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Baines keeping up his fitness, eager to train with Koeman via Royal Blue Mersey

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Everton leftback Leighton Baines can’t wait to get started. After a 2015-16 season marred by injury which possibly resulted in the player losing his spot on the England squad for the Euro 2016 tournament, Baines wants to make sure he gets the upcoming season off to a good start.

The 31-year-old has already resumed his fitness training at Finch Farm since the beginning of last week, and had an opportunity to meet new manager Ronald Koeman last Friday during the Dutchman’s first official press conference.

In an interview with evertontv, here is what the defender had to say –


“I had a break with some time away with the family. I was doing bits whilst I was away and, being back now, I’ve been in to Finch Farm because it is a more comfortable environment for training with having the gym to yourself and all the correct facilities, bearing in mind the specific things that we get in our programmes over the summer.

“I’m in the middle of that now and I’m trying to get some work done and into decent shape for when we all start back.”
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Baines will want to be in peak physical condition after reports earlier this week that Koeman’s coaching unit is planning a strenuous pre-season when the squad returns to training in early July.


“It’s been really relaxing with time to switch off. I’ve spent time with the family in a change of environment. When you get the opportunity to do that, you enjoy it but then get to the point where you start wanting to come back.

“The most difficult thing for me during the summer is doing nothing. I start getting a bit anxious about losing fitness. The difficult thing is forcing myself to take 10 to 14 days of total rest. I’m always happy when I’m away enjoying family time but I’m training as well.”


VIDEO: Leighton Baines is hoping to pick up a few more tips from set-piece specialist @RonaldKoeman. #WelcomeRonaldhttps://t.co/8LDVCFOUNh

— Everton (@everton) June 16, 2016
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He made no mention of the snub by Roy Hodgson, but did say that he had tried to keep up to date with what had been going on at Euro 2016, where all seven of Everton’s representatives have made it into the knockout rounds.


“I’ve caught a couple of games. I’ve been away in America so the time difference is quite significant.

“Tournaments normally tend to start a bit edgy then catch fire towards the end of the group stage when the pressure is on.

“The knockout stages are when it gets really interesting so I’m looking forward to seeing the upcoming games, especially the games which our lads are concerned as well.”
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Baines Putting in the Miles Ahead of Everton Pre-Season via NSNO

Leighton Baines is eager to get a head start on his Everton team-mates and opponents alike, in terms of fitness, ahead of the 2016/17 season.
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Everton youngster Dowell gets a contract extension via Royal Blue Mersey

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Everton’s rising star Kieran Dowell has signed a new contract, which extends his term at the Blues until the summer of 2019.

The Ormskirk-born midfielder made his senior team debut came in the Europa League against FC Krasnodar in 2014. His full debut in the Premier League in the end of April 2016, beating AFC Bournemouth 2-1. His Leading up to that game, he had made the headlines after scoring a handful of spectacular goals for David Unsworth’s U21s (like this goal, and this goal, there’s also this goal, and even this goal) – Dowell ended the season with 11 goals.


VIDEO: @kierandowell1 discusses his new contract and explains why he is thankful to the coaches in #EFC's Academy.https://t.co/WWnt7G3cVP

— Everton (@everton) June 23, 2016
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Dowell has been with Everton since the age of seven, and was quick to thanks his coaches for his development. Here are his comments to evertontv –


"It’s a huge day for me and I’m delighted. I found out it might happen at the end of the season, then I’ve come back from a holiday and it was all ready to be sorted.

"You could say it’s just the beginning. All the work you put in during your time with the Academy is towards getting your first professional contract, but this really makes me feel like part of the team.

"At moments like this, whether it’s signing a contract or making your first appearances for the Club, you look back and wonder if you’d be here without your family, friends and especially the staff here. I can’t thank them enough for everything they’ve all done for me so far."
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Speaking about his Premier League appearances –


"It was the best and the worst time for me at the end of last season because I didn’t want it to end!

"Unsy obviously started me in the final game and I can’t thank him enough for that.

"I think it helped having David Unsworth in charge, and John Ebbrell, Joe Royle and Duncan Ferguson involved, too. I didn’t feel as much pressure as I thought I would because there were so many familiar faces and it just felt like business as usual.

"I had a good pre-season last year and then picked up an injury. All the staff were really good with me, because they could have just left me in the Under-21s for the rest of the season.

"They didn’t and they always pushed me towards the first team. I'm really grateful for that and hope now to keep kicking on."
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Club chairman Bill Kenwright also commented on the player’s extension –


"I'm really pleased for Kieran… and for Everton. This contract demonstrates not only his great potential but also the quality of David Unsworth and our Academy coaches.

"Like every Evertonian, myself, Farhad and the Board are hugely excited with the talent we've got coming through at Finch Farm. Good luck Kieran in what I'm sure will be a terrific career."
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Everton join the hunt for Nani via Royal Blue Mersey

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Everton appear to be stressing attack in early transfer targets

After learning Nani has a £6.5 million release clause in his current deal with Fenerbahce it appears Everton have become interested in the 29 year old former Manchester United winger. Nani has also had an impressive Euro 2016 competition and drawn attention from several other clubs.

Valencia and Inter Milan are also thought to be making a move for the player with reports of various offers already submitted. Some newer rumors also say Liverpool has expressed interest in him and might play spoiler to Everton. Of course it’ll come down to playing time and wages if Nani decides to return to the Premier League and finally Everton will no longer be left behind when it comes to the ability to compete when it comes to wages.

As a member of Fenerbahce in the Turkish League, Nani scored a total of 12 goals and 13 assists in all competitions. He featured in 47 games this season, a solid output from the winger. He’s three years younger than Wesley Sneijder who Everton is also reportedly bidding on and also played in the same league. It’s unlikely Everton gain the services of both and Nani being younger and having a better offensive season might be the better option.


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What would the impact of Brexit be on Everton and the Premier League? via Royal Blue Mersey

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When politics and football come together, who wins?

The big news this morning is that the United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union by a narrow margin. The result of this referendum is bound to have far-reaching consequences that the world of football is not immune from.

In the 2015-16 season, 432 European players were registered to play in the Premier League. While it is unlikely that those players will be asked to leave, new players will now not have an automatic right to live and work in Britain.

It might be several years before these changes go into effect, but Europeans would now have to follow the same immigration rules as non-European players with different regulations depending on the country’s FIFA ranking to obtain a work permit for the Premier League.

A player from a top-10 country must have played in 30% of their national team’s games in the two years leading up to the date of application, while a player from a country between 11-20 must have played in 45% of international games. That percentage then increases to 60% for nations ranked 21-30, and is 75% for nations ranked 31-50.

Investment banker Keith Harris, who has helped oversee the sale of numerous clubs, including Manchester City and Chelsea said to Sky Sports that he thought foreign investors in England received a big boost with the news though.


"If you're thinking of buying an asset in this country, then it's just cost a foreign investor overnight about 10 per cent less and that's attractive if they have confidence in the long-term future.

"We all knew an out vote would take two years to unravel. Gravity is a strong force in financial markets so when there is a shock, markets fall very steeply and take a while to climb back and that's what we're going to be seeing now. We're going to be treading water."
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Everton owner Farhad Moshiri, who has shares in multiple steel and energy companies in the UK and Russia, could be affected by the decision to leave the European Union, depending on how much of his rumoured US$1.94 billion net worth is based in Britain.

Another big impact from the Brexit vote would be felt by the Everton Academy. Under Article 19 of FIFA’s Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players, international transfers are only permitted for players over the age of eighteen. However, an exception to the rule has been within the EU (European Union) and EEA (European Economic Areas), where the age criteria is reduced to sixteen.

Legal firm Mills Reeve released a document explaining the various ramifications of leaving the EU would have on Premier League football. Expert Carol Couse, noted for her work in the field of sport, writes in the report –


In recent years alone, hundreds of players under the age of eighteen have been transferred to UK clubs under the EU/EEA exemption to Article 19. A small sample of the list includes Adnan Januzaj, Hector Bellerin, Nathan Ake, Bertrand Traore, Jon Toral, Charly Musonda, Josimar Quintero, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Indy Boonen, Krystian Bielik, Andreas Christensen, Jeff Reine-Adelaide and Ismael Bennacer.

The Article 19 exemption is fundamental to how UK clubs acquire young, talented, and cost-effective players. Investing heavily in talented U18 players is the ultimate low-risk, high-reward strategy. Given the low cost of acquisition and the amount of money it would cost to acquire a high-calibre player on the transfer market, a club needs only a very small percentage of young players to develop into a successful professional footballer in order to see a positive return on its investment. This sort of youth development is extremely important in light of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play Regulations, which have forced clubs to wean themselves from building their squads exclusively through the highly-inflated transfer market.

Naturally, losing the Article 19 exception would have adverse consequences for UK clubs. It is crucial for clubs to sign talented players they have identified at the earliest possible occasion, so as to limit their acquisition costs (and boost their profits in the event of a subsequent sale of a young talent they have developed).

Losing the Article 19 exception would also affect UK clubs’ abilities to qualify their EU players as homegrown for the purposes of UEFA competitions. Currently, eight of the twenty-five players registered on List A for the Champions League and the Europa League must be “club-trained” or “association-trained,” and at least four of those eight players must be club-trained.
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For Everton, this includes former players like Shkodran Mustafi , Francisco Junior, and Mateusz Hewelt, as well as current U18 Finnish striker Miko Virtanen who joined the academy at 16.

There is still the possible loophole of Britain asking to join the EEA (European Economic Area), but that would mean signing up for agreements that led to the initial economic discord to begin with.

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For EU clubs with similar scouting and financial resources, the loss of Article 19 for UK clubs could prove to be a significant advantage. Specifically, many of these young players who might have otherwise signed with UK clubs could now find themselves at EU clubs.
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This is an area where Everton could find themselves being beaten out by the ‘upper-middle class’ clubs in Europe as they would struggle to attract players to their Academy despite the world-class facilities available.

The last few months have been tumultuous internally for Everton, but with Moshiri’s purchase of the club and subsequent hiring of Ronald Koeman as manager, it looked like some stability was finally on the horizon. The Brexit vote could change all that, let’s see how things turn out.


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Euro 2016: Round of 16 start times, TV schedule and live stream for Saturday via Royal Blue Mersey

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Three games: Poland/Switzerland, Wales/Northern Ireland, Croatia/Portugal

There hasn’t been major action on the field for a few days, but yesterday’s news that the United Kingdom had voted to exit the European Union has provided a really crazy reality backdrop to the knockout stages of the 2016 European Championships.

Two countries affected by this: Wales and Northern Ireland will be pitted against each other today. Wales was with England in narrowly wanting to leave the EU, but Northern Ireland pretty strongly wanted to stay put. This is a fitting matchup that likely ends with Wales making it to the quarterfinals on Gareth Bale’s back.

Elsewhere, Shani Tarashaj’s Switzerland kicks-off the action against Poland, but don’t expect to see much of the Everton loanee. He has played just one minute thus far in the competition.

The final game of the day is the juiciest: Portugal vs Croatia. Cristiano Ronaldo put together a great performance to will his squad towards the knockout stages. Croatia has a star-studded attack. Strap in!

Knockout rounds bracket

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Switzerland vs. Poland

Match Details


Date and Time: Saturday, June 25 at 9:00 a.m. EST in USA

Stadium: Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Etienne, France

Capacity: 41,138

How to Watch


TV: ESPN, ESPN Deportes – US

BBC One – UK

Radio: ESPN Deportes, SiriusXM FC – US

TalkSport Radio, BBC Radio 5 – UK

Live stream: ESPN3, Watch ESPN App, BBC Red Button

Wales vs. Northern Ireland

Match Details


Date and Time: Saturday, June 25 at 12:00 p.m. EST in USA

Stadium: Parc de Princes, Paris, France

Capacity: 48,712

How to Watch


TV: ESPN, ESPN Deportes – US

BBC One, S4C – UK

Radio: ESPN Deportes, SiriusXM FC – US

TalkSport Radio, BBC Radio 5 – UK

Live stream: ESPN3, Watch ESPN App, BBC iPlayer

Croatia vs. Portugal

Date and Time: Saturday, June 25 at 3:00 p.m. EST in USA

Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens Agglo, France

Capacity: 38,223

How to Watch


TV: ESPN, ESPN Deportes – US

ITV 1- UK

Radio: ESPN Deportes, SiriusXM FC – US

TalkSport Radio, BBC Radio 5 – UK

Live stream: ESPN3, Watch ESPN App, ITV Hub


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Copa America third-place game: United States vs. Colombia start time, TV schedule and live stream via Royal Blue Mersey

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Who will take home the “bronze”?

The United States can be proud of their overall performance in the Copa America Centenario. They got to the semi-finals and ran into the buzzsaw that is Argentina. The Americans were outclassed from kick-off and deserved every bit of the 4-0 beating they were given.

Tonight, they face off with Colombia, a squad they lost to 2-0 on the tournament’s opening day, with a chance to take the bronze in the tournament. But the same fate from that first day may lay ahead of them this evening. However, that doesn’t mean that there isn’t anything fun to look for.

  1. Everton legend Tim Howard is getting the start between the sticks.
  2. Expect to see youngsters Christian Pulisic and Darlington Nagbe get significant minutes in a game that, essentially, means nothing. It will be a glimpse into the future.
  3. This could be the last hurray for some of the older Yanks: Jermaine Jones, Kyle Beckerman, Chris Wondowlowski, Graham Zusi, etc., if they get on the field at all.
  4. Michael Bradley has had a terrible competition. He is often thought of as the closest thing to “world class” that the US has, but his position in the club may be slipping. He always seems to struggle in the spotlight, which is not a tolerable attribute.
  5. Bobby Wood is back! After being suspended for the semi-final, the American striker should be back in the fold. He is the most fun player to watch on the team by far.

United States vs. Colombia

Match Details


Date and time: Saturday, June 25 at 8:00 p.m. EST/5:00 p.m. WST

Stadium: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona

Capacity: 63,400

How to Watch/Listen


TV: FX, Univision – United States

Premier Sports – UK

Radio: Futbol de Primera Radio

Live stream: fuboTV, Fox Soccer 2GO


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Euro 2016: Round of 16 start times, TV schedule, radio and live stream for Sunday via Royal Blue Mersey

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Lukaku, Coleman, McCarthy and McGeady are all in action today again

Welp, the first day of the knockout stages was…interesting. Over the three games, only four goals were scored. So, despite the fact that two games went to extra time and one of those went to penalties, it was pretty much a yawn fest.

Today already looks like it should be more fun. A whole bunch of Evertonians will be back in action. Captain Seamus Coleman leads his Irish side, including James McCarthy and Aiden McGeady, into the first match with tournament hosts. Later: Romelu Lukaku hopes to propel the Belgians past Hungary in order to meet Gareth Bale and Wales in the quarterfinals.

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Onto the games…

France vs. Ireland

Match Details


Date and Time: Sunday, June 26 at 9:00 a.m. EST in USA

Stadium: Stade de Lyon, Lyon, France

Capacity: 59,186

How to Watch


TV: ESPN, ESPN Deportes – US

ITV 1 – UK

Radio: ESPN Deportes, SiriusXM FC – US

TalkSport Radio, BBC Radio 5 – UK

Live stream: ESPN3, Watch ESPN App, ITV Hub

Germany vs. Slovakia

Match Details


Date and Time: Sunday, June 26 at 12:00 p.m. EST in USA

Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille-Metropole, France

Capacity: 50,157

How to Watch


TV: ESPN, ESPN Deportes – US

ITV 1 – UK

Radio: ESPN Deportes, SiriusXM FC – US

TalkSport Radio, BBC Radio 5 – UK

Live stream: ESPN3, Watch ESPN App, ITV Hub

Hungary vs. Belgium

Match Details


Date and Time: Sunday, June 26 at 3:00 p.m. EST in USA

Stadium: Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse, France

Capacity: 33,150

How to Watch


TV: ESPN, ESPN Deportes – US

BBC One – UK

Radio: ESPN Deportes, SiriusXM FC – US

TalkSport Radio, BBC Radio 5 – UK

Live stream: ESPN3, Watch ESPN App, BBC iPlayer


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