Here are your Everton morning headlines for Thursday, December 8.
Everton 'set to make' Jarrad Branthwaite decision amid Jose Mourinho 'interest'
Everton's Jarrad Branthwaite is set to have his loan spell at Dutch side PSV Eindhoven terminated, according to reports.
The 20-year-old headed to the Eredivisie on a season-long loan to join up with Ruud van Nistelrooy's side. However, after only starting three league games for the Rood-Witten, the Daily Mail have claimed that the Blues will look to recall the defender in the forthcoming transfer window with other European clubs said to be interested.
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The report adds that former Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho holds an interest in the England Under-20 international and therefore AS Roma could try and strike a deal with Everton for Branthwaite in January. There is also claimed to be interest from England.
Read the full story HERE.
Big Everton issue that Farhad Moshiri and fan groups can agree on as ownership question remains
Just when you thought all your worries over Everton had gone into a winter hibernation with a World Cup-induced break, the 27 Campaign penned another open letter to owner Farhad Moshiri, calling for the exits of chairman Bill Kenwright and chief executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale, along with a considerable list of concerns they believe deserve answers. Moshiri himself has already apologised to the fans and admitted to mistakes having been made under his tenure but for some, these words don’t go far enough and more actions are needed.
So just where does that leave the Blues?
There’s a clip on the club’s Official History video in which former chairman Sir John Moores says: “Everton expects success. We’ve a very good crowd and our crowd are very loyal. But, of course, they pay money and they expect to see us do well. If we don’t do well then something should be done about it and something will be done about it.”
It’s the kind of bold proclamation that lives up to the finest ideals of the Blues’ motto “Nil Satis Nisi Optimum” as students of Latin like Frank Lampard (who got an A in the subject at GCSE) will tell you means “Nothing but the best is good enough” and is typical of the ruthless streak that an owner who once told manager Johnny Carey that he was getting the sack when the pair of them rode together in a London cab. The words were uttered back in the 1960s when self-made man Moores’ fortune amassed as head of the Littlewoods business empire made him one of the richest people in Europe and helped bankroll Everton’s spending spree in the transfer market to be dubbed ‘The Mersey Millionaires.’
Read the full story HERE.
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