News Archive

Creative Accounting?

01/07/2025

I have just read that Aston Villa are the next club to sell their women’s team to a sister company for £60M to avoid PSR limits. Why are we not doing the same thing with our women’s team? Or better still, with Goodson Park?  Do the Friedkin group have a sister company? When are Everton […]

Rumour Mill — Week of 29 June 2025

30/06/2025

More movement expected this week after Calvert-Lewin announced his departure, as the new Financial Year begins, but so far not one of the 100 or so players linked with Everton have been signed.  So far this week, Everton continue to be linked with: Conor Gallagher, midfielder at Atletico Madrid Jaydee Canvot, centre-back at Toulouse  Wesley […]

U21s European Championships — Final

28/06/2025

Former Everton midfield stalwart, Lee Carsley, will be looking to build on the victory he oversaw in 2023 to make this U21 England side the Champions and trophy holders going into the final tonight in Bratislava against the fancied German side that includes the much coveted VfB Stuttgart striker Nick Woltemade.  Saturday 28 June 202520:00 […]

Club World Cup — Round of 16

28/06/2025

Varied kick-off times across the United States for the first knockout stage of Fifa’s ‘showpiece’ club moneyfest: Saturday 28 June 202517:00 Palmeiras 1 – 0 Botafogo — DAZN21:00 Benfica 1 – 4 Chelsea — DAZN Sunday 29 June 202517:00 PSG 4 – 0 Inter Miami — Ch 5; DAZN21:00 Flamengo 2 – 4 Bayern Munich — […]

The summer barometer

28/06/2025

The unusual summer of matches — including internationals, the much maligned Club World Cup — has arguably delayed activity in the transfer market although one cannot help but notice our darling neighbours and Manchester United have been busy, making some very bright moves. Usually, you’d hope we’d have tuned up the squad for the season […]

Uefa U21 Championships — Semi-Finals

25/06/2025

 A big moment for the Young Lions as they advance to the Final after defeating the Dutch earlier this evening. Wednesday 25th June 202517:00 England U21 v Netherlands U21 — Channel 420:00 Germany U21 v France U21 — 4seven 

John Textor’s Lyon demoted to French Ligue 2

24/06/2025

John Textor’s Lyon have been demoted to French Ligue 2 because of the poor state of their finances. The club were provisionally demoted by the DNGC, the body which oversees the accounts of French professional football clubs, in November. Lyon officials including Textor, met with the DNGC on Tuesday but failed to convince the body that the club had […]

The birth of another Everton!

23/06/2025

Cerro Alegre, Valparaíso — Thursday, 24 June 1909The Birth of a Dream On the steep, sea-kissed slopes of Cerro Alegre, as the morning mist still clung to the tiled rooftops of Valparaíso, a small group of boys gathered at the Foxley family home. The city below was waking slowly, but in that house on the […]

Club World Cup — Final Group Games

22/06/2025

The final games in each group take place simultaneously this week, with most of the bigger sides set to go through to the Round of 16.

Rumour Mill — Week of 22 June 2025

22/06/2025

As we enter the last week of June, and approach the end of Everton’s financial year, so far not one of the 100 or so players linked with Everton have been signed.  So far this week, Everton continue to be linked with: Gabriel Sara, midfielder at Galatasaray  Malick Fofana, winger at Lyon Lukas Ullrich, full-back at […]

Up the flipping workers!

22/06/2025

Over and above any liking or disliking of particular players or management staff, I’m an Everton fan. That said, I’m feeling a little bit torn right now.  The BBC ran this article a day or two ago: £200m written off ~ lessons the Toffees must learn in pivotal summer for David Moyes & Friedkin Group […]

U21 European Championships — Quarter-Finals

21/06/2025

The U21 Euros reach the knock-out stage with the quarter-finals in Slovakia this weekend: Saturday 21 June 202517:00 Portugal U21 0 – 1 Netherlands U21 — Channel 420:00 Spain U21 1 – 3 England U21 — Channel 4 Sunday 22 June 202517:00 Denmark U21 2 – 3 France U21 — Channel 420:00 Germany U21 v […]

Matt O’Riley Update

19/06/2025

After being heavily linked with a move to Everton — including an in-depth analysis by Chris Beesley in The Echo — Brighton’s midfielder quietly slipped off our weekly Rumour Mill update and is now being linked with a move to Italy. Sky Sports claim that Brighton have received a £25.6M bid from Napoli for Matt […]

Club World Cup — First Group Games

15/06/2025

The first set of group games wrapped up with Juventus winning 5-0 in the early hours GMT: Sunday 15 June 2025 01:00 Al-Ahly 0 – 0 Inter Miami (Group A) — Ch 5; DAZN 17:00 Bayern Munich 10 – 0 Auckland City  (Group C) — Ch 5; DAZN 20:00 PSG 4 – 0 Atlético Madrid […]