It has been quite the Friday afternoon for Everton who have been preparing for their final pre-season friendly on Saturday.
Sean Dyche‘s side have a game at Goodison Park to look forward to on Saturday against Roma in what is their last run out before their opener against Brighton & Hove Albion.
The Everton players trained ahead of the game against the Serie A outfit on Friday at their stadium as the preparations really begin to ramp up.
Shortly after the training session, there was some huge news to emerge surrounding the club’s takeover situatuon.
John Textor has now submitted a new bid to take over at Everton following the collapse of The Friedkin Groups withdrawal last month.
But there was also some positive news to come out of the training session on Merseyside.
Big news comes out of Everton training session on Friday
Despite the uncertainties going on behind the scenes regarding the takeover latest, Everton have still operated well in the transfer market.
Kevin Thelwell has worked his magic and the four signings brought in looks like positive additions.
Two of them have already gotten their names on the scoresheet on their debuts in Jesper Lindstrom and Jake O’Brien.
Following the training session at Goodison on Friday afternoon, there was even more good news to emerge regarding a player who was already at the club ahead of the summer.
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According to the Liverpool Echo, Everton midfielder Dele Alli was spotted during the training at Goodison.
“The big news would appear to be that Dele is back in full training with the squad,” said journalist Matt Jones.
“As it stands, the midfielder is still out of contract, although the Blues were seemingly open to extending his stay after talks with Tottenham Hotspur.”
Will Everton offer Dele Alli a new contract?
It appeared Tottenham and Everton were coming to a conclusion over their agreement for Dele to be handed a new deal at Goodison.
But nothing seems to have come from that with the midfielder not playing in the pre-season games as he continues to work on his fitness, seemingly.
With the new campaign just a week away there are still a lot of uncertainties hanging over the future of Dele.
As things stand, Everton could do with another midfielder having recently sold Amadou Onana, however, Dele is hardly a like for like replacement for the Belgian.
And it is believed Everton are looking to strike a deal for Kalvin Phillips this summer.
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