The Everton Sentinel
Squad21 Aug 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Jason Clark
18 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Everton lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market21 Aug 2028
Everton say no — this time
The offer from Fulham for Josh King 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
Gustavo Hamer 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.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Everton rebuffed over Brayann Pereira
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. West Bromwich Albion have kept their man, and Everton go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
Francis Okoronkwo says Everton went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Ainsley Maitland-Niles runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Everton
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Adam Aznou 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.
In brief
- Market Everton promote Benjamin Murray from within
- Market One of our own: Simon Green joins the Everton first team
- Match Millwall take the points off Everton