The Everton Sentinel
Transfer targets17 Jan 2028
Everton bid $94.6M for Santiago Castro
The offer went to AS Roma this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets17 Jan 2028
No deal for Víctor Gómez at that price
Everton offered $34.1M; Braga 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.
Market17 Jan 2028
Everton say no — this time
The offer from Middlesbrough for Brennan Johnson was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Match17 Jan 2028
Everton up to position 3
43 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Market17 Jan 2028
Francis Okoronkwo hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Everton can pretend not to have heard.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Max Power gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Max Power has just signed for Everton, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Tempers go at Everton
Iliman N'Diaye 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 Jan 2028
A row about effort at Everton
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jarrad Branthwaite was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets17 Jan 2028
Watford tell Everton: Pierre Dwomoh is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
In brief
- The terraces Everton supporters have found a favourite in Stefanos Tzimas
- Market Christopher Phillips steps up from the Everton academy
- Market Everton promote Alexander Marshall from within