Everton hope they can satisfy the Belgian’s Champions League ambitions on Merseyside.
Hope Akpan, who was released from the Everton Academy 18 months ago and has since been with Crawley in League One, has joined Reading in the Premier League on a 3½-year contract.
A 'Development Squad' from Burnley recorded an impressive win against a young Everton side at Finch Farm today. No further details are forthcoming, since Everton banned access to Finch Farm for Steve, the youth reporter for Grand Old Team.
Apologies for TW highlighting again the extraordinary waste of talent that was Andy van der Meyde... but some may be interested in listening to him and his astounding story on this two-part BBC Radio 5Live Special, which starts tonight at 9:45 pm GMT.
New York Red Bulls midfielder Tim Cahill is unlikely to join Sunderland on loan this January. The club’s sporting director, Andy Roxburgh, is reluctant to see players depart on winter loan moves. Sources close to Sunderland have also told ESPN that a deal is now deemed unlikely.
Joleon Lescott has quashed all the transfer rumours, including links suggesting an Everton return, by revealing he sat down with the Blues’ top brass and determined that his future lies with Manchester City – at least until summer.
Seamus Coleman has no doubts that his goal at Cheltenham was the best of his career to date: "I just passed to Victor and made the inside run, he picked me out and I had to concentrate on getting my touch right. It sat up and I could just flip it over the keeper."
Perhaps the biggest problem Jack Rodwell faced in his time with Everton was the impact that injuries had on his development. And it seems no different in his new career with Champions Manchester City, where he has been out of action since October.
The debate beforehand had centred on how ardently David Moyes would pursue progress in the FA Cup during a season when the ultimate aim is a fourth place finish in the league, but it was quickly settled when the team-sheets arrived – and sealed after what eventually proved to be a one-horse race.
David Moyes admitted that he played Leighton Baines at Cheltenham despite the left back carrying an injury out of a desire to field a strong side after the lesson at Leeds United earlier this season.
David Moyes takes his side to Whaddon Road for a potential banana skin tie with Cheltenham Town on Monday night. With the competition his best chance of silverware this season he will be looking to avoid a similar fate from 10 years ago.
Jake Bidwell’s Youth Loan at Brentford has been extended for another month. The 19-year-old Everton Academy defender has been at Griffin Park since the end of August and has been a regular in the side.
Victor Anichebe has managed only 147 appearances in seven and a half seasons, but with five goals in 12 outings so far this term – and a renewed work ethic and self-belief – Moyes sees signs that the Nigerian international is ready to take responsibility for himself.
Although Ross Barkley is expected to be named in Everton's starting line-up at Cheltenham tonight, David Moyes has expanded on his ultra-cautious approach to the player's development, implying that mistakes and lack of maturity are what's holding back the 19-year-old.
Everton despatched League Two Cheltenham with a professional and clinical performance to cruise into the Fourth Round. Jelavic turned in the first after 12 minutes to set them on their way before Baines' penalty doubled the lead. Two excellent goals followed, first from Osman and then Coleman, with Penn scoring a consolation for the hosts in between, while Fellaini side-footed Anichebe's centre home late on to cap off the night.
David Moyes will use the memory of his first ignominious FA Cup experience with Everton as motivation for tomorrow night’s trip to League Two side Cheltenham.
Expressing his delight at extending his Everton contract by another two years, Phil Jagielka says that he would be happy to end his playing days at Goodison Park.
Everton embark on what will hopefully be a long trip along the road to Wembley as they face League Two Cheltenham Town in a Monday-evening kick off at Whaddon Road. David Moyes may make some select changes to rest a few players and Coleman could be fit but Mirallas, Gibson and Hibbert are ruled out. KO is 7:45pm with live coverage on ESPN.
KEOIC call on Bill Kenwright to earn the trust he asks of Evertonians and back David Moyes in the transfer market this month.
In the draw made today, the winner of the Cheltenham game will travel to either Bolton Wanderers or Sunderland in the 4th Round of the FA Cup.
David Moyes has assured Everton fans he won’t be forced to cash in on his top assets this month despite the club announcing more big losses.
Seamus Coleman insists his youth career in Gaelic Football has turned him into a Premier League sensation.
Boxer and lifelong Evertonian Tony Bellew says the dream of staging a fight at his beloved Goodison Park this summer is edging ever closer to becoming a reality.
Joleon Lescott has ruled out any chance of him seeking a move away from Manchester City to Everton, Aston Villa or anywhere else this month.
David Moyes is brooking no complacency as his Everton side travel to League Two Cheltenham Town on Monday in the FA Cup Third Round. “We will not underestimate Cheltenham and we will have to go there and do a really good job if we want to get into the next round," he says.
David Moyes is urging Nikica Jelavic to rediscover his goal-scoring touch, even though last season’s top scorer proved he can be just as deadly as a goal provider on Wednesday night.
Former Paris Saint-Germain striker and later manager Jean-Michel Larque has slammed Guillaume Hoarau for his decision to snub the English Premier League to move to China.
The deadline for entries to win one of three pairs of tickets to the Blues' home game with Swansea City on 12th January is Saturday night so if you haven't entered already, you can do so here.
“I was really pleased for the Cheltenham lads when the draw was made because they deserve it for doing so well over the past couple of seasons."
According to The Telegraph, Leon Osman will imminently join Phil Jagielka and Seamus Coleman in signing a new contract with Everton.
Tottenham Hotspur have announced that the Germany midfielder and Everton supporter Lewis Holtby will join the club on a free transfer when his Schalke contract expires in the summer, subject to a medical.
The Daily Mail reports what Evertonians have known all along: that David Moyes tops most if not all of his players on the Goodison Park payroll, a reward for his consistent performance as the Blues manager over the past decade.
The Cheltenham boss is relishing the visit of a top Premier League side and feels his team is capable for giving the Blues a run for their money
Michael Cox argues that "Baines has the technical ability to play for any English club, but Everton is his perfect match - nowhere else would he be, statistically, the most creative player in the league."
KEOIC's reaction to the release of Everton's accounts for 2011-12 is typically scathing.
In the Annual Accounts released today, Everton have reported a £9.1M loss for the 2011-12 season, an increase of £3.7M from the previous season's net loss. Everton's wage bill increased from £58M in 2010-11 to £63.4M last season, making it 75% 79% of the club's turnover. Turnover was down slightly from £82M to £80.5M.
Phil Jagielka has again committed his future to Everton after signing a two-year extension to his contract that would keep him at Goodison Park until 2017. The England international has become an indispensable member of David Moyes's squad since arriving from Sheffield United five-and-a-half years ago.
Though disappointed with the manner in which they conceded the early goal, David Moyes was full of praise for his players' response as they got 2013 off to a flyer with victory at Newcastle.
Tony Barrett of The Times says that there is money at Everton but it is for the personal use of those who possess it rather than the greater good of the club.
Teenage prospect George Green has signed a professional contract with Everton, one that ties him to the Blues until the summer of 2015.
The shrewd Scot has achieved great things with the Toffees but he has taken them as far as they can go. If he wants to succeed Fergie, he has to move on...
Everton came back from conceding a sloppy early goal to take all three points thanks to substitute Anichebe's winner on the hour mark. With Ba in talks at Chelsea, Cisse capitalised on poor defending to loop a header home after just 72 seconds but Baines rifled a stunning 30-yard free kick past the impressive Krul to make it 1-1 at half time. A top-drawer move won it, though, when Jelavic collected Fellaini's pass and squared it for Anichebe to convert with his first touch. The Blues back on track!
The key might be who wants victory most. Everton, currently five points behind Chelsea, cannot afford to drop points if they are to stay in the hunt for Champions League football, while Newcastle find themselves two points above the relegation zone.
The first game of 2013, and a big boost for Everton will be the return of Marouane Fellaini on the completion of his three-match ban for headbutting Stoke City defender Ryan Shawcross last month. But it seems unlikely that many of the other injured half-team of players who missed out against Chelsea will be available, with the possible exception of Phil Neville. Kick Off: 8pm
David Moyes appears to be using the confluence of a number of factors to his advantage as he seeks backing for his burning ambition to take Everton into the Champions League this season. The manager has reportedly requested that the Board of directors make some of the extra £20m the Club will receive starting next season from the new TV rights deals available for player reinforcements this month.
It seems journalists never tire of finding different ways to have David Moyes say basically the same thing when it comes to the January transfer window: no big signings, coz there's very little money... perhaps enough for some loan deals.
David Moyes talked about breaking up the Baines-Pienaar combo for the Chelsea game: "I don’t want it to become predictable about Pienaar and Baines down the left and I felt it was right we changed it and I think Pienaarcan do a job for us there [in a more central position, behind the main striker]."
Sir Alex Ferguson insists he will not be retiring any time soon despite having turned 71, leaving suggestions that David Moyes will be named as his successor in the summer a little premature to say the least...
Signing Pienaar and Jelavic. That's it.
Marouane Fellaini has admitted he wants to go higher in football but says he is committed to honouring his deal with Everton if the club want him to stay. "I want to go higher in football but I have a contract with Everton until 2016 and, if they want me to, I will see it out to the end," said the Belgian.
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