Colombia were one of the teams Roberto Martinez was most looking forward to seeing in the World Cup he believes that the South Americans' impressive showing so far is proof that Radamel Falcao's absence through injury "has provided Colombia with a challenge, given them a determination to prove they can succeed even without their natural leader."
Everton will hold further talks with Gareth Barry this week according to reports as Roberto Martinez has reiterated how important he feels the midfielder is to the team. The midfielder is a free agent this summer after the expiration of his Manchester City contract and media speculation suggests he has a number of options open to him.
Former Everton winger Pat Nevin sees Everton’s full-back combination of Seamus Coleman and Leighton Baines as being reminiscent of Barcelona’s dynamic duo Dani Alves and Jordi Alba.
When Luke Prior proposed to Katy Franks he quickly suggested Brazil as an exotic honeymoon destination - then he mentioned it would coincide with the World Cup.
Everton will play FC Porto in a friendly for Leon Osman's testimonial at Goodison Park on 3rd August.
Seamus Coleman has reached agreement with Everton over a new, improved contract that extends his existing deal to 2019 and ups his salary. The new terms are a reward for his superb form in 2013-14 which saw him named the club's player of the year.
Kevin Mirallas played virtually all of Belgium's 1-0 win over South Korea which ensured that the Red Devils topped Group H, setting up a clash with Tim Howard and the USA in the round of 16 next Tuesday.
Tim Howard and the United States completed the remarkable achievement of escaping the 2014 World Cup's so-called "Group of Death", advancing to the knockout phase on goal difference. A draw against Germany would have secured passage for Jurgen Klinsmann's side but in the end a narrow defeat was enough as Portugal's victory over Ghana in the other match in Brasilia was not enough to make up their inferior goal difference.
Roberto Martinez says that the recent departures of Alan Irvine and Alan Stubbs shouldn't cause undue disruption at Finch Farm.
Evertonians have a final chance to secure a coveted Goodison Granite as the third phase of the scheme is revealed.
The Club’s Everton One store will be closed for three weeks over the summer as it undergoes a close season refurbishment.
The home strip for next season is being revealed by Everton today and it marks a departure from the white trim that is usually synonymous with the Blues' first-choice jerseys, opting for a round, granddad navy collar and thin navy piping on the sleeves. The shorts are traditional white and socks are also navy.
Gavin Cleaver at Deadspin's football arm doesn't mince words on the England debacle but comes to the defence of Leighton Baines who came in for media criticism despite the fact that he was regularly left exposed against Italy.
Alan Stubbs, has been confirmed as Hibernian's new manager. The 42 year-old leaves his role as Everton U21s manager to take up his first managerial role at Easter Road.
Ross Barkley was handed the chance to impress from the start as England played their pride-salvaging exercise against Costa Rica but he struggled to impose himself in a poor game. The Everton star showed a couple of flashes of his talents but was largely peripheral in a toothless performance from Roy Hodgson's side. Daniel Sturridge missed England's best chances as the contest petered out to a goalless conclusion that saw the Central Americans top the group.
Everton have announced that the full reveal of the new home strip will happen on 25th June.
John Heitinga has completed a move to Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin. The Dutchman joined Fulham from Everton in January this year on a short-term deal and has moved on from Craven Cottage following the Cottagers' relegation from the Premier League.
Roberto Martinez has had his accreditation for the World Cup withdrawn after he allowed someone else to use his FIFA pass to attend a Netherlands training session.
Tim Howard and the United States were 30 seconds from booking their place in the knockout phase of the World Cup but were denied by Silvestre Varela's last-gasp header. Clint Dempsey's 80th-minute goal had completed a superb turnaround by the Americans who recovered from conceding an early goal to Nani and levelled through Jermaine Jones's excellent strike. They were on the verge of dumping Portugal out but were undone with the last action of the match.
As one of the survivors of Jurgen Klinsmann's overhaul of the US national team, Tim Howard is a linchpin of the team bidding to qualify for the knockout stages of the World Cup in Brazil.
Klinsmann has focused most of his attention over the last three years on changing the United States’ style of play, urging his players to push forward more and be comfortable in possession while overhauling the American back line. Part of his ability to do both is his faith in Howard, who is at the top of the so-called spine of the American team.
Kevin Mirallas played the last 15 minutes as Belgium secured qualification to the knockout phase of the 2014 World Cup with a late winner against Russia. The game was goalless when Mirallas entered the fray and he almost made an immediate impact but rolled a free kick off the post. Belgium grabbed a winner late on, though, when Romelu Lukaku's replacement, Divock Origi, banged home after good work by Eden Hazard.
Departing Academy Director Alan Irvine sees Ross Barkley and John Stones as being integral to the future of the England national team.
Everton FC have taken the unprecedented step of banning a fan for racial and homophobic abuse of a fellow supporter on Twitter.
Everton U21s manager, Alan Stubbs, looks set to be unveiled as Hibernian's new manager on Monday after holding talks with the Scottish club in recent days. The 42 year-old, who knows the Scottish Premier League well from the five years he spent as a player with Celtic, could take his assistant, David Unsworth, with him from Finch Farm.
With England heading home from another disappointing World Cup performance, Romelu Lukaku says that he hopes England fans will turn their support to Belgium
"We (the Belgian players) are all proud that we play in such a beautiful country and that we have helped English football to become better," he says. "So hopefully the English will now support us throughout rest of the World Cup.”
The Liverpool Echo features a lengthy interview with Everton CEO Robert Elstone, who offers his recollections of a memorable season at Goodison Park.
Speaking after England's defeat to Uruguay in Sao Paulo last night, Phil Jagielka described the result as "gutting" as Roy Hodgson's side face the high likelihood of early elimination from the 2014 World Cup finals. Everton's captain was the first member of the England party to face the music in front of the cameras after Luis Suarez's double condemned the Three Lions to a second successive defeat in the tournament.
Leighton Baines and Phil Jagielka both started and Ross Barkley came on as a second-half substitute but England fell to their second defeat in Group D, this time at the hands of Luis Suarez. The Three Lions' 2-1 defeat means they have to beat Costa Rica by two goals and hope that Italy beat both the Central Americans and Uruguay in their games if they are to progress.
Evertonians can now go behind-the-scenes at Finch Farm and Goodison Park with the new Access Everton app.
Alan Irvine says that while he was not looking for a move away from his role as manager of Everton's Academy Director, the allure of managing in the Premier League was too much to turn down.
Everton have apparently given Hibernian permission to hold talks with Alan Stubbs over the manager's job at Easter Road.
Everton will kick off the 2014-15 season at Leicester City followed by a titanic double-header at Goodison Park against Arsenal and Chelsea in the next two matches. The first Merseyside derby of the season is on 27 September at Anfield, with the return fixture taking place at Goodison Park on 7 February and the Blues will be at home to Tottenham on the final day.
Everton legend, Tim Cahill, produced the most impressive individual feat of the World Cup so far with an incredible left-foot volley for Australia against The Netherlands but the Dutch eventually prevailed 3-2.
Belgium recovered from a stodgy start in their first 2014 World Cup match in Belo Horizonte, coming back from a goal down to win 2-1 thanks to goals by Marouane Fellaini and Dries Mertens. Kevin Mirallas was an unused substitute for the Red Devils.
Evertonians will be given another chance to permanently leave their mark on Goodison Park as plans are revealed to extend the Goodison Granites scheme.
An 86th-minute header from substitute John Brooks handed Tim Howard and the United States a thrilling victory over Ghana this evening in Natal. The Americans were clinging to Clint Dempsey's opener scored after just 34 seconds until Ayew's strike with 8 minutes to go looked to have earned a point. Brooks rose to power home the winner from a corner, though, to gain revenge over the team that knocked the US out of both the 2006 and 2010 World Cups.
Everton will travel to Thailand to play newly-promoted Premier League side Leicester City in Bangkok next month.
Phil Jagielka and Leighton Baines were named in the starting line-up for England and Ross Barkley was sent on as the Three Lions tried to chase the game in energy-sapping conditions but they couldn't prevent a 2-1 defeat. Claudio Marchisio rattled home the opener, Daniel Sturridge quickly levelled and a goalline clearance from Jagielka kept it 1-1 at half time. Baines was regularly left exposed on the left, though, and it was a cross from that flank from which Mario Balotelli headed home the winner.
Everton Academy manager, Alan Irvine, has been named as West Bromwich Albion's new manager following the dismissal of Pepe Mel at the end of the season.
Kevin Mirallas says that there is great belief in the Belgium's young squad but that they are staying focused knowing that the experience at the World Cup will stand them in good stead for the future.
Former Italy international Pierluigi Casiraghi chatted with FourFourTwo ahead of his country's meeting with England in Manaus:
Rooney is a wonderful player, but he’s not 100 per cent. I think Ross Barkley could cause us a lot of trouble. The question is: will he play? For us, Marco Verratti [is a young player who could catch the eye]. I put him ahead of Immobile and [Lorenzo] Insigne because of the experience he’s gained at PSG. He’s got a lot of top level experience now. For them, Barkley and [Adam] Lallana. I think that this time England has a lot of quality in attacking positions, and that has always been a problem for them in the past.
For us, Marco Verratti [is a young player who could catch the eye]. I put him ahead of Immobile and [Lorenzo] Insigne because of the experience he’s gained at PSG. He’s got a lot of top level experience now.
For them, Barkley and [Adam] Lallana. I think that this time England has a lot of quality in attacking positions, and that has always been a problem for them in the past.
Speaking with Sky Sports in the wake of the announcement of Roberto Martinez's new contract, Bill Kenwright says that Everton are hopeful of being able to bring both Romelu Lukaku and Gareth Barry to Goodison Park on a permanent basis. The Chairman says he has "good friends" at Stamford Bridge that might give the Blues an edge with regard to signing Lukaku while he plans to speak with Barry's representatives to iron out a deal for the 33 year-old.
Everton have parted company with French winger Magaye Gueye by mutual consent, bringing an end to four disappointing years with the club. The 23-year-old was released with a year remaining on his contract having made 24 appearances.
Dr Denise Barrett-Baxendale, Chief Executive Officer of Everton in the Community and Deputy CEO of Everton FC, has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List with an MBE.
Paul Scholes has urged Roy Hodgson to go for broke with England's exciting young players like Ross Barkley when the Three Lions kick off their World Cup campaign on Saturday.
"None of the big teams fear England in this World Cup," said Scholes. "Let's give them something to worry about. Ross Barkley must start. "Hodgson has little to lose by going for the jugular in Rio. Will we be satisfied if England scrape through to the quarter-finals playing negative football? Let's not do that and instead take responsibility for what happens if we go for it. Let these England players off the leash."
"Hodgson has little to lose by going for the jugular in Rio. Will we be satisfied if England scrape through to the quarter-finals playing negative football? Let's not do that and instead take responsibility for what happens if we go for it. Let these England players off the leash."
The clamour for 2014/15 Season Tickets has now seen over 26,000 Evertonians secure their seats at Goodison for the upcoming Premier League campaign.
Everton have announced that Roberto Martinez has signed a new contract with the club that would keep him at Goodison Park until 2019. The Catalan led the Blues back into Europe with a fifth-place finish in the Premier League in his first season charge and he has been rewarded with a two-year extension to his existing deal just 12 months after arriving from Wigan Athletic.
To coincide with the World Cup, we're opening "The Game", ToffeeWeb's new general forum – our "virtual pub" if you will – where Evertonians can discuss matches and issues not necessarily related to Everton FC.
Aiden McGeady played 76 minutes for the Republic of Ireland last night in a 5-1 defeat to Portugal as Cristiano Ronaldo and company played their last warm-up match before the World Cup.
Tim Howard is in positive mood as he and the United States national team prepare for their World Cup opener against Ghana on Monday. The Blues' goalkeeper feels that the Americans are capable of gaining revenge for their defeat to the West African nation in South Africa four years ago and get out of the so-called "group of death".
Roberto Martinez has been announced as ESPN's expert summariser for Argentina's World Cup group opener against Bosnia Herzegovina.
The Everton manager will co-commentate with Derek Rae for US audiences on 15th June and will also provide in-studio analysis with the likes of Alexei Lalas and host Bob Lee from Brazil for the duration of the tournament.
Romelu Lukaku says that spending the last year on loan at Everton was the best step in his career thus far and he credits Roberto Martinez for helping him become what he feels is "the complete striker." The 21 year-old is preparing for a World Cup campaign that could have significant implications for his short-term future as speculation over whether he will stay with Chelsea continues.
Former Everton star, Andrei Kanchelskis, says that another ex-Blue, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, can succeed in a second spell in the Premier League should he join Crystal Palace this summer in a cut-price deal.
"Diniyar is already familiar with the peculiarities of the English league and knows the mentality of local coaches and players. It is one of the best leagues in the world. "Should he avoid making the same mistake twice? Diniyar is not returning to [David] Moyes. Apparently, the coach of the London club [Tony Pulis] has more faith in Russian players."
"Should he avoid making the same mistake twice? Diniyar is not returning to [David] Moyes. Apparently, the coach of the London club [Tony Pulis] has more faith in Russian players."
Skodran Mustafi, the German defender who spent three years at Everton before being released by David Moyes, has been called up to his country's World Cup squad following injury to Marco Reus.
Here Is The City compile a selection of tweets from Chelsea fans who are miffed that in their view the striker doesn't appear willing to fight for his place at Stamford Bridge.
Phil Jagielka and Leighton Baines both started for England against Honduras while Ross Barkley played the second 45 minutes in a weather-interrupted but ultimately goalless encounter against Honduras who finished the game with 10 men. Meanwhile, Kevin Mirallas played an hour for Belgium as they edged Tunisia 1-0 and Tim Howard earned his 100th cap for the United States as they beat Nigeria.
Former Manchester United and Barcelona winger Jordi Cruyff says that Everton could benefit from future loan arrangements with Barcelona after Gerard Deulofeu's successful season-long loan at Goodison Park.
"“Deulofeu came to a very different league and adapted to a different style of play. If he does well this season I’m sure Barca will see even further the benefits of loaning more players to Everton.”
Shane Duffy is a full Republic of Ireland international after making his senior debut for his country in a friendly with Costa Rica yesterday which finished 1-1.
David Moyes has already turned down two offers to go back into management and is considering beginning the next stage of his career by looking for a club outside England.
While Roy Hodgson and Roberto Martinez appear to share the same impulse to protect Ross Barkley, the 20-year-old's international and club managers demonstrated differing approaches in the media yesterday.
Roberto Martinez is looking forward to Everton's return to European competition next season and says that he and his players will be ready to meet the challenge they earned with such an impressive 2013-14 campaign.
John Stones has been revelling in his involvement with the senior England setup over the past couple of weeks and says that the experience is spurring him on to earn more caps for the national side.
Phil McNulty gives Roy Hodgson the benefit of the doubt following his rather public dressing down of Ross Barkley yesterday, positing that it may have been more about tempering the media's expectations than criticising the player himself.
Ross Barkley enjoyed a hugely promising outing in his first start and John Stones made another late cameo for England in a 2-2 draw with Ecuador in Miami's Sun Life Stadium. Barkley showed some lovely touches and drive before laying up England's second goal for Ricky Lambert to lash home early in the second half but still may not have sufficiently impressed Roy Hodgson based on the manager's ill-advised post-match comments.
The Football Observatory, part of the International Centre for Sports Studies, measured the market value of players across world football by providing estimates on past transfers of players with similar characteristics and have ranked Ross Barkley 16th.
Arouna Koné says that he hopes to hit the ground running when Everton's squad returns for pre-season next month and has a fitness-building programme mapped out to get back in shape after his knee surgery.
While Aiden McGeady is making full use of Ireland's close-season friendlies to get a head start on pre-season and build fitness before the new Premier League season, Seamus Coleman will not be taking part in his country's upcoming matches in the United States.
Roberto Martinez says that he already has his transfer targets in mind as he maps out his team's plans for next season, one which will carry the extra commitments in Europe following the Blues' qualification for the Europa League. After careful consideration of the kinds of personnel he needs to bring in, the Spaniard says he can now focus on making sure he lands them.
Joe Royle has joined Norwich City as a football consultant where he will link up with Neil Adams whom he managed as a player at Oldham Athletic.
“We have exciting, attacking players, haven’t we? But at the back we are going about our business quietly. We work hard to keep goals out and it is going well. We are proud of our record and we want to build on that and take it into the World Cup where it counts.”
With his season-long loan at Everton now over, Romelu Lukaku is once again has making clear his desire to play for Chelsea as speculation continues to swirl regarding his future. He still has two years left on his contract at Stamford Bridge and knows he will have to wait until after the World Cup to resolve his future under Jose Mourinho.
Lacina Traoré failed to make Ivory Coast's 23-man squad for the World Cup after playing just over an hour's worth of football for Everton during his loan spell. The striker was hampered by successive hamstring strains but is hopeful of getting another loan opportunity at Goodison next season.
Everton Ladies' bid for a third FA Cup was foiled at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes today after Arsenal Ladies beat them 2-0 with a goal in each half.
Phil Jagielka believes that the self-belief and fearlessness of younger players like Ross Barkley can provide a spark for England this summer and he credits Roberto Martinez for bringing the 20 year-old through so impressively this past season.
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