The Everton Sentinel
Transfer targets14 Feb 2033
No deal for George Hirst at that price
Everton offered $17.7M; Arsenal said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Market14 Feb 2033
Everton turn down Peterborough United for Claudio Echeverri
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market14 Feb 2033
Oscar Glover asks to leave Everton
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad14 Feb 2033
Merlin Röhl 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.
Squad14 Feb 2033
Words at Everton training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. James Garner is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad14 Feb 2033
Claudio Echeverri signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Claudio Echeverri and Everton agree another 5 years.
The dugout14 Feb 2033
No hiding place for Jordan Pickford
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jordan Pickford, and the manager let it.
Squad14 Feb 2033
Kellyan Olawole arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Kellyan Olawole has, at Everton, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Match12 Feb 2033
Everton come up short against Sunderland
Sunderland left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- The dugout Ebere Eze knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout the manager answers for it
- The dugout Thierno Barry has become a man the manager trusts