Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours

There was only one main talking point yesterday and it came late in the evening as England finally broke their World Cup penalty shootout hoodoo, beating Colombia 4-3.

• Everton goalie Jordan Pickford was the hero, saving the last kick before former Blue Eric Dier dispatched the winner. [RBM]
• One thing we’re learning about the young goalie is his supreme self-confidence. [RBM]
• Also, apparently Liverpool spurned their chance to sign him two years before he joined the Toffees. [Mirror]

Coming back to Everton news, it was day two of preseason training.

• Marco Silva took charge of his first training session, here’s some notes from the day. [RBM]
• Mason Holgate will not be leaving the club this season, we learned. [RBM]

And then there’s the transfer rumours as well.

• It appears Everton and Celtic are getting closer to an agreement on Kieran Tierney. [Daily Record]
• The Blues are pitted against the Reds trying to sign Domagoj Vida, apparently. [RBM]

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To our American readers, a very happy 4th of July to you. Enjoy the heatwave currently sizzling most of the country and spend the time with your families and friends that you have ignored since the World Cup started.

To our English readers, please seek whatever hangover cure that works for you because we imagine you will need that today. We’ll keep our voices down.

To everyon, relish the two-day break from World Cup action before we get back underway with the quarterfinals on Friday.

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