Stephen Young

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Marked for Stephen Young

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The Everton Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets

Fee done, terms next for Ivan Toney

Everton and Al-Ahli have settled on $16.7M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Transfer targets

Everton rebuffed over Mao Hosoya

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Kashiwa Reysol have kept their man, and Everton go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Transfer targets

No deal for Ruairi McConville at that price

Everton offered $6.9M; Norwich City 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.

Market

Harrison Armstrong says no to Blackburn Rovers

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Harrison Armstrong had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market

Everton turn down Shrewsbury Town for Braiden Graham

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Eyes on Thierno Barry again

The phone has started ringing about Thierno Barry again, and this time the name on the line is Wolverhampton. Everton are listening politely and promising nothing.

Boardroom

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Everton

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Market

Everton promote Stephen Young from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stephen Young has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Squad

Words at Everton training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ainsley Maitland-Niles 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.

In brief