Late this week, news broke that Manchester United had put in a bid for Leighton Baines at the paltry sum of £12 million. Evertonians were outraged that David Moyes could put in such a low bid for arguably the most important piece of Everton’s squad.
Fresh from moonlighting as a pundit for ESPN, the official business of managing Everton starts for Roberto Martinez on Monday and Wednesday marks the first day of preseason training. After making all the right noises in the press, with clear indications that Martinez understands the size of the task ahead, the real work starts now.
Despite strong rumours of an increased bid coming from Manchester United, the betting on Leighton Baines had been 7-4 with Ladbrokes to still be an Everton player after the August transfer window. However, "that proved too popular", acccording to the Racing Post, and the price has been cut to 11-8 and then 11-10.
Obviously losing a player of Fellaini’s calibre would be damaging to Everton’s chances of a European place finish next season but would losing Fellaini actually be as bad as it seems for Everton?
Four of Everton's contingent featured in for England in their final group game of the U20 World Cup but they couldn't prevent a 2-0 defeat to Egypt that condemned them to an early exit from the competition in Turkey.
A gushing Bill Kenwright says that his new manager, Roberto Martinez, is “in love with Everton” and can't wait to get stated in his new job on Monday after he returns from his prior commitments as a pundit with ESPN for the Confederations Cup.
It is something of a coup that Everton are one of seven other top teams from Europe joining Landon Donovan's LA Galaxy to compete for the International Champions Cup in major US cities during the summer, as acknowledged by Grant Wahl, a journalist with the massive Sports Illustrated magazine in the States.
In his first interview since getting banned for two years, Gerard Kinsella, previously of Everton Academy, describes how he came to be injected with a banned drug, how his football dream has been shattered, and what the future now holds.
David Moyes appears to have launched his attempt to prise Leighton Baines away from Goodison Park after a bid of around £12m was lodged by Manchester United for the 28-year-old. Everton have rejected the offer and insist that the England international is not for sale at any price.
Everton officially unveiled the new home strip for the 2013-14 season, a second offering from Nike that doubles down on the wide white bands on the sleeve and adds a prominent white collar. The release confirms leaked images of the design that emerged two weeks ago and an Indonesian video analysing the shirt and controversial new badge.
KEIOC celebrate the show of hands vote, to allow the motion to reinstate annual general meetings, that produced an almost unanimous verdict in favour at last night's EGM in the Philharmonic Hall.
Everton chairman, Bill Kenwright, says that Everton have pending enquiries about two players as the club prepares for the opening of the transfer window next week.
Everton's shareholders, including Bill Kenwright and the Directors present, have voted to permanently reinstate Annual General Meetings of the Everton FC company after a five-year moratorium. The motion was carried almost unanimously by a show-of-hands vote at tonight's meeting at the Philharmonic hall in which issues from the club's debt and commercial performance to the stadium issue and new investment were discussed.
Ross Barkley provided an assist and completed 90 minutes alongside fellow Blue John Stones as England came from behind to earn a draw with Chile in the Fifa U20 World Cup.
A four-page brochure produced by the Blue Union has been posted at Scribd for today's Emergency General Meeting of Everton FC Co Ltd, forced by the Everton Shareholders Association, underlines the role played by fan activism in seeking to establish greater transparency and honesty at the Club, highlighting mistakes over last 13 years.
Fleetwood Town player Gerard Kinsella has been banned from football for two years after testing positive for an anabolic steroid. The former Everton Academy trainee, aged 21, admitted an FA charge for breaching its anti-doping regulations and won't play again until February 2015.
Arrangements have been finalized by Everton Football Club for the Emergency General Meeting requisitioned by the Shareholders Association, who have outlined their expectations for what will happen at the meeting. The meeting will take place at the Royal Philharmonic Hall and starts at 6pm with registration from 4:30pm with a list of over 100 proxies approved to attend, along with invited members of the media.
Leighton Baines is looking forward to working with new manager Roberto Martinez and believes the quality of the Toffees' squad will give the Spaniard every chance of success. He is eager to start work on a new philosophy under Martinez and believes he and his team-mates can make it effective at Goodison Park.
Shameful fear-mongering by a weepy Moyes devotee who concludes: "All Martinez can do is pray that United don’t come knocking – the loss of key players will devastate the club."
Three of Everton's five representatives at the Fifa U20 World Cup in Turkey played for England tonight in their opening game, a 2-2 draw with Iraq. Substitute Chris Long was the only Blue on the pitch, though, when Ali Adnan grabbed an injury time equaliser that denied the Three Lions a first win in 16 games. But the lively John Lundstram and Ross Barkley had started and the latter was instrumental in the counter-attack that created what looked to have been the winner early in the second half.
Roberto Martinez provides more responses to questions about his new role at Everton, saying that he is really looking forward to coming up with a unique Everton style.
Doubts lingered over the appointment of Roberto Martinez, the relegation at Wigan threatening to become the proverbial millstone around his neck. Yet slowly but surely, the refined Spaniard is convincing the doubters.
Everton are the fourth-most liked club in the Premier League according to a survey about supporters' attitude to rival sides.
Miguel Delaney looks back at the era of the post-Heysel ban on English clubs in European competition between 1985 and 1991 and wonders how the likes of Everton and Liverpool might have fared had they still been allowed to compete.
Probably England's best chance of the whole period of winning another European Cup. As such, Everton can feel aggrieved. The previous season, Kendall's wonderfully balanced side had won two trophies. They scored 88 goals in 42 league games and collected 90 points - some of the finest totals in English history. They carried that form into the 1985-86 campaign, hitting 87 goals and accumulating 86 points - but a resurgent Liverpool had just a little too much in the league. The all-action Andy Gray had been replaced up front by poacher Gary Lineker, and it is likely that the English forward's subtlety would have better suited the tactical minimalism of mid-80s European football. Given the premium on goalscoring opportunities, his predatory instincts could well have been perfect.
They carried that form into the 1985-86 campaign, hitting 87 goals and accumulating 86 points - but a resurgent Liverpool had just a little too much in the league. The all-action Andy Gray had been replaced up front by poacher Gary Lineker, and it is likely that the English forward's subtlety would have better suited the tactical minimalism of mid-80s European football. Given the premium on goalscoring opportunities, his predatory instincts could well have been perfect.
He was responsible for Wigan’s exit from the Premier League, but there are still very few voices of discontent among fans at Goodison Park as Roberto Martínez prepares for his debut season as manager of Everton.
Roberto Martinez has been talking about winning trophies. After overseeing two winning teams and lifting aloft that silverware, he admits winning is addictive and thinks it needs to be part of the DNA at Everton.
As Roberto Martinez searches for a replacement for Jan Mucha to provide first-team competition for the goalkeeper's role, Tim Howard describes how he has adapted his training to maintain peak condition in his mid-30s.
A preoccupation with Steven Pienaar's retirement from the South African national team is still the focus of this emotional interview with "Poker-face Pienaar".
Tim Howard says the United States are "in the driving seat" of their CONCACAF World Cup qualifying campaign after a 1-0 win over Honduras kept them top of the table heading into the autumn round of games.
The Everton 2012-13 Season Review DVD is out now and we have five copies to give away in our latest competition.
Roberto Martinez is aware of the "massive strength" that Everton possess in Goodison Park and has highlighted the contination of the Blues' home as a fortress as being key to the team's success next season.
Roberto Martinez's first competitive game in charge of Everton will be against Norwich City at Carrow Road, with West Bromwich Albion providing the oppositon for his first fixture in front of the faithful at Goodison Park. The Blues are on the road again for their third game against Premier League new boys, Cardiff City.
Everton have announced that Alan Myers will return to the club as the new Communications Director in August following Paul Tyrrell's departure last month.
Steven Pienaar is back in his native South Africa this month, using some of his time off to support an annual tournament in his old neighbourhood of Westbury in Johannesburg.
If you love stats, you might be interested in this analysis of Everton's main defenders — especially Johnny Heitinga's fall from grace.
Roberto Martinez has indicated that the search for additions to Everton's squad is already underway but says that he will take his time in selecting the right "characters" that will compliment the core group of players he has inherited from predecessor, David Moyes.
Everton Academy product Jake Bidwell has joined Brentford on a permanent deal for an undisclosed fee, after spending almost all of last season on loan with the League One side.
This article recalls the six-game post-season tour of Germany that Everton undertook in 1932.
David Prentice has a nice write-up in the Echo of Harry Cooke, briefly an Everton player then the team trainer, coach and physio for much of the last century, until the arrival of Harry Catterick in 1961.
Roberto Martinez believes Phil Jagielka will emerge as a 'phenomenal' captain for the club. The Spaniard says Jagielka has the leadership qualities to succeed as Everton skipper and will also command the respect of his team-mates with his performances on the pitch.
Roberto Martinez has been talking in enthusiastic terms about Everton Academy structure and potential to provide homegrown players for the first team going forward.
Matt Jones explains how he feels the Belgian wizard can benefit most from Roberto Martinez's appointment as Everton manager.
Everton CEO Robert Elstone has lashed out at the Liverpool Echo and Daily Post for publishing copy that he says was "factually incorrect and grossly misleading" regarding the circumstances and terms of the new rental agreement struck with Liverpool City Council as part of the property deal where LCC purchased Finch Farm.
OA takes a statistical look at the big Belgian's importance to Everton as the big vultures potentially circle this summer looking to take him to the Champions League.
Calling all fans who care about the future of the game to protest about scandalous pricing.
Meeting at Regent's Park on 19 June, 1pm, followed by a march to Premier League Headquarters.
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Former Real Madrid and Everton winger Royston Drenthe is set to sign for Reading, who are poised to sign the Dutch international on a three-year contract.
Marc Waddington in The Echo describes how the imminent dissolution of Finch Farm Ltd, the company who owned Everton's training complex and the 55-acres of land on which it sits, meant that Finch Farm would likely have been taken over by the Government.
Everton's lease would have been guaranteed regardless but the purchase of the facility by Liverpool City Council puts Finch Farm under local control and, Mayor Joe Anderson argues, stands to earn LCC a substantial profit over the lifetime of the club's tenancy.
Paul Jamieson outlines the message the Finch Farm issue sends about Everton's well-documented financial situation.
Roberto Martinez has indicated that Leighton Baines should be rewarded for his recent star form with a new deal at Everton as he looks to keep the best players at the club. His comments come after Bill Kenwright's own suggestions last week that talks are planned with the England international over an extension to his current contract which expires in 2015.
Roberto Martinez will reprise his role as expert in-studio analyst for ESPN in the US for the Confederations Cup which kicks off in Brazil on Friday.
As Phil Neville ponders his next move following the announcement of his retirement as a player last week, Roberto Martinez has reiterated his desire to hold talks with the former defender over the possibility of him taking a coaching role at Finch Farm.
Leighton Baines and Marouane Fellaini have been named among Europe's 50 best footballers by a new list by Bloomberg Sports that ranks players based on new performance statistics.
Luke Garbutt has been added back in to the England Under-20 squad for their mini-World Cup in Turkey, replacing Sam Byram of Leeds Utd, and brings the number of Everton players in the final squad to five.
David Anderson sees Everton drifting further down the league rather than Roberto Martinez delivering Champions League football to Goodison Park.
Everton are in the process of laying a new state-of-the-art playing surface at Goodison Park. The new system is called Desso Grassmaster which combines natural grass with artificial fibres to help create a robust playing surface.
Everton's training complex was sold by previous owners Hudson Capital Properties to Liverpool City Council last month, the club have confirmed.
Mark 'O'Brien of WSAG interviews Martin ‘Jimmy’ Tarbuck of the Wigan Athletic fanzine Mudhutter to give his view on Everton's new manager.
David Weir has left Everton's coaching staff to take up the post of manager at Sheffield United, signing a three-year deal at Bramall Lane.
Roberto Martinez has dismissed talk of Marouane Fellaini leaving Everton this summer as media speculation increases regarding the Belgian's future. The new Blues boss is not planning any urgent talks with the 25 year-old as he doesn't believe he is looking to leave Goodison Park this summer.
Phil Neville has decided against continuing his playing career, choosing instead to focus on his development as a coach as he prepares for eventual management.
The Blue Union's latest meeting took place at The Casa this afternoon where guest speaker Neville Southall and KEIOC's Colin Fitzpatrick discussed their views on the current situation with Everton and thoughts on the way forward for the club.
Marouane Fellaini scored what proved to be the winner for Belgium as they moved three points clear in World Cup qualifying Group A with a 2-1 victory over Serbia.
Everton FC Co Ltd have announced that, pursuant to a Requisition made by the club's minority shareholders, a General Meeting of the company will be held at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on Wednesday 26th June at 6pm.
Roberto Martinez has outlined his determination to fend off interest from rival clubs in prized left back, Leighton Baines, as his new Chairman revealed that talks over an extension to the contract he signed in 2010 are planned this summer. The new manager says he has no interest in selling any of the players he has inherited, including Marouane Fellaini who is the subject of fevered press speculation regarding an imminent bid for him from Arsenal.
Everton likes to style itself as The People’s Club, but many of the people who make up the support don’t see it as such. Instead they see an organisation that maintains its distance from the people who support it, especially those who are independently-minded. The club’s decision to change its badge recently prompted widespread opposition. Everton has apologised for not consulting fans, but the new version will stay in place for the coming season.
The club’s decision to change its badge recently prompted widespread opposition. Everton has apologised for not consulting fans, but the new version will stay in place for the coming season.
In addition to restating his commitment to finding new investment for Everton, Bill Kenwright has promised that Roberto Martinez will get 100% of the proceeds from any player sales this summer. The Chairman acknowledged, though, that Marouane Fellaini's release clause would make it difficult to keep him should the Belgian be tempted by an offer from a Champions League team.
Roberto Martinez says that Everton need to bring in new players this summer in order to build on last season's sixth-place finish.
Chris Smith takes a look at how Everton's new manager stacks up against his predecessor.
Everton's Director of Communications, Paul Tyrrell, has stepped down from his position according to The Telegraph.
Everton have appointed Roberto Martínez as the club's new manager after finally concluding negotiations with the Spaniard on a four-year deal. The 39 year-old was unveiled as the Blues boss at a press conference this afternoon where he described his feelings on taking the job and promised "winning football" for his new club.
Former Everton striker Kevin Campbell believes Roberto Martinez will have an immediate impact at the club — a breath of fresh air who will implement a more expansive style of play.
Three of Everton's fringe players will leave Goodison this summer when their contracts expire, the club have announced. In addition to Phil Neville, who continues to be linked with a coaching role at Manchester United, Thomas Hitzlsperger and Jan Mucha will depart on free transfers.
Dave Whelan says that there is no agreement preventing Roberto Martínez from cherry-picking players from Wigan should he be handed the reins at Everton, but he insists he won't let them go cheap.
Everton have released the dates for three pre-season friendlies against Austria Vienna, Accrington Stanley and Blackburn Rovers.
Roberto Martínez is on the verge of becoming Everton's next manager after Wigan Athletic Chairman, Dave Whelan, confirmed an agreement between the two clubs over compensation payment for the Spaniard's services. For their part, Everton have described reports claiming negotiations with Martínez are complete as "premature and regrettable".
Phil Jagielka played the full 90 minutes for England for a second successive friendly as the Three Lions played out a 2-2 with Brazil. Leighton Baines had to be withdrawn after half an hour through injury, however.
With four young Everton players heading to Turkey this month to represent England in the Under-20 World Cup, Alan Stubbs is rightly proud of the potential this signals in the Academy for the incoming new Everton manager.
Ralf Rangnick appeared to quash speculation linking him with the Everton manager's role in quotes attributed to him in the German press today. Presumably referring to reports in England that he had met with Bill Kenwright in London on Thursday, said: "You cannot take media stories like that seriously." Meanwhile, Porto's president declined to confirm whether Vitor Pereira will remain manager of the Portuguese champions next season, saying only that the club's manager will be named on 12th June.
Neville Southall has been telling TalkSport that, if Roberto Martinez becomes Everton’s new manager, he thinks it will prove the club lack ambition.
Craig Bellamy has revealed in his autobiography he came close to signing for Everton until a ‘bizarre’ encounter with David Moyes. Bellamy met the Everton manager at the Celtic Manor Hotel in 2005 but decided against the move after a second meeting with a ‘tense and hostile’ Moyes.
John Heitinga may stay at Everton this summer; he wants to wait and see if his prospects of regular first team football improve under the club’s soon to be appointed new manager.
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