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Everton sporting director Marcel Brands has revealed that he is looking for sustainable success with the Toffees following an extended spell with PSV Eindhoven. The 56-year-old arrived at Goodison Park last month after working as the director of football for more than 21 years in Holland and he most-recently witnessed PSV secured their third league title in four seasons.

Speaking on EvertonTV, Brands highlighted that he is aiming for a long-term relationship with the Everton’s hierarchy and believes Marco Silva is the right man to take the club forward, he said: “I have worked with three clubs over nearly 21 years, eight years at Waalwijk, five at AZ and another eight at PSV. So I am a guy that is not a ‘club-hopper’. I want to work here for a long time and build a structure that Everton can work with for a long time, and which fans can be proud of. "We also wanted a coach with some Premier League experience, because the Premier League is something special. Marco has that and, for me, it makes him a good coach to work with.”

West Ham United manager David Moyes believes Everton will be losing the last of the ‘street footballers’, should Wayne Rooney decide to pursue a fresh challenge in the MLS. The 32-year-old only re-joined his boyhood club from Manchester United last summer but there are already talks of him considering a switch to Washington DC with DC United.

As such, Moyes was keen to praise Rooney in his press conference with the marksman currently possessing the highest goal tally for both England and Manchester United, he said: “He has been an incredible player. I don’t think you break the record at Manchester United as a top goalscorer and break the record for England if you haven’t contributed enormous amounts.

Everton coach Duncan Ferguson is pleased with Cenk Tosun’s adaptability following his move from Besiktas during the winter transfer window. The Turkey international joined the Toffees in a £27m deal in January, but struggled to make immediate progress as he failed to score in the first four matches for the club.

Arsenal put five past Everton when both sides clashed in the Premier League on Saturday. The Gunners attack was reinvigorated with the addition of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who was having his debut, and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Aaron Ramsey was on fire, grabbing the first hat trick of his career at the club.

With Aubameyang featuring in the game, the Gunners attack was obviously feeling the impact. After six minutes, their attack netted the first and soon they added the second and third. Ramsey and Laurent Koscienly were the goal scorers.

Mkhitaryan was sharp in attack, assisting Ramsey for his first goal and setting up the £56 million recruit from Borussia Dortmund for his debut chip goal over Jordan Pickford. The goal was shown to be offside from the replays but the officials let the goal stand in error.

It didn’t come as much of a surprise to hear that Yaya Toure would be leaving Manchester City at the end of the season after eight years at the club. He’d fallen out of contention since the arrival of Pep Guardiola and his place in the squad has clearly ruined any chance of returning to the spotlight, so a move away has been on the cards for some time.

Although many predicted Toure to make his next move to the MLS, the Chinese Super League or the Italian Serie A, interviews with the Ivorian have clearly stated that he wants to remain in the Premier League. Backing which club he’ll be at in time for the start of next season can be difficult. For further help on backing bets with insight, TeamFA provide their own recommended bets, previews, and all the best football odds on the market.

Everton will have to cope without the services of Gylfi Sigurdsson for a minimum of six weeks after he sustained a knee injury during the Toffees’ 2-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion last weekend. The Iceland international sustained the problem during the game, but he managed to compete the entire 90 minutes after taking treatment from the club’s medical staff.

Shortly after the game, reports from Iceland claimed that the midfielder had suffered a severe knee problem which could see him miss the summer World Cup finals in Russia, but Everton have seemingly dismissed this situation, by citing that he could return to action before the end of the season.

Manchester United could be set to have a Gambling sponsor on their kit after all, with the latest reports suggesting that one of Tottenham Hotspur's old sponsors are keen to get their brand on the famous red shirts.

Manchester United have become one of the biggest brands, not just ion football but in the whole of Sport, with only the Olympic Rings and rival Spanish football club Real Madrid's logo deemed more recognisable across the whole of the globe!

Everton manager Sam Allardyce has heaped praise on the hold-up play and work-rate of Oumar Niasse, who has become the Toffees' first-choice striker in the past three matches.

The Senegal international has been picked ahead of both Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Cenk Tosun in the pecking order, and he popped up with a goal during the 3-1 triumph over Crystal Palace last weekend.

The Toffees are due to travel for warm winter training to Dubai with no game in the upcoming weekend, and speaking ahead of the trip, Allardyce talked up the importance of Niasse upfront, he said: "The one thing he did, that he should have done against Leicester, was score. It was a very good header at an important time.

Arsenal legend turn pundit Ian Wright believes that Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola would do a much better job of managing Manchester United - even better than Jose Mourinho!

The former Barcelona coach used last season to understand the league and this term he has been prolific, with City looking amongst the favourites for the Champions League now that the French football champions PSG are out of the equation.

Everton are looking to strengthen in January, despite after spending several hundred millions back in the summer, according to manager Sam Allardyce. The former Bolton and West Ham manager recently took over at Goodison Park. He has become the third manager at Everton after the club parted company with Ronald Koeman only to witness similar poor performances under interim boss David Unsworth. Since the arrival of Allardyce, however, results have improved a lot at Goodison Park with the team going unbeaten in more than five matches.

This tremendous run of form is likely to be assisted further by a couple of signings in January, according to the manager.