Here are your Everton evening headlines for Friday, December 9.
Former Everton staff member slams 'absolute nonsense' rumours about James Rodriguez
Former Everton director of medical services Danny Donachie has rubbished talk of James Rodriguez's poor attitude during his time at Everton.
Rodriguez arrived at Goodison Park in a shock move back in 2020, leaving Real Madrid to reunite with former manager Carlo Ancelotti. The two-time Champions League winner blessed Merseyside with some incredible performances during the 2020/2021 campaign, racking up six goals and nine assists in 26 appearances and often looking like the young midfielder who took the 2014 World Cup by storm.
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But the former Madrid and Bayern Munich man suffered with a number of injuries during his short spell with the Toffees, most notably a recurring calf problem that sidelined him several times throughout the season. Rodriguez remained a much-loved figure among the Everton faithful, but the arrival of Rafa Benitez in June 2021 saw the creative midfielder ostracised amid criticism over his supposed poor attitude in training and matches.
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Inside story on how Dan Meis hopes he has created 'iconic' Everton new stadium
Architect Dan Meis has lifted the lid on the thinking behind the logo for Everton’s new stadium and why he hopes that it will make it an iconic building.
Over six years have passed since Meis joined Everton club officials including owner Farhad Moshiri, chairman Bill Kenwright and chief executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale for a tour of two proposed stadium sites at Bramley-Moore Dock and Stonebridge Cross in Croxteth on October 14, 2016.
Even back then it was obvious that the majority of Evertonians – having had both the prospect of King’s Dock dangled under their noses and then the threat of heading outside the city boundaries to Kirkby in the 2000s – were determined to move to the banks of the ‘royal blue’ Mersey and just three weeks later, Moshiri declared that having “taken soundings from fans, in our mind, we know where we want to go. We are committed.”
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