The Everton Sentinel
Market23 Aug 2027
Everton say no — this time
The offer from Exeter City for James Tarkowski 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.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Everton rebuffed over Gavin Bazunu
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Nottingham Forest have kept their man, and Everton go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Words at Everton training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jorrel Hato 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Everton
Christian Nørgaard and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
6 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Stephen Mitchell joins the Everton first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Stephen Mitchell is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Aug 2027
Everton promote Jacob Fisher from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jacob Fisher 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Nicholas Hall steps up from the Everton academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nicholas Hall 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.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
A promise the Everton board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
In brief
- The dugout Jarrad Branthwaite has become a man the manager trusts
- The terraces The glare is on Jordan Pickford
- The dugout The form table has caught Merlin Röhl