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Hello and welcome to our Friday live Blues blog for all your very latest Everton news, rumours and transfer gossip.

We will provide breaking stories, reaction and comment to all the big talking points from Goodison Park - as well as keeping tabs on transfer market gossip from around the world.

Everton face competition if they want to sign Jonathan David, the Blues are reportedly set to scout Ozan Tufan while Inter Milan are set to bid for Marash Kumbulla.

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He's done it!

Stunning effort, Speedo Mick!

Dan Meis donates £1k to Speedo Mick's charity walk

Everton’s stadium designer and architect Dan Meis has donated £1,000 to Speedo Mick’s epic country-long walk for charity.

Diehard Blue Mick Cullen has been raising cash for good causes for years and is currently on the last leg of a John O’Groats to Land’s End walk which he is due to complete on Saturday.

(Image: Getty Images)

Dan Kay has the story...

Goal of the day

You can always count on the Europa League to throw up a few screamers every matchday.

And you can always count on Ruben Neves to score worldies.

Have a look at his strike from last night. Stunner!

Must read stories

Catch up with all the best bits from yesterday HERE as we discover what Friday will bring

From 'best little Spaniard' to outcast - Arteta's time at Everton

He was, at one point, the ‘best little Spaniard’ Everton fans knew.

They followed his every step and worshipped the ground he walked on.

But on deadline day in the summer of 2011, all that changed.

He was no longer ‘the best little Spaniard’ Everton fans knew and instead became an instant outcast.

Click HERE to read the full story from Connor O’Neill

Mikel Arteta celebrates scoring for Everton
Mikel Arteta celebrates scoring for Everton

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