Category: Everton
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Chelsea flop set for January loan move
A whole host of Premier League teams are to battle it out for Chelsea midfielder Mohamed Salah, according to various reports. The 22-year-old joined Chelsea in January of this year but has failed to break into the starting eleven, despite his £11m transfer fee. Salah was first seen by Blues boss Jose Mourinho impressing for…
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Everton face fight with Fire for Scottish winger
Everton face a battle with Chicago Fire for the signature of Shaun Maloney of Wigan Athletic, according to Daily Mail. Toffees boss Roberto Martinez is keen to spend £500,000 on the Scottish winger, with whom he worked closely with during his time as manager of Wigan Athletic. Maloney, 31, has been in good form of…
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Roy Keane hits out at Everton
Roy Keane has hit out at Everton for pressuring Seamus Coleman and James McCarthy from playing for the Republic of Ireland. Ireland boss Martin O’Neill was forced to be without the duo for the games against Gibraltar and Germany in October, despite both playing against Aston Villa in the Premier League immediately after the international…
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Barkley fed up with Wayne Rooney comparisons
Everton and England midfielder Ross Barkley has dismissed comparisons to Wayne Rooney. The 20-year-old has been in typically brilliant form of late, which has resulted in a trial for the Under-11 system. “I just see myself being the player I am, ” he told BT Sport. “It’s natural for the media to compare us because we…
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Everton midfielder will cost Man City £60m
Manchester City have been informed by Everton that they must pay £60m for Ross Barkley. The England international put pen to paper on a lucrative extension which runs until 2018 in the summer transfer window to see off interest from Man City, who continue to want a move to happen. City view the 20-year-old as…
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Sterling and Barkley can play for Barcelona, insists Xavi
Liverpool and Everton stars Raheem Sterling and Ross Barkley have the quality to play for Barcelona, according to Xavi Hernandez. The two youngsters are playing at a consistently good level at present, both for their club’s and at international level, leading to heavy interest from a number of top European clubs. And, Xavi, who broke…
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Former Man United boss Moyes to be announced at Real Sociedad
Former Manchester United boss David Moyes is set to be announced as the new boss at Real Sociedad. Sitting third bottom in La Liga, having won just one of their 10 games so far this season, Sociedad have been a shadow of the side that qualified for the Champions League last season. Jagoba Arrasate took…
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Martinez: Everton are a club who expect to win things
Everton manager Roberto Martinez believes his side are expected to win silverware as they seek to win the Europa League this season. The Toffees qualified for the knock-out stages of the competition after beating Ligue 1 side Lille 3-0 on Thursday night, leaving themselves top of Group H and five points clear. A win in…
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Everton midfielder opens up about Moyes coaching style
Everton midfielder Leon Osman has revealed how David Moyes’s team-talk ahead of the FA Cup quarter-final defeat to Wigan in 2013 failed to inspire them in the game. In the midfielder’s new autobiography, commented in the Liverpool Daily Echo, the 33-year-old explained how Wigan Athletic beat Everton easily with three goals in four minutes. Wigan,…
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Martinez proud of ‘professional’ Samuel Eto’o
Roberto Martinez has hailed “incredible professional” Samuel Eto’o after the striker scored two goals in Everton’s 3-1 win over Burnley on Sunday. Eto’o started over Ross Barkley at Turf Moor on Sunday and the decision from Spanish boss Martinez paid off after the Cameroon international scored a superb brace, helping his side win 3-1 over…
