Your morning Everton headlines on Friday, January 20.
Everton sent blunt Sunderland message as 'one good thing' remains intact
Paul Mc Parlan - The only way is down?
How do you sense when a team is heading towards relegation? I would offer the following suggestions.
When you have an owner who squanders millions on players who fail to deliver. Someone who never bothers to attend matches and alienates the fans with his lack of communication whilst blaming them for the current plight.
A board of directors who merely rubberstamp decisions whilst claiming there have been ‘good times’ and all is well. Who then seemed amazed when supporters react with hostility.
A passionate but despondent fanbase who live by the club motto ‘Nil Satis Nisi Optimum’ but whose spirit has been crushed by years of underachievement.
A team that cannot hold on to a lead and has forgotten how to win. Fans reduced to chanting ‘You’re not fit to wear the shirt’ after yet another humiliating home defeat.
Connor O'Neill has more, here.
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Everton in a two-way fight to complete Arnaut Danjuma transfer
Everton are in a two-way fight to make Arnaut Danjuma their first signing of the January transfer window.
Danjuma has been granted permission to leave his club Villarreal on loan until the end of the season with various outlets reporting that Everton are hopeful of persuading him to come to Goodison Park.
The ECHO understands that the 25-year-old – who has also attracted interest from PSV Eindhoven back in his native Netherlands – has a final decision to make between two Premier Leagues vying for his services.
Aston Villa were named as a potential suitor but Unai Emery – Danjuma’s former boss at Villarreal – does not seem keen on a reunion, stating: "Now I'm not thinking about him. Danjuma is a very good player but I think now, with his position, we already have players.”
Sources at Tottenham Hotspur have played down links to the Holland international while Nottingham Forest have also been tight-lipped with no impression that they might be close.
Chris Beesley has the latest, here.
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