Gary Gowers is a sports journalist and the editor of Read Everton, where he leads daily coverage of Everton news, transfers and analysis. He also writes about Manchester City for Read Man City and motorsport for Read Motorsport. A former accountant, he became a freelance writer in 2011 and has written for BBC Sport and Metro.
Everton have been given a figure to work with in their pursuit of Daniel Munoz, and it could make David Moyes’ right-back search a lot cheaper than expected. Crystal Palace are willing to sell the Colombia international for around £20-25m, according to reporting from Alan Nixon and TEAMtalk, with personal terms reportedly not expected to […]
Has been a busy 24 hours down Merseyside way in terms of Everton news, as David Moyes’ summer plans finally appear to be gathering some belated momentum. From transfer negotiations and ever-shifting full-back targets to standout pre-season performances from the club’s brightest academy prospects, here is your comprehensive roundup of all the top stories on […]
Hull City have made their move for Tim Iroegbunam, with formal talks now underway over a deal for the Everton midfielder. According to TEAMtalk’s Harry Watkinson, Hull have followed up on interest first reported last month by opening formal talks with Everton for the 23-year-old. It’s the clearest sign yet that the newly promoted club […]
Everton have missed out on Djed Spence, with the Tottenham full-back closing in on a £25.6m move to Inter Milan. According to Fabrizio Romano, Spence has agreed personal terms with Inter and the deal is “almost done with final steps to follow,” as Spurs prepare to cash in on their England international. It ends any […]
Alistair Johnston is now a major injury doubt for Celtic’s Champions League play-off against LASK Linz, in what could be a fresh complication for Everton’s pursuit of the Canadian right-back. Johnston was withdrawn at half-time during Celtic’s 5-1 win over Kilmarnock on Sunday after feeling a niggle, with assistant Shaun Maloney describing it as precautionary […]
Another one. A right-back that is. Everton have reportedly emerged as favourites to sign Barcelona full-back Hector Fort, with the 20-year-old’s camp keen to get a move away from the Nou Camp completed soon. According to Fabrizio Romano collaborator Bonan German, cited by BarcaTimes, both Barcelona and Fort want his exit wrapped up in the […]
Second half, Murrayfield. Everton work it neatly out of defence, George slips it to Aznou, and he drives on and whips in a dangerous cross. Blocked, nothing came of it. But it was more end product down that flank than Everton had managed in the hour before it. Aznou came on for Mykolenko on 74 […]
Everton’s 3-1 win over Newcastle at Murrayfield last night was about as convincing as any pre-season fixture can be, and there were some good individual performances to back it up. Here’s how we rate the Everton XI and subs from Edinburgh. David Moyes set his side up in a 4-2-3-1: Travers in goal, Patterson, Tarkowski, […]
Everton beat Newcastle 3-1 at Murrayfield, bouncing back from Saturday’s defeat to Stuttgart with a performance that had far more purpose. Thierno Barry opened the scoring early, from a fast Everton break that looked to have fizzled out before the Frenchman capitalised on a defensive error to drill low into the corner. Iliman Ndiaye doubled […]
There is, of course, very little riding on Everton’s meeting with Newcastle United at Murrayfield this afternoon. It is pre-season, after all. The two sides meet in Edinburgh at 5:15 pm, with both clubs using the game as another opportunity to build fitness and fine-tune preparations ahead of the new Premier League campaign. But while […]
Everton head to Scotland for the biggest test of their pre-season so far, taking on Newcastle United at Murrayfield in Edinburgh. It is the first meeting between the two clubs on neutral ground since the 1924 Barcelona Cup final, and both sides’ first-ever visit to the stadium. It’s a fixture that looks very different to […]
I’ve made a potentially daft decision. Bear with me. I’m going to rank Everton’s cult heroes. There is, admittedly, one fairly significant problem with this: at heart, I’m a Norwich City supporter. Evertonians know that, so I won’t insult anyone’s intelligence by pretending I’m about to produce the definitive answer. I have a great deal […]
