The Everton Sentinel
Squad11 Aug 2031
Michael Marshall breaks a bone — 31 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 31 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad11 Aug 2031
Robert Atkinson damages knee ligaments — 16 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 16 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market11 Aug 2031
Gaizka Larrazabal 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.
Transfer targets11 Aug 2031
Too dear: Everton walk away from Illan Meslier
$6.1M was the most the club would pay and Manchester City were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Squad11 Aug 2031
A falling-out at Everton
Borja Sainz and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom11 Aug 2031
Still no name above the door at Everton
Day 41 of the vacancy. Candidates have been priced, sounded out and quietly ruled out — and the caretaker’s win ratio is becoming an argument all by itself.
Squad11 Aug 2031
Words at Everton training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Joshua Zirkzee 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.
Transfer targets11 Aug 2031
Door shut on Tommy Setford
Everton asked and Manchester United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout11 Aug 2031
Borja Sainz asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Market Everton and Harry Tyrer are talking past each other
- The dugout A promise honoured for Kyle Joseph
- Market James Garner linked with a move away