Everton

Premier League side Everton have concluded the deal of Michael Keane from Burnley, according to reports in England. The deal could rise up to £30 million as Coach Ronald Koeman continues with his restructuring and reinforcements at Goodison Park.

The England centre back reportedly received a five year package from the Toffees, which makes the 24 year old one of the best paid at the club - the 24-year old is more than pleased with the deal, adding that he is focused on development.

Sunderland have agreed to sell its goalie Jordan Pickford to Everton FC in a reported 30 million, the BBC reports. The player is on international duty with the Under 21 side as they prepare for the European Championship. Pickford is expected at Goodison Park where he would do his medicals and complete other details after the assignment.

The 23-year old has broken the British record with the deal. His 29 Premier League games last season was enough to convince Everton that he is worthy of the tag. He joined Sunderland academy back in 2010 and played in loan spells at several clubs.

Ronald Koeman admitted that Tottenham were the better team in the recent meeting between Everton and Spurs at White Hart Lane. After a tight opening, Spurs raced to a 2-0 advantage.

However, just like in the recent meetings between the two teams, the end result proved extremely close. Goals from the likes of Romelu Lukaku and Enner Valencia meant that the game finished as a 3-2 loss for Everton, as Dele Alli had come up with a crucial late goal. Everton were disappointed not to take something out of the game, but manager Ronald Koeman admitted that Spurs were excellent in the 90 minutes.

Ronald Koeman recently claimed that Romelu Lukaku is highly likely to leave Everton sooner rather than later due to his quality not being justified at Everton.

This comment was expected to attract a significant backlash from the Everton supporters, as it appeared to degrade Everton. Surprisingly, there has been quite a lot of support from the Everton fans group. Even they regard that Lukaku is highly likely to leave the club in the near future, as interest from Champions League clubs grow.

The two Belgians, RomeluLukaku and Christian Benteke dominated the scoring part at Goodison Park on Friday as the latter, Benteke rescued his side with an equalizing goal in a 1-1 Premier League draw against Everton.

The former Chelsea striker, Lukaku maintains his shining form as the he scored his fifth league goal of the campaign, but Everton were unable to bounce back from last Saturday's defeat at Bournemouth, as Christian equalized after the first half to grant Crystal Palace a point.

Ronald Koeman has turned out to be one of the standout managers of the Premier League in recent times.

The Dutch coach was able to mark his name in the history-books of Southampton as he guided the team to their best finish of any Premier League season.

During the 2015-16 Premier League season, Southampton finished in 6th place as they secured 63 points which was more than any other season in the history of the club.

The 53 year old manager was also named as the best manager of the Premier League on 3 separate occasions; this was accomplished during his stay in charge of Southampton.

How optimistic would the average Everton fan need to be to think that Romelu Lukaku is going to stay at the club for another season? Very optimistic, would be the short answer to that, with even the arrival of a wealthy and ambitious new owner in the person of Farhad Moshiri, not to mention new manager Ronald Koeman, probably not being enough to persuade the striker to stay.

Clearly it would be a blow to Everton to lose a player who scored 25 goals during what was a less than vintage season in 201-16, but the 23 year old is on the record as stating his desire to move on

Roberto Martinez put foot down and sent a clear message across that no matter how high an amount gets offered, Everton is not going to sell John Stones this summer.

It’s been a very interesting situation at Everton regarding Stones. Chelsea, the England top tier champions made as many as three bids for the young defender, and Stones himself let his current employers know that he wanted to move to Stamford Bridge, but still the move didn't happen.

Everton are looking to use the Europa League as a mode of distraction from their poor league form and a way to get into the Champions League next season.

Everton secured three points for only the second consecutive time this season after a 3-1 win over Burnley on Saturday. The win was hugely helped by the two goals from Samuel Eto’o, who also came extremely close to getting hat-trick after hitting the post.

The former Chelsea man has not been a regular goalscorer, but his contribution has been immense according to Roberto Martinez. The Everton manager claims that the 33-year-old is a gift from God because he has not only been able to contribute on the pitch, but also off it as well.