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Everton’s players were subjected to two gruelling sessions, known as ‘Gaffer’s Day’, last week as they stepped up preparations for the new season. Gaffer’s Day has long been part of manager Sean Dyche’s pre-season schedule, with players usually put through a series of fitness drills on a set day in the middle of July. While the nature of the drills can change, some elements remain a constant. “It’s just two hours with no balls out and just different running drills,” Everton defender Michael Keane, who also played under Dyche at Burnley, explained last summer.

Sean Dyche's squad is stretched but the manager has seen plenty of positives in pre-season - and another signing is close

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Everton are close to completing a deal to sign Lyon defender Jake O’Brien for a €20million (£16.9m) fee. The 23-year-old was given permission to travel to Merseyside on Saturday morning in order to finalise personal terms and is set to sign a four-year contract at Goodison Park with the option of an additional 12 months, subject to a medical. O’Brien made 27 appearance for the French club last season, scoring four goals to help them to a sixth-placed finish in Ligue 1. The Republic of Ireland international previously played for Crystal Palace but left last summer in order to...

Everton have confirmed the signing of Jesper Lindstrom from Napoli on an initial season-long loan deal. The transfer also contains an option to buy the Denmark international next summer on a permanent basis. The Athletic previously reported that Everton were edging closer to a deal with Napoli for Lindstrom. “I feel very good,” Lindstrom said after his move was announced on Friday. “It’s amazing to represent Everton. This is a big club, with big history, a good stadium and, as I’ve seen, very good facilities as well. I’m very, very happy to be here and I feel like this is a...

Jack Harrison talks openly about Everton improvements, his Leeds exit after playing through pain barrier, and hopes for the future

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called for Premier League games to be played in the United States. Though Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has previously said playing competitive fixtures abroad is not “part of their current plans”, the concept has come to the fore again in recent months. Jon Miller, a leading executive at NBC Sports, the American broadcaster that spent $2.7billion (£2.2bn) on a six-year deal to exclusively show every Premier League game between 2022-23 and 2027-28, told The Athletic he is pushing for an in-season match to be played in the United States.

Premier League clubs are finalising their squads and there’s plenty of business being done as the countdown continues to the start of the new season. The 2024 summer transfer window opened on Friday, June 14 and runs until 11pm BST on Friday, August 30 — exactly two weeks after the curtain raiser to the 2024-25 campaign. The deadline for deals to be signed in the summer has been brought forward from September 1 — deadline day in 2023 — to the final Friday in August in order to align with the top leagues across Europe. Keep track of every Premier League deal below. This article...

The Premier League, EFL, FA, and Women’s Super League (WSL) have announced a new code of conduct for gambling-related agreements in football. The code, which will be implemented at the start of the 2024-25 season, is designed to regulate gambling sponsorships across the professional game, emphasising four key principles: protection, social responsibility, reinvestment, and integrity. A key aspect of the code is its emphasis on reinvestment. Revenue generated from gambling sponsorships must be redirected into football-related infrastructure and community programmes. This includes improvements...

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Everton are edging closer to a deal for Napoli winger Jesper Lindstrom. Talks have progressed with both clubs around Lindstrom joining on an initial loan with an option to buy, and should everything go according to plan, the 24-year-old will travel for a medical this week ahead of a proposed move to Goodison Park. The Merseyside club remain in the market to strengthen their options out wide this summer, having missed out on previous targets Yankuba Minteh and Jaden Philogene. Minteh moved to Brighton & Hove Albion for a fee in the region of £30million, while Philogene has rejoined Aston...

Aston Villa have completed the signing of Amadou Onana from Everton. The Athletic reported earlier this month that the two clubs were finalising a deal in the region of £50million after personal terms had been agreed between Villa and the 22-year-old on a long-term contract. Villa’s interest in Onana was first reported by The Athletic in June. The Belgium international has signed a five-year deal that will keep him at the club until 2029. Onana has made 72 appearances for Everton since joining from Lille for an initial £30m in the summer of 2022. The French club were entitled to 20 per...

Everton have informed Manchester United they do not intend to sanction Jarrad Branthwaite’s exit this summer, irrespective of their proposed takeover by the Friedkin Group (TFG) collapsing. The Athletic reported on Friday that TFG’s deal for Everton was off, plunging the Premier League club back into a precarious financial situation. It raised speculation Branthwaite may need to be sold and that United could yet land a target for whom they have seen two offers turned down. But Everton view this development as changing nothing in regard to the 22-year-old centre-back and maintain that his...

Everton are back to square one following the Friedkin Group's decision to withdraw their takeover bid, with uncertainty flooding back

Seamus Coleman is Everton. He has signed for another season and believes in a brighter future - he's determined to go out on a high