The Everton Sentinel
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Kevin Paredes would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Kevin Paredes is living that version at Everton, and it tends to show in the first month.
Market17 Aug 2026
Eyes on Beto again
The phone has started ringing about Beto again, and this time the name on the line is Atlético Madrid. Everton are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Everton
Jordan Pickford was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad17 Aug 2026
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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Everton
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market17 Aug 2026
Everton bring in Francisco Gallardo from Veracruz for the long haul
A squad is not eleven players and a wish. Francisco Gallardo arrives from Veracruz to make the number up properly, and the value of that will be argued about in March rather than today.
Market17 Aug 2026
Christopher Ward steps up from the Everton academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Christopher Ward has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Simon Walker joins the Everton first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Simon Walker is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ray Robert signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ray Robert and Everton agree another 3 years.
In brief
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Kevin Paredes
- Boardroom Everton spend it where nobody looks