The Irish midfielder has been ruled out of this weekend's match against Tottenham Hotspur after suffering a recurrence of the groin injury that kept him out for most of December. Meanwhile, the club await further news on the condition of Tom Cleverley but Phil Jagielka is unlikely to feature on Sunday.
The Catalan insists that the Belgian is not playing for his future in the coming weeks despite the fact that he has started just two Premier League matches all season.
Dr Peter Vint, former Senior Director of Competitive Analysis, Research and Innovation with the US Olympic Committee, will take up the post on 4th January.
Michael Ball continues his frank assessment of the Blues' frustrating recent form and calls for brave decisions from Roberto Martinez, including giving Joel Robles a long overdue shot at earning the first-choice goalkeeper's role.
In his WST column, ToffeeWeb contributor Matt Jones doesn't mince words when it comes to the American's untenable position as Everton's first-choice goalkeeper.
Gareth Barry says Everton can only blame themselves for once again failing to close a game out and hold on to three points in the wake of the debacle against Stoke where they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
Jack Bainbridge has signed his first professional contract with Everton, the club have announced.
Norwich City have reportedly agreed a deal in principle to finally sign Steven Naismith for £8m when the transfer window opens.
Manchester United have reportedly been courting Everton Academy prospect Joe Williams but the Blues are confident he will stay at Finch Farm.
Roberto Martinez has fresh injury concerns over James McCarthy and Tom Cleverley after both players were forced out of yesterday's defeat to Stoke.
Conor Grant and Felipe Mattioni look to have secured extensions to their respective loan spells at Doncaster.
The Everton boss said that there is "real anger" in the dressing room at Mark Clattenburg's decision to deny Seamus Coleman a penalty and then award one to Marco Arnautovic in injury time this afternoon.
Fresh from a morale-boosting win at Newcastle on Boxing Day. Everton close out 2015 with a tricky home fixture at Goodison Park as Mark Hughes's improved Stoke City come to town.
Everton twice came from behind and were on course for a huge victory over Stoke but conceded two late goals, including a controversial stoppage time penalty, to lose a barnstorming festive encounter at Goodison Park.
John Stones says that Tom Cleverley's last-gasp goal at St James's Park was the perfect Christmas present for the 3,200 Blues who made the trip to Newcastle yesterday.
Roberto Martinez says that today's victory over Newcastle was evidence of the lessons from recent weeks being learned by his charges.
Having enjoyed the last three Boxing Days at home, Everton have been handed a trip back to the northeast for this year's post-Christmas fixture to face improving Newcastle United at St James's Park.
Tom Cleverley earned three points for Everton in dramatic fashion, looping a header into the empty net following a corner to win it for the Blues who had looked destined to be held to yet another draw.
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Steven Pienaar could finally make his return to first-team action in the coming days after struggling for months with injury, while Phil Jagielka, James McCarthy and Bryan Oviedo are also expected back between now and the middle of January.
What promised to be a quiet period in the run-up to Christmas and the Boxing Day trip to Newcastle has been lit up by the news that an American-led investment group has signed a head of terms agreement with Everton for a ~£200m takeover and has begun a six-week examination of the club's finances.
An American consortium has reportedly been granted a period of exclusivity to examine Everton's balance sheet with a view to completing a £200m takeover of the club after months of discussions.
The young defender has been speaking of his delight at signing an improved deal at Goodison Park that ties him to the Blues until 2020, a reward for his impressive performances over the first four months of the season.
The ex-Everton defender doesn't mince words in nailing the current Blues' problems in his latest column.
Latics boss Gary Caldwell is hoping to get the injured Portuguese back from a groin problem and then see about extending his loan from Everton.
The Everton boss has bemoaned the naïvete and lack of "know-how" of his team after Saturday's defeat to Leicester which left the Blues with a return of just three points from the last four matches.
Steven Naismith was ruled out of contention for the game against Leicester because of an ankle injury, it is being reported.
Everton slipped to their first defeat since October as the Premier League leaders exploited the shortcomings of Roberto Martinez's rearguard and held on to claim their first victory at Goodison Park for 30 years.
Roberto Martinez was left searching for answers today after watching his Everton side become the latest victims of Leicester City's remarkable run of League form.
The Belgian striker feels that Everton can still capitalise on the unpredictability of the Premier League this season.
Everton kick off a crucial spell of six games in the space of three weeks – five of them at Goodison Park – with an intriguing clash with surprise Premier League leaders Leicester City this weekend.
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The Guardian carries an interview with George Green, who blew a £45k signing-on fee at 16 and felt he didn't need to train as the £4,000-a-week Everton were paying him went to his head.
Everton now know their opponents in the 3rd Round of the FA Cup after the Daggers beat Whitehawk 3-2 after extra time this evening.
Roberto Martinez has moved to quash the inevitable media speculation surrounding his best players by saying that he will not entertain the notion of selling any of his top performers during next month's transfer window.
Having played just 15 minutes of football for the first team since his last start in October, the Scottish forward is hoping to get sufficient playing time over the next month to win his place back in Everton's line-up.
Everton's first-team players met patients at Alder Hey Children's Hospital on Tuesday.
Liam Walsh's second-half goal had the Blues on course for a win but Tottenham levelled from the spot in Southport.
David Henen has had his loan spell with the League One side extended until early January.
The operation that the defender recently had on his damaged knee is going to require months of rehabilitation.
The Blues' boss has acknowledged his team's weaknesses in closing out games and, in particular, conceding from set-pieces but has again asked for patience from frustrated fans while his young team learns from the disappointments of the last three Premier League fixtures.
Reflecting on two more points that slipped away in the 1-1 draw at Norwich yesterday, Leighton Baines says that Everton still have a bit to learn.
Everton threw away another two points as their defensive vulnerability at set-pieces was punished at Carrow Road. The Toffees went into the half-time interval a goal to the good but were left ruing a number of missed chances and the form of goalkeeper Declan Rudd.
The manager pin-pointed the obvious in his post-match statements after seeing his Everton side throw away another two points.
Everton return to Carrow Road this weekend, the scene of Roberto Martinez's first game in charge, to face Norwich City looking to erase the frustration of Monday evening's draw with a victory over Alex Neil's men.
The club are apparently involved a legal dispute with a farm in the village of Everton, near Doncaster over the name of their shop.
Roberto Martinez says that he will sit down with Steven Naismith to assess his role in Everton's squad amid speculation that the Scot could look to leave the club to satisfy his desire for first-team football.
Everton's Under-18s were knocked out of the FA Youth Cup this evening at Goodison Park by a last-gasp winner from Aston Villa's Rushian Hepburn-Murphy.
Brendan Galloway has put pen to paper on an improved deal that ties him to Everton until 2020. The 19-year-old's new contract is a reflection of his impressive form at first-team level since breaking into the side last May.
James McCarthy will undergo another fitness test to assess his availability for Saturday's trip to Norwich City. The midfielder has missed the last two games with a hip problem.
The Scotland international says he will weigh up his options when the January transfer window opens.
Everton's goal machine might have attained the one-in-two goal ratio that was his target when he established himself in the Premier League but he has no intentions of resting on his laurels.
Roberto Martinez was left lamenting another defensive lapse but credited his players for the maturity of their response in this evening's draw with Crystal Palace.
Romelu Lukaku twice struck the woodwork but slotted the equaliser with nine minutes to go, cancelling out Scott Dann's 76th-minute header as Everton salvaged a point from a game they might have won with a bit more luck.
The draw for the FA Cup Third Round has handed Everton a home tie against either Dagenham & Redbridge or Whitehawk.
Chris Bascombe says that Roberto MartÃnez is cracking the code that will turn young guns Gerard Deulofeu, Ross Barkley, John Stones and Romelu Lukaku into stars.
The Belgian striker feels that the next step for Everton is to finish in the top four, something he feels is achievable this season.
Everton is urging local people to help ensure children in care across Merseyside have a truly BlueCrimbo this year.
Ramiro Funes Mori says that he is homesick for Argentina and that he hopes to eventually return to his former club.
Matt Cheetham looks at Tim Howard's performance stats over the past two seasons for Sky Sports, comparing them with his peers, and the conclusion is not a favourable one for the American.
Everton return to Premier League action for the televised Monday match with the incentive of sitting in sixth place by the end of the evening if they can overcome Crystal Palace at Goodison Park.
Conor Grant continued his goalscoring form for Doncaster Rovers with two fine goals as they beat Cambridge United to reach the 3rd Round.
Goals from Antony Evans and Callum Connolly gave Everton U21s a 2-0 lead at half-time in the local 'mini-derby' with their Liverpool counterparts. An excellent goal from Kieran Dowell sealed the victory.
Gerard Deulofeu gives an enlightening interview to Sky Sports, showing how happy he is to be playing with Everton in the Premier League under his manager and fellow Catalan, Roberto Martinez.
Everton Under-18s remain top of the table despite suffering a 2-1 defeat to Liverpool on Saturday.
The vote to select new members to the Everton Fans' Forum is now open.
James McCarthy remains a doubt for Monday but Roberto Martinez has not given up hope of the midfielder being fit to face Palace.
The club have decided not to serve three supporters with stadium bans for their involvement in the incident at Vitality Stadium last weekend.
The Scot famously turned down the opportunity to manage the Blues in 1997 after being tempted to remain at Sky Sports as a pundit but he now says it was a missed opportunity.
Roberto Martinez says that the number of options he has at his disposal means that it's very difficult for observers to deduce his first-choice team and it gives him important flexibility when it comes to preparing for a given opponent.
Matty Foulds won't officially sign for Everton until next month but the 17-year-old defensive prospect is already getting to know his future home.
Leandro Rodriguez is hoping he will be in a position to start knocking on the door of Everton's first team in the New Year after overcoming the hamstring problems that have hampered the early months of his Blues career.
Updated Everton will face Manchester City in their two-legged semi-final of the Capital One Cup, with the home leg at 8pm on 6th January.
Tim Cahill says that his old club are approaching a different level now that Roberto Martinez's patience is starting to pay off.
Tyias Browning faces a spell out of action as he recovers from keyhole surgery on his injured knee.
Everrtonian author and journalist, Brian Viner, speaks with the wing legend about his hopes of getting a guide dog to assist him now that glaucoma has robbed him of almost all of his peripheral vision.
Lukaku and Deulofeu were in understandably high spirits after their goals steered the Blues into the semi-finals of the Capital One Cup.
Everton are through to the semi-finals of the League Cup for the first time in eight years thanks to a professional display at the Riverside that was lit up by two wonderful goals, scored by Gerard Deulofeu and Romelu Lukaku.
Roberto Martinez was full of praise for his side's mature performance in this evening's Capital One Cup quarter-final at Middlesbrough.
Everton has launched a charity appeal to ensure everyone across Merseyside has a truly BlueCrimbo this year.
The ex-Everton fullback says that Everton are too nice and lacked both a leader on the pitch to calm the storm in the final few seconds at Bournemouth.
Everton step back on the road to Wembley this evening with a trip to the northeast to face Middlesbrough in the quarter finals of the Capital One Cup that they hope will swiftly diminish the disappointment of their last Premier League outing.
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