Royal Blue: The Everton FC Podcast

Everton have been dealt a double injury blow ahead of their game with Newcastle United this Saturday. Jarrad Branthwaite is facing a fitness battle and is to be assessed ahead of the game. The centre-back returned to action at the weekend, producing a solid comeback as the Blues secured their first win of the Premier League season with a comeback victory over Crystal Palace. But whether he will be available for the Newcastle game, which takes place at 5.30pm on Saturday, is now in doubt due to the emergence of what is thought to be a quad issue that is in the process of being assessed. In other injury news, Dele Alli has suffered a minor setback in his efforts to return to fitness. The 28-year-old is dealing with a muscle strain endured after he stepped up his rehabilitation work at Everton's Finch Farm training ground this summer. Join Ian Croll, Gav Buckland and Joe Thomas as they sit down in the Royal Blue Studio to discuss all of the above and give their predictions for Saturday’s encounter. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everton welcome Newcastle United to Goodison Park on Saturday evening on the back of their first win of the season. A Dwight McNeil brace was enough to ensure the Blues took home all three points for the first time this season. With Newcastle fast approaching, Ian Croll and Connor O’Neill sit down in the Royal Blue studio for a live podcast to look ahead to what is expected to be an intriguing encounter. Does Sean Dyche change a winning team? What does that winning team even look like considering the changes he made at half-time. Connor and Ian pick their team as well as discuss the latest on Jarrad Branthwaite’s Everton future, plus plenty more. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everton recorded their first win of the Premier League season, six games in to what has already been a frustrating campaign. However, the frustration washed away on Saturday evening as two goals from Dwight McNeil ensured Everton left Goodison Park with all three points. Thankfully to discuss the win, performance and plenty more is Ian Croll and Chris Beesley. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ECHO Everton reporter Chris Beesley joins his sportsdesk colleague Paul Wheelock to look back on a momentous week at Goodison Park with Dan Friedkin agreeing a takeover deal with Farhad Moshiri. They also look forward to Saturday's home game with Crystal Palace as Sean Dyche's side search for a first Premier League win of the season with the prospect of a return for Jarrad Branthwaite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everton’s challenging start to the season continues on Saturday afternoon as the Blues welcome Crystal Palace, with both teams looking for their first win of the season. The news of an impending takeover at Goodison Park from The Friedkin Group has certainly lifted the spirits amongst Blues’ fans this week, however it’s on the pitch where Everton now need to put things right. Sean Dyche may well be back to full strength given that Jarrad Branthwaite and Nathan Patterson featured for the U21s on Sunday. Branthwaite’s return can’t come soon enough given the fact Everton have leaked goals in their opening five games. On today’s show, Ian Croll is joined by Tony Scott as they look ahead to Crystal Palace, picking their starting 11 for the match as well as giving their predictions. Also on today’s show the lads discuss the takeover and what this means for Sean Dyche and the club as a whole. Finally, the lads talk over the comments from former Everton goalkeeper and club legend, Neville Southall. All that and more on today’s Royal Blue Podcast. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everton look set for a new dawn under new ownership after an agreement was reached between US billionaire Dan Friedkin and Everton owner Farhad Moshiri on Monday. The Friedkin Group have agreed to acquire the shares of Blue Heaven Holdings Limited. What happens next is that the Friedkin Group will go through the necessary steps of obtaining approval via the Premier League’s owners and directors tests, the FA’s fit and proper persons test, and the Financial Conduct Authority’s test. The process could take up to 12 weeks, but will likely be less than that, with no issues expected to arise, unlike what happened with the long-doomed bid to buy the club by 777 Partners. To talk through the latest news coming out of Goodison Park, Reach PLC’s Business of Football Writer, Dave Powell joins Ian Croll on the Royal Blue Podcast as they take an in depth look into what this takeover means for Everton Football Club. Subscribe to Dave Powell's Bottom Line newsletter: https://thebottomlinesport.substack.com/ What sparked Friedkin Group Everton takeover return? - https://tinyurl.com/mr45askk Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reaction and debate following Everton’s 1-1 draw with Leicester City at the King Power Stadium. A good solid performance from Everton resulted in them picking up their first point of the season. There were positives throughout, however, Leicester got themselves back in the game with the Blues relinquishing yet another lead. Ian Croll, Chris Beesley and Gav Buckland discuss whether it was one point gained or two points dropped. In other news, reports moved quickly today to reveal The Friedkin Group have agreed a deal to purchase a majority stake in Everton Football Club. The lads will discuss what this means as attention now turns to Crystal Palace at home this Saturday. Jarrad Branthwaite came through an U21s match on Sunday afternoon and could be in contention for a starting place in a match the Blues really must win. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everton head to the King Power Stadium to play Leicester City still looking for their first win of the season. This is on the back of a dismal Carabao Cup exit to Southampton and four straight league defeats. Sean Dyche faces somewhat of a selection headache with the Blues squad still feeling the impact of illness and injuries. Joining Ian Croll in the Royal Blue studio is Everton Reporter, Chris Beesley and Royal Blue contributor Gav Buckland as they discuss the latest news coming out of Goodison Park. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Beesley speaks to an extra special guest for the ninth episode of our Goodison Park: My Home series as he is joined by David Moyes, the long serving and most successful Everton manager of the Premier League era. Meeting in Lancashire, the pair discuss the Scot’s reign of over 11 years as Blues boss as he steered them to nine top half finishes – including a club record fourth position in the Premier League in 2004/05 – feats that brought him a hat-trick of LMA Manager of the Year awards. Taking over a team that had finished in the top half just once in the first decade of the competition, a then 38-year-old Moyes arrived at Goodison Park in March 2002 and transformed a squad containing luminaries such as Paul Gascoigne and David Ginola into an upwardly mobile outfit with hungry young players. The Scot lifts the lid on why he chose Everton; his coining of the phrase ‘The People’s Club’, transfer buys; big characters; trophy regrets following the FA Cup final and European run plus many other memorable moments at a unique football venue that he always tried to get the best out of and which remains dear to his heart. It’s a must watch for all True Blues… Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everton surrendered a two goal lead for the second successive match to leave them rooted to the bottom of the table. It’s fourth defeat in a row which leaves Sean Dyche under huge pressure heading into a League Cup game against Premier League side Southampton. Host Ian Croll is joined by Everton Reporter Chris Beesley and Gav Buckland as they discuss the latest setback as well as give their opinion on what Dyche should do for the cup game. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Textor is the frontrunner to take over at Everton but has to divest his interest in Crystal Palace first. The club moved to distance themselves from comments made by prospective new owner on Thursday. But the US billionaire remains in pole position when it comes to being the next owner of the Toffees. Textor, who holds a 45% shareholding in Crystal Palace, had previously been vocal about wanting to own Everton, and spoke about his desire to purchase the club once again. On the field, Everton are preparing to face Aston Villa as Premier League football returns following the September international break. The Blues currently sit bottom of the table on zero points with pressure building on Sean Dyche and his side to pick up their first win. In Friday’s Royal Blue Podcast, Ian Croll, Joe Thomas and Gavin Buckland discuss and debate the latest news coming out of Goodison Park. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everton head to Villa looking for their first point of the new Premier League season, having lost all three of their opening games. While Aston Villa have won two and lost one to begin the new campaign. In the first Royal Blue show of the week, Ian Croll and Tony Scott look-ahead to Saturday’s 5:30pm encounter as well as debate various news lines floating around Goodison Park; including the latest on Seamus Coleman and Tim Iroegbunam’s exclusive interview with the Liverpool Echo. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leicester City have successfully argued that they can not be punished for PSR breaches as per the Premier League's own rules. On Tuesday it was revealed that the Foxes, who were a Championship outfit in 2023-24 and won promotion back to English football’s top tier after a season away, would not face punishment for the breaches after winning an appeal against the Premier League. But how did they escape punishment? Meanwhile, in other FFP related news, Chelsea have been cleared by the Premier League for the sale of two hotels to a sister company to keep them compliant with profit and sustainability rules. Such transactions are not allowed in Uefa competitions, with Chelsea back in Europe in the Conference League this season, and in the English Football League after they closed the loophole in 2021, but the Premier League opted against following suit. The Premier League remains open to closing the loophole through a future vote. On today’s show, Ian Croll and Chris Beesley head into the Royal Blue studio to discuss all of the above, as well as much more! Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Has Everton’s poor start to the season been inevitable? And what were the expectations heading into the new season! Join Ian Croll, Matt Jones and Paul Wheelock as they assess Everton’s poor start to the season. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everton lost in remarkable circumstances at Goodison Park on Saturday after the Toffees surrendered a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 to Bournemouth. Sean Dyche's side were winning comfortably with Iliman Ndiaye impressing before goals from the Cherries in the 87th, 92nd and 96th minutes completed an astonishing turnaround. Michael Keane and Dominic Calvert-Lewin had netted for the Blues. It leaves Everton losing three from three to begin their Premier League season. Join Ian Croll, Chris Beesley and Connor O’Neill as they discuss and debate the fallout from Saturday’s defeat. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Ian Croll and Joe Thomas for Friday’s Royal Blue Podcast as they discuss the latest news coming out of Everton on Deadline Day as well as preview Saturday’s encounter with Bournemouth! Everton are set to do business on the final day of the summer transfer window. A deal for Orel Mangala is set to be completed and would become the Blues’ seventh signing of the summer. Elsewhere, there is the potential for further intrigue. Dominic Calvert-Lewin could become one of the biggest stories of the day should a club test the water for the forward. Out of contract next summer and yet to sign on fresh terms, a serious bid for the 27-year-old would force Everton to weigh up the value of an incoming fee against the risk of losing the club’s main forward. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ian Croll and Connor O’Neill react to Everton’s first win of the season against Doncaster in the League Cup in a match where three of the Toffee’s new signings started. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Everton FC correspondent Joe Thomas and guest Gavin Buckland as the latest episode of the Royal Blue podcast dissects the defeat at Spurs and the state of play going into a crucial week on and off the pitch Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ECHO Everton reporter Chris Beesley joins colleague Connor O'Neill for the latest edition of the Royal Blue podcast as the pair preview Everton's trip to Tottenham Hotspur. Topics on the agenda include John Textor's comments on a potential Everton takeover, reported transfer interest in Kieran Trippier, a potential exit for Dominic Calvert-Lewin late in the window and whether Mason Holgate should replace the suspended Ashley Young for this weekend' game in north London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ECHO Everton correspondent Joe Thomas joins ECHO Everton reporter Chris Beesley for the latest edition of the Royal Blue podcast as the pair review Everton's 3-0 home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion in the first fixture of Goodison Park's historic final season. Everton's capitulation against the Seagulls, the penalty row, Sean Dyche's tactics and the club's right-back dilemma all come under the spotlight along with a shock transfer claim over odds being slashed on the Blues' star player Jarrad Branthwaite moving to Liverpool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ECHO Everton reporter Chris Beesley joins Tony Scott on the latest edition of the Royal Blue podcast to preview Everton's first fixture of their historic final season at Goodison Park at home to Brighton & Hove Albion. The pair discuss John Textor's takeover bid, Everton transfers - including manager Sean Dyche's remarks on the prospect of further additions plus the futures of Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Jarrad Branthwaite - plus tactics for the Seagulls visit as Fabian Hurzeler, the first Premier League manager younger than the competition itself, takes his new side into a game that marks the beginning of the end for 'The Grand Old Lady.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Ian Croll, Joe Thomas and Gav Buckland for part two of Monday's Royal Blue podcast as they give their predictions for the 2024/25 season. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

IMPORTANT: Due to the longevity of this podcast and running over the allotted time, the predictions segment of the show will be released in a separate podcast on Tuesday morning. Keep an eye out for the release. Join Ian Croll, Joe Thomas and Gav Buckland as they discuss the latest on the Everton takeover, ‘new’ points deduction threat and react to Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Roma. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The transfer window closes in just over three' weeks time at 11pm on Friday, August 30. That leaves plenty of time for Everton to do more business. With that being the case, Ian Croll and Tony Scott discuss what would consist of a dream end to this Summer’s transfer window. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Beesley speaks to Alan Irvine – who served Everton in three different capacities – in the latest episode of Goodison Park: My Home. The Glaswegian recalls how his Everton journey started in bizarre circumstances as the manager who convinced him to join the club, Gordon Lee, was sacked while he was in the building with him but explains how the fact that the by now former Blues boss’ glowing endorsement only reinforced his decision to sign for them from Queen’s Park. Irvine was then part of new manager Howard Kendall’s emerging team and played in the first all-Merseyside Wembley final but injuries cost him a place in the side that would lift the FA Cup at the end of that season and he moved on to Crystal Palace. In 2002, he returned to Everton as David Moyes’ assistant and the pair helped revive the Blues fortunes again before he went off to try his hand at management himself although he would later come back for a third spell with the Blues as he headed their academy and at 66, Irvine insists Everton remain the club closest to his heart. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everton’s summer fitness drive has been punctured by injuries. The best performance of pre-season so far was built on the return of a number of key stars as the Blues achieved a comfortable victory over Preston North End. But it was also an afternoon marred by new fitness concerns. There were several absences as Sean Dyche acted with caution as he sought to protect his squad. With just under a fortnight to go until the start of the Premier League season, with Brighton & Hove Albion set for Goodison Park on August 17, here is an overview of the condition of the Everton squad. In Monday’s Royal Blue Show, Ian Croll, Joe Thomas and Gav Buckland discuss all of the above. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Monday’s Royal Blue Podcast, Ian Croll and Joe Thomas discuss the latest transfer news coming out of Goodison Park. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today’s Royal Blue Podcast, Ian Croll and Gav Buckland go through the list of Everton’s priorities. Points that all need addressing before the end of the season, some clearly more pressing than others, but nonetheless, factors which need some consideration. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Subscribe to the Bottom Line newsletter: https://thebottomlinesport.substack.com/ Everton insist it is business as usual after the collapse of the Friedkin Group’s proposed takeover. But while Everton’s short-term future is secure their long-term future has once again been thrust into uncertainty. What now for Everton and what next for Moshiri? In today’s Royal Blue Podcast Ian Croll sits down with Business of Football Writer Dave Powell to broadly discuss the Everton takeover situation. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One in one out for Everton in the space of two days as Amadou Onana completed his move to Aston Villa while Danish winger Jesper Lindstrom joins the Blues for a season long loan. Wednesday’s Royal Blue Podcast sees Ian Croll joined by Tony Scott who discuss and debate the latest transfer news coming out of Goodison Park. The first part of the podcast includes opinion and insight into the Onana and Lindstrom deals but stick around for the second half as, Ian and Tony make their selections for Everton’s starting 11 on the opening day of the season against Brighton. Current squad players only, but does Lindstrom make the team? All that and more on today’s Royal Blue Podcast. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan Friedkin’s takeover of Everton is understood to have broken down because of concerns over the debt owed by the club to 777 Partners, which had its own takeover deal in place with the club from September through to May. In today’s show, Ian Croll and Joe Thomas discuss the latest and what happens next for Everton. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everton’s prospective takeover by the Friedkin Group has collapsed. The group, led by US billionaire and Roma owner Dan Friedkin, had entered into an exclusivity agreement with Blues majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri earlier this summer. The work behind the scenes that has followed has led to the potential for a deal falling through, however, the club announced the development in a statement released with the Friedkin Group on Friday morning, Ian Croll and Gav Buckland today's breaking new and what this means for the short and long term future of the club. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ian Croll is joined by Joe Thomas for the today's Royal Blue Podcast as they discuss the latest news coming out of Goodison Park. If reports are to be believed Napoli have made an enquiry to Everton over the availability of Vitalii Mykolenko. The Italian team are said to be interested in the Ukrainian international as they search for a new left-back. Sean Dyche will be keen not to lose Mykolenko who is the club’s only senior left-sided full back. Also on the agenda is the latest on Wilfried Gnonto and whether Everton’s interest will turn into an official bid. All that and more on the latest Royal Blue Podcast. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Ian Croll and Chris Beesley as they discuss the latest news on Amadou Onana’s transfer to Aston Villa and whether the fee is a good deal for Everton. Also on today’s agenda is the latest transfer news involving the deal to bring Napoli’s Danish international winger, Jesper Lindstrom. Aston Villa are close to agreeing a deal with Everton over Amadou Onana. Unai Emery’s club is in talks with the Blues over a deal for the midfielder as the club continues to strengthen its squad ahead of next season, when Villa Park will host Champions League football. A move for Onana had been anticipated this summer, with Everton understood to have set a £50m starting point for any bids for the Belgium international. The ECHO understands the deal with Villa is for a figure around that price. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everton are in talks with Tottenham Hotspur over the future of Dele Alli after the midfielder's contract expired. The clubs would have to come to an agreement if the England international was to resume his Blues career this summer. This decision by the club will no doubt divide opinion but are you for or against this move? Also on today’s show, Ian Croll and Gav Buckland discuss the situation around Sean Dyche and Kevin Thelwell’s contracts. Both with one year left, what should the club do with regards to their short term future? All that and more on today’s Royal Blue Podcast. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everton transfer news including updates on Jaden Philogene and Jarrad Branthwaite plus the latest on Dele Alli’s future at Everton. Join Ian Croll and Joe Thomas as they discuss the latest news coming out of Goodison Park. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leon Osman joins Chris Beesley for the latest episode of Goodison Park: My Home. The modern day icon, who is returning to the Grand Old Lady next month to host the Gwladys Street Presents: Cult Heroes event where he will join former team-mates Lee Carsley and Thomas Gravesen plus 90s hero Daniel Amokachi, was one of the Blues' silkiest midfielders of the Premier League era. Despite not making his first start until he was almost 23, Osman went on to make 433 appearances for Everton, making it into the top 10 on the club's all-time list, level with their most-celebrated player Dixie Dean. A stalwart whose career spanned the entire reigns of both David Moyes and Roberto Martinez, 'Ossie' recalls his life and times with the Blues, recalling his spectacular strike against Larissa and other memorable goals plus his thoughts on his varied cast of colleagues. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everton transfer news as Jarrad Branthwaite has been the subject of another Manchester United bid and move for Jaden Philogene launched Manchester United have launched a new move for Jarrad Branthwaite. The club is understood to have submitted a new bid for the centre back on Monday night. The offer, a package worth up to £50m, was an improvement on the opening bid of £35m plus £8m in add-ons made last month. Yet the ECHO understands it remains short of the club’s valuation of a key player and one of Europe’s hottest defensive prospects. In addition to these reports the Jaden Philogene transfer has taken a new twist after reports suggested Everton have a deal agreed with Hull City. The battle for the 22-year-old’s signature is intense with Crystal Palace – who are seeking a replacement for Michael Olise following his move to Bayern Munich – and newly-promoted Ipswich Town, also having deals for around £16million in place, alongside Everton. Join Ian Croll and Chris Beesley as the discuss the latest transfer news and rumours cirulating around Everton Football Club. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Host Chris Beesley joins his ECHO colleague Joe Thomas and regular guest Gavin Buckland for the latest edition of the Royal Blue podcast. The panel discuss Everton returning to Finch Farm for the first day of pre-season training and the latest transfer speculation with the Blues reputedly now targeting a winger. One player who won't be back with the group yet is goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, who is gearing up for Wednesday's European Championship semi-final against the Netherlands on Wednesday after being the Three Lions' penalty hero in the shoot-out victory over Switzerland on Saturday but does the Everton ace still have an unfair reputation from many observers in the rest of the football world? Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everton are actively planning on having Jarrad Branthwaite with them next season as Manchester United turn their attentions to Bayern Munich’s Matthijs de Ligt. Dutch publication De Telegraaf reports that Manchester United have offered Netherlands international De Light a five-year contract as they continue transfer talks with the Bundesliga giants. The 24-year-old who is in Germany, preparing for Ronald Koeman’s side’s European Championship last 16 clash against Romania (5pm kick-off) in his current home ground in Munich, has become an increasingly viable option for Old Trafford chiefs in recent days and while David Ornstein of the Athletic reported on Saturday that United’s move in independent of their ongoing Branthwaite interest, their own requirements to meet PSR rules would make deals for both prohibitive. An offer from United last month of £35million plus adds for Branthwaite was deemed unacceptable by Everton and rejected out of hand with the Blues maintaining they will not be bullied into selling their most-valuable asset on the cheap with claims of a Goodison Park ‘fire sale’ this summer wide of the mark. Given the £80million fee that United paid for Harry Maguire in 2019, the £75million Chelsea paid for Wesley Fofana in 2022 and the £77million Manchester City paid for Josko Gvardiol in 2023, Everton consider their breakthrough star of last season to be in the same bracket, especially given the premium for both left-footed defenders and homegrown talent. Unless a mega offer comes in for Branthwaite, Everton now expect him to be part of Sean Dyche’s squad for the historic final season at Goodison Park and with the end of the previous football financial year now over, the ECHO understands the Blues do not want to or need to sell the centre-back who celebrated his 22nd birthday last week. Join Ian Croll and Chris Beesley as they discuss the latest news coming out of Goodison Park. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has sensationally claimed that the so called ‘big six’ clubs should have more voting rights than the rest of the Premier League. Ratcliffe gave a rare in-person interview with Bloomberg in which he outlined his vision for the league going forward. The minority stake holder – who oversees the footballing side of operations – has caused a stir with some of his comments and it goes without saying it has riled up the rest of the Premier League. In other news, a deal to bring Iliman Ndiaye to Everton in the summer transfer window still remains on the cards according to reports with an announcement expected early this week. All this as more in today’s show as Ian Croll, Joe Thomas and Gav Buckland sit down in the Royal Blue studio to discuss the latest news coming out of Everton. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Premier League has reminded Everton as well as the 19 other rival clubs that they will be punished for deceitful playing trading - just days after several clubs conducted a string of deals. Everton are one of several Premier League clubs who have been scrutinised in recent days as they signed England under-20 international Tim Iroegbunam from Aston Villa for £9m, while academy graduate Lewis Dobbin moved to Villa Park in a similarly-priced deal. As a result of such deals, Everton, Villa and Chelsea have been accused of trying to boost their finances to comply with the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability Rules before the end of the financial year on June 30. Now, according to the Telegraph, the Premier League has written to all 20 clubs to remind them that they will be punished for transfer activity that is deemed fraudulent. The report adds the Premier League will be able to request details from clubs on how negotiations took place, to ensure the transactions were conducted in "good faith". If in any case the Premier League decides that a transfer was not conducted at "arm's length", they will be able to impose fair market value rules on a deal to ensure there is no "false inflation" on transfers and commercial deals. As a result, the Premier League can demand a return of a transfer fee, in full or in part, if it is judged that the fee has been inflated and the deal was not conducted in "good faith". Join Ian Croll, Joe Thomas and Gav Buckland as they discuss the latest news coming out of Goodison Park. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It has been a frenetic start to the transfer window for Everton as the club are currently weighing up two bids for Ben Godfrey. Atalanta and Lyon have both submitted offers for the England international defender, whose sale before Sunday's Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) 'transfer deadline' could, following Lewis Dobbin's departure to Aston Villa, help the Blues avoid another charge. But it's not all about outgoings. Having sealed a deal for Villa midfielder Tim Iroegbunam and the return of winger Jack Harrison from Leeds United, Everton are closing in on the signing of Marseille attacker Iliman Ndiaye. According to reports, Everton are ready to sell Beto with the Portuguese striker potentially heading to Fenerbahçe in a deal worth over £16million. The latest reports on this however have shut down the front man moving on, however, does Beto have a long-term future with the Blues? Join Ian Croll, Chris Beesley and Connor O’Neill as they discuss the latest news coming out of Goodison Park. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following a busy weekend at Goodison Park, the ECHO’s Everton correspondent Joe Thomas catches up with Everton reporter Chris Beesley for the latest edition of the Royal Blue podcast. The pair discuss a flurry of transfer activity with Sean Dyche’s first signing of the summer Tim Iroegbunam, the loan return of Jack Harrison, Lewis Dobbin’s move to Aston Villa, the proposed moves of Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Yankuba Minteh between Everton and Newcastle United – and their subsequent collapse – plus Manchester United’s continued pursuit of Jarrad Branthwaite with all of this coming against the backdrop of wantaway majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri entering into a period of exclusivity with the Friedkin Group. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everton owner Farhad Moshiri has entered into a period of exclusivity with US billionaire Dan Friedkin over the sale of the club. Having seen the long-doomed pursuit of a Toffees takeover by Miami-based 777 Partners finally end last month after the struggling firm failed to come up with the funds to complete, AS Roma owner Friedkin was one of a number of interested parties to show their hand. While it is a step closer to a deal for the club, and provides a credible candidate with football experience and considerable resources, people familiar with the matter stressed that it was not a deal that was done and dusted. Friedkin and his team have now started the process of due diligence and will be analysing all aspects of the club’s business to get a full understanding of the financial situation and the risks that they will be undertaking in acquiring the Toffees. A potential purchase price was not disclosed. Join Ian Croll, Joe Thomas and Gav Buckland as they discuss the latest news coming out of Goodison Park. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the week in which we learned what the final fixture at the Grand Old Lady will be, the latest episode of Goodison Park: My Home sees ECHO Everton reporter Chris Beesley speaking to a true Blue legend, Derek Temple. Liverpool-born Temple, 85, wrote himself into Everton folklore when he scored the winning goal in the 1966 FA Cup final to complete a sensational 3-2 comeback victory against Sheffield Wednesday. A prolific scorer in schoolboy football, he had to pick of both his local clubs plus some other top sides vying for his signature ahead of him making his top flight debut at Goodison Park against Newcastle United on March 30, 1957. Temple, who made 275 appearances and scored 83 goals for his home city side despite losing over two years of his career to national service duties in Kenya, recalls netting twice for Everton in a 3-3 draw against Manchester United’s ‘Busby Babes’ in the season of the Munich air disaster while also offering some refreshingly candid views on the Blues bosses he played under plus several high-profile team-mates and opponents. It’s another magical trip down memory lane for Evertonians who know their history and love nostalgia. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The final league game at Goodison Park will be against Southampton. Everton will face the south coast side on the weekend of May 18 in what will be an emotional send off to the Grand Old Lady. It will not, however, be the final game of the season with the Blues scheduled to end their campaign at Newcastle United the following weekend. Join Ian Croll, Chris Beesley and Joe Thomas as they delve into key dates, schedule, first game and of course, the final game at Goodison Park. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everton great Kevin Campbell passed away over the weekend. The striker, whose legendary spell in the final stages of the 1998-99 campaign helped lift the Blues to safety, was aged 54. News Campbell was battling serious illness had emerged earlier this month, prompting an outpouring of heartfelt messages of support. Kevin Campbell's son Tyrese paid an emotional tribute to his father following the Everton great's death at the age of just 54, which has triggered a wave of tributes from across football. Campbell arrived at Goodison Park on loan from Turkish side Trabzonspor in the spring of 1999 with the club's Premier League status at risk. His run of nine goals in five games led the Blues to safety and paved the way for a permanent move. In total, the former Arsenal and Nottingham Forest star scored 51 goals across 164 appearances for Everton, including a fourth-minute Merseyside derby winner against Liverpool on September 27, 1999. It is a result that remains the Blues’ most-recent success at Anfield in front of supporters. Join Ian Croll, Chris Beesley and Joe Thomas as they pay special tribute to Super Kev. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Farhad Moshiri's quest to sell Everton continues with a number of parties interested in a takeover. Last night the race took a fresh twist with reports of new bidders ( Vici Private Finance) joining the mix. That wasn’t the only news circulating online late this week as reports surfaced that a deal for Everton to sell Jarrad Branthwaite to Manchester United was close. Everton are currently holding out for an offer in excess of £70million. In other news the transfer window has officially opened with the Blues recently linked with a whole host of incomings and outgoings. Finally, this morning the club confirmed a ‘club record’ deal with sportswear firm Castore that will see them become the Toffees’ technical kit partner from 2024/25 and also the club’s first Founding Partner for the new stadium. Plenty to discuss on today’s live Royal Blue Podcast with Ian Croll, Gav Buckland and Joe Thomas. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoEFC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following the collapse of 777 Partners’ attempts to acquire Everton last month, the door has been opened to other interested parties but who are the serious contenders? Join Matt Jones live as he sits down with our Business of Football writer Dave Powell to discuss the latest on Everton’s takeover. Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel. Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav Listen and subscribe to the Royal Blue Podcast for all your latest Everton FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HbiY1E SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/47xwdnY Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoEFC Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@royal.blue.everto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices