Everton accept bid for Jermain Beckford

By Ryan Grant • Aug 31st, 2011 • Category: News

Jermain Beckford could join Leicester City today after Everton reportedly accepted a bid of around £4m for the 27-year-old striker.
With only a few forwards on the books at Everton – including the hardly prolific Anichebe, injury-prone Saha and out-of-favour Yakubu, letting a striker who did actually score 10 goals in his debut Premier League season [...]



Everton in Onuoha link

By Ryan Grant • Aug 17th, 2011 • Category: News

Everton will make a loan move for Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha, according to reports.
It is thought that the out-of-favour 24-year-old would prefer to remain in the north-west with Everton manager David Moyes supposedly interested in taking the former England under-21 international to Goodison Park.
Onuoha made 31 Premier League appearances for Sunderland during a season-long [...]



Everton reject Beckford bid

By Ryan Grant • Aug 17th, 2011 • Category: News

Everton have rejected a £3m bid from Leicester for striker Jermain Beckford.
The 27-year old arrived on a free transfer from Leeds United last summer and scored 10 goals last season.
With funds tight at Goodison Park, reports now suggest Leicester will return with an improved offer. And whilst David Moyes will consider selling his forward if [...]



Leicester City preparing bid for Anichebe?

By Ryan Grant • Aug 9th, 2011 • Category: News

Championship side Leicester City are reportedly preparing a £3m bid for Everton striker Victor Anichebe.
The powerful 23-year old has made over 100 appearances for the Blues, scoring 12 goals in the process. This has prompted big-spending Leicester City to devise a bid for the 6ft-3 Nigerian international.
Anichebe is regarded as surplus to requirements by many [...]



Everton to miss out on free transfer Barton?

By Ryan Grant • Aug 5th, 2011 • Category: News

Reports are suggesting Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton is unlikely to join Everton after the Toffees balked at the 28-year old’s wage demands.
Barton, a boyhood Evertonian, is available on a free transfer having been placed on the transfer-list by Newcastle earlier this week.
Everton are one of a number of clubs interested in the central midfielder, [...]



Everton in talks with Joey Barton?

By Ryan Grant • Aug 3rd, 2011 • Category: News

Everton are reportedly in talks with Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton.
Barton, 28, is available on a free transfer after Newcastle placed the former Manchester City midfielder on the transfer list this week.
With Everton still sniffing around for a winger and a striker, it looks like the only incoming transfers will either be free transfers or [...]



N’Zogbia – he’s yours for £10M

By Ryan Grant • Jul 21st, 2011 • Category: News

Wigan Chairman Dave Whelan has declared he will sell star midfielder Charles N’Zogbia for £10M but nothing less – a price which falls short of Aston Villa’s rejected bid of £9M.
“It’s £10m or there is no deal,” Whelan said.
“They offered us £9m and we refused it — firstly because we would like to [...]



Arsenal chasing Jagielka

By Ryan Grant • Jun 23rd, 2011 • Category: News

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will attempt to prize Everton defender Phil Jagielka to the Emirates this summer.
Jagielka, 28, has been subject to interest from Arsenal for over two years but Everton have repeatedly rebuffed any interest in the England international.
Wenger now hopes for a different outcome – with the Frenchman poised to bid £15m for [...]



Follow Sylvain Distin on Twitter!

By Ryan Grant • Jun 6th, 2011 • Category: News

Everton defender Sylvain Distin is now on Twitter, and it probably won’t be too long before the Frenchman engages in some entertaining banter with some of the other Everton players on the popular social networking website.
Louis Saha (louissaha08), Phil Neville (fizzer18) and Tim Cahill (Tim_Cahill) are already following Distin, and you can too via the [...]



Lille’s Gervinho rejects Everton move

By Ryan Grant • May 29th, 2011 • Category: News

Lille winger Gervinho has turned town the chance to join Everton after the Toffees €10m bid was accepted.
Reports in France suggest 24 year-old Gervinho, who can also play up front, was not interested in joining the blues despite his club accepting our offer. Instead, the speedy attacker is believed to prefer a move to Newcastle, who [...]