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Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours
Everton’s Under-23s had a tough loss to Leicester City last night. [RBM]
James Rodriguez is in Doha to negotiate terms of a new contract as well as a transfer from Everton. The team interested in him is Al Rayyan of the Qatar Stars League. Negotiations are still ongoing for the superstar.
James Rodríguez está en Doha porque no estaba convencido de jugar en el Medio Oriente, pero Jorge Mendes le recomendó ir a conocer la ciudad, el equipo y negociar personalmente los términos y salario de su contrato
— Pipe Sierra (@PSierraR) September 20, 2021
A esta hora cenan con el colombiano. No hay acuerdo aún pic.twitter.com/NhsGskh4hJ
However Argentine journalist Cesar Luis Merlo claims that a verbal agreement already in place and that Al Rayyan would pay up to €8m to take James on loan and basically buyout the remainder of his contract which expires in June 2022.
Hay acuerdo de palabra para que James Rodríguez juegue en el Al Rayyan de .
— César Luis Merlo (@CLMerlo) September 20, 2021
*️⃣El club desembolsa €8M entre salario y el préstamo que le paga a Everton hasta junio de 2022. pic.twitter.com/fZieAEe3o6
Rafa Benitez has given an update on the fitness of Salmon Rondon, who looked gassed after an hour on Saturday at Villa Park, [Echo]
The manager acknowledges Ellis Simms is hungry for minutes, but still needs to improve at least one key aspect of his game. [EFC]
“We made him an unbelievable offer, we didn’t want him to leave. We never envisaged it coming. Up until he actually did leave, we fought really hard to keep him. But when a player doesn’t want to be at your club, it’s very difficult to try and keep him.”
David Unsworth on how Thierry Small could not be convinced to stay on Merseyside. [Echo]
Everton finally announced the signing of highly-rated teenaged striker Francis Okoronkwo from Sunderland. [EFC]
Gabby George is yet to make her Walton Hall debut with the fans in the stands, and can’t wait for this weekend when the Blues host Birmingham City. [EFC]
Apparently Benitez is interested in getting AC Milan defender Alessio Romagnoli to sign a pre-contract in January with his current deal expiring in June 2022, while Juventus and Inter Milan hover. [CalcioMercatoWeb]
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