Friday’s Toffee Bites: Everton continue to purge squad of deadweight

Lots more outgoing players expected, but who’ll be coming in?

By Calvin@Mr_Faded_Glory Aug 3, 2018, 7:00am BST

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Marcel Brands had said that he would be trimming the squad this summer and is living up to his promise.

The day started with the news that four players had been asked to train separately from the senior squad. [RBM]
Ashley Williams has been sent on loan to Stoke City in the Championship for the season. [RBM]
Kevin Mirallas is not far behind, with Fiorentina in Italy apparently interested in him. [RBM]
Steven N’Zonzi has been previously linked with the Blues, and that popped up again. [Gazetta della Sport, via SportWitness]
Apparently Manchester United have accepted Everton’s big money bid for Marcos Rojo. [Ole, via SportWitness]

New signing Lucas Digne trained with his teammates for the first time yesterday.

Digne didn’t claim to have grown up watching Everton, but did say two of his new teammates vouched for the club. [EFC]

What To Watch

More qualifiers today in the Europa League. In women’s football, USA take on Brazil in the 2018 Tournament of Nations.