Everton will face Brentford in the third round of the Carling Cup. The tie will take place at Griffin Park in the week commencing 20th September 2010 with extra time and a penalty shootout if necessary. ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE CARLING CUP DRAW? HAVE YOUR SAY BELOW Draw for the third round of the Carling Cup: Brentford v Everton Portsmouth v Leicester City Stoke City v...

BBC Football pundit Mark Lawrenson has predicted that Everton will lose at Aston Villa on Sunday. He told BBC Sport Online: “This will be the last game for more than two weeks for Villa because after the international break they don’t play until the Monday. So it’s make or break for caretaker boss Kevin MacDonald. It’s strange because his first...

Jack Rodwell and Seamus Coleman are among the starting line-up for Everton’s Carling Cup tie against Huddersfield. Everton: Mucha, Coleman, Heitinga, Distin, Baines, Pienaar, Rodwell, Fellaini, Osman, Gueye, Beckford Subs: Howard, Hibbert, Jagielka, Bilyaletdinov, Saha, Arteta, Cahill Huddersfield: Smithies, Peltier, McCombe, Peter Clarke, Naysmith, Croft, Gudjonsson,...

Everton boss David Moyes has dismissed any link with managerless Aston Villa. It’s always reassuring to hear the boss distance himself from the speculation and continue to pledge his future to the club. No Everton fan would question the fine work which Moyes has done at Goodison Park since he took over, and with him remaining at the helm the future can only be...

Jack Rodwell has insisted he “always knew” he was going to sign a new deal with Everton. The highly-rated midfielder was heavily linked with a move to Manchester United before he penned a new five-year deal in May. He told the Liverpool Echo: “When these questions were getting asked (about my future) I always knew I was going to sign a new contract. “I...

Everton captain Phil Neville is delighted with the progress of his rehabilitation from knee surgery. Neville had surgery on the knee in May and is part of the squad on their tour of Australia but not yet fit enough to feature in Saturday’s first game against Sydney FC. “It has actually been fantastic,” said Neville. “It’s been nine weeks...

Everton are closing in on a deal for Neftchi Baku’s 18-year-old Azerbaijan midfielder Araz Abdullayev. The player made his international debut at 16 and has already had trials with Rubin Kazan and a couple of Italian clubs. He was shown around Goodison Park last month and is hoping to move to Everton subject to a work permit.

Steven Pienaar’s agent has denied claims that Everton have not offered him a club-record contract. Reports had suggested that the South African international was offered an improved offer which would have made him the highest paid player in Everton’s history. Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal have both been linked with Pienaar, who has a year to run on his existing...

Tim Cahill says his red card against Germany as the saddest moment of his career so far. The Everton midfielder was shown a straight red in Australia’s 4-0 defeat to Germany in their opening game of the World Cup. Cahill broke down in tears in the post-match media conference and was approached by German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, who told him he did not...

Everton have put a £10m price tag on striker Yakubu after rejecting a £6m bid from West Ham. The Nigerian has been linked with a Goodison Park exit this summer, but David Moyes is said to want to recoup the majority of the £11.25m fee they paid Middlesbrough in 2007. Yakubu revealed recently that he nearly joined Tottenham, but an injury scuppered a move to the capital.