Morning all! Here’s the latest roundup in the escapades of ? show FC
Chelsea are ready to drop their interest in Everton and England Under-21 winger
Anthony Gordon, 21, while Newcastle also do not want to become embroiled in a bidding war.
(Northern Echo)
Gordon has not handed in a transfer request at the Toffees despite missing the last two days of training.
(Sky Sports)
Anthony Gordon missed training for a second day with Everton chiefs unsure of the winger’s whereabouts, according to
iNews journalist Mark Douglas. Writing for iNews (25 January), Douglas reports that Gordon is “pushing hard” for a move to Newcastle, and his absence on Wednesday was not with Everton’s blessing.
Chelsea have reportedly stepped up their interest in signing Everton’s
Amadou Onana. According to
The Times, the Blue are ramping up interest in the 21-year-old Everton player this month. The report says that Chelsea sense an opportunity to sign Onana because Everton need to raise cash due to Financial Fair Play issues.
Everton are in need of reinforcements in their team as the side struggles in another relegation scrap at the bottom of the
Premier League table and now a reliable source has revealed a new potential transfer target. According to the Daily Mail’s chief football reporter Sami Mokbel, Everton are showing interest in a loan deal for
Chelsea playmaker
Hakim Ziyech.
One player who has been recently
linked with a move to the blue side of Merseyside is
Middlesbrough striker
Chuba Akpom, a player who is currently in fine form in front of goal in the
Championship. Over
21 league appearances, the 27-year-old machine has scored 13 goals, registered one assist and successfully completed 46% of his dribbles, as well as averaging 2.7 shots on goal, 1.2 shots on target and winning 4.8 duels per game.
Newcastle are looking at Chelsea forward
Hakim Ziyech, 29, as an alternative to Gordon as they are unwilling to pay Everton's £60m asking price.
(Telegraph)
Everton are also interested in the Morocco forward and could make a move if Gordon does leave.
(Sky Sports)
Everton's talks with Argentine
Marcelo Bielsa about being their new manager have reached an impasse with former Southampton boss
Ralph Hasenhuttl another option.
(Independent).
Everton have hit a brick wall in negotiations to hire
Marcelo Bielsa with the ex-Leeds United manager demanding a £10million package from the Merseyside club, according to the
Independent.
Everton are looking at former Stoke and West Ham striker
Marko Arnautovic, 33, who plays for Bologna.
(Telegraph)
Football finance expert Kieran Maguire believes Everton will attract the eye of American investors. Majority shareholder
Farhad Moshiri has refuted reports that the Toffees are up for sale.
However, Moshiri has admitted he's looking for additional capital, with Everton posting losses of £372 million over the past three years. The British/ Iranian businessman wants help with costs towards things such as the building of the new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium.
Sean Dyche has “re-emerged as the favourite” to be the next Everton manager amid doubts surrounding Marcelo Bielsa’s interest in the job, according to
The Mirror.
The Independent reported (24 January) that
Marcelo Bielsa had been
approached by the Toffees as they look to replace Frank Lampard in the Goodison Park dugout.
Former Wolves and Tottenham Hotspur coach
Nuno Espírito Santo has played down reports that he could return to the Premier League after Everton sacked Frank Lampard on Monday afternoon, speaking to
Arabic Sport.
According to
The Times,
Duncan Ferguson is set to take the Forest Green Rovers job. This comes after he was
linked to the manager’s position at Everton, where he has been the caretaker, to relative success, on a number of occasions.
TalkSPORT presenter Jim White and Danny Murphy clashed live on air over the latest update regarding Marcelo Bielsa becoming Everton’s new manager.
And speaking live on air for
talkSPORT [25 January], White and Murphy got into a squabble regarding Bielsa’s suitability for the role.
White said: “I mean, Bielsa would go to crazy crazy measures, crazy limits to win a game, crazy.”
Murphy replied: “What do you mean? You can’t do so much as a manager.”
White then went on to state: Yeah, but Danny we heard so much when he was at Leeds, all sorts of different procedures he was introducing, the discipline was incredible if they didn’t get it right the first time, they did it again and again and again.
Murphy replied: “He took time to implement his style, he takes time. Can’t do it. If you got a longer project and you think you know what doesn’t matter what happens we go down, we trust you to get back up, we need this place changed, you become the master, you build.
“That’s not what they need, they need to stay in the division.”
