Your morning Everton headlines for Tuesday, July 12.
12 new contracts signed so far as Everton look to stars of the future
James Tarkowski is the headline signing of Everton's summer so far with the centre-back's move to Merseyside confirmed earlier this month.
The former Burnley defender is the only new arrival in the opening weeks of the transfer window and work to make sure he is not the last is ongoing. But while attention is understandably focused on the first team, a lot of work behind-the-scenes has gone onto securing the futures of Everton's young stars.
Not only has Kevin Thelwell made significant changes to the academy setup, the director of football and those around him have offered contract extensions and, in some cases, first professional deals, to what the club hopes will be the stars of the future. This is an overview of the 11 agreements confirmed so far.
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Read the latest from Joe Thomas, here.
Everton's US game with Arsenal a far cry from paradise island trip after first Premier League season
Everton open their pre-season schedule this weekend just as they ended their Premier League campaign just 56 days earlier with a game against Arsenal but while their latest overseas meeting against one of their domestic rivals promises to be a high-profile money-spinner, that hasn’t always been the case.
Having attracted a capacity crowd of 71,203 for Chelsea’s 2-1 friendly win over Milan in 2009 in which current Blues boss Frank Lampard and first-team coach Ashley Cole both played for the Londoners, organisers at the M&T Bank Stadium, home of NFL side Baltimore Ravens, are hopeful of another bumper attendance this time around as English football’s two longest-established clubs take to the field in an eagerly-anticipated exhibition.
Everton claim to be the first English club to go on an overseas tour, some 117 years ago when they visited the then Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1905 for a seven match schedule that included fixtures against compatriots Tottenham Hotspur –who still played in the Western League at the time, although they’d already won their first FA Cup in 1901 – recording victories of 2-0 and 1-0 in Vienna and Prague respectively.
Read the full story Chris Beesley, here.
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