The Everton Sentinel
Market15 Jan 2029
Hayden Hackney moves on
Arsenal pay $46.5M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market15 Jan 2029
Rosen Bozhinov is a Everton player
The fee is $17.9M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Newell's Old Boys drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Player ratings15 Jan 2029
Nothing got past James Garner
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 33 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Market15 Jan 2029
Everton turn down Athletic Bilbao for Jordan Pickford
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Jordan Pickford keeps Everton in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings15 Jan 2029
A defender's afternoon for Jarrad Branthwaite
Defensive actions: 26. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Iliman N'Diaye in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Everton this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Iliman N'Diaye is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.52 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Everton count the cost of losing Coby Ebere
35 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Player ratings Iliman N'Diaye leaves them behind him
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Jordan Pickford
- Market West Ham United expected to open talks for Peru Rodríguez