It hasn’t been a quiet day.
The transfer window may have closed on Monday night, but the fallout from it has dominated the Everton conversation ever since.
There have been questions for Angus Kinnear, more detail on deals that did and didn’t happen, a welcome positive involving James Garner and, increasingly, signs that supporters want answers from the club.
Here’s what has been happening on ReadEverton today.
Kinnear facing questions after striker shambles
There was really only one place to start this morning.
Everton had 79 days to strengthen David Moyes’ squad and somehow finished the window with Thierno Barry as their only recognised senior centre-forward.
The collapse of the proposed £40m deal for Folarin Balogun was obviously a huge blow, but the bigger question is why Everton left themselves so exposed if that deal went wrong.
Beto had already been allowed to join Fiorentina, while late attempts to find an alternative came to nothing.
As we argued this morning, Everton’s striker shambles leaves Angus Kinnear facing serious questions.
And plenty of them.
Maitland-Niles – what have Everton signed?
One player who did make it through the door was Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
The 29-year-old arrived from Lyon in one of the more unexpected deals of Deadline Day and gives Moyes another option at right-back, as well as someone capable of playing in midfield and on the opposite flank.
His Arsenal days will be familiar to most Evertonians, but three seasons in France have added plenty more experience.
We took a closer look at what Evertonians can expect from Maitland-Niles.
The £9m deal that didn’t happen
Maitland-Niles wasn’t Everton’s first choice.
A £9m deal had been agreed with Fulham for Kenny Tete, but Fulham first needed to sign Andrei Rațiu from Rayo Vallecano.
They couldn’t get that deal done, Tete stayed at Craven Cottage and Everton switched their attention elsewhere.
Full story: Everton had £9m deal agreed before Deadline Day move collapsed.
Everton stood firm over Garner
Amid everything else, here’s one decision Everton got absolutely right.
Chelsea made a late approach for James Garner as they prepared to lose Enzo Fernández to Manchester City.
The Bobble reported that Chelsea valued Garner at £65m, with talkSPORT subsequently claiming they were willing to pay that amount.
Everton weren’t interested.
Neither, importantly, was Garner.
After losing Iliman Ndiaye and coming close to losing Harrison Armstrong, the thought of Garner leaving as well hardly bears thinking about.
Everton rejected Chelsea’s late approach for Garner.
Good.
At least Grealish really wants to be here
There hasn’t been much light relief over the last couple of days, so Jack Grealish provided some.
Whatever your view on the decision to bring the 30-year-old back for another season, there can be very little doubt about how much he wanted it.
Grealish appears to have embraced Everton, the supporters and life at the club in a way that is difficult not to warm to.
Ultimately, performances will decide whether bringing him back was the right call.
But, as we wrote earlier, whatever else went wrong, Jack Grealish really wants to be at Everton.
We’ll take that.
Nørgaard remains the main injury concern
Sooner or later, attention will have to return to football.
Manchester United visit Hill Dickinson Stadium on Sunday and Christian Nørgaard remains David Moyes’ main injury concern.
The midfielder is yet to make his competitive Everton debut and Moyes admitted last week that he wasn’t making the progress the club had hoped for.
Our Everton injury and fitness tracker has been updated with the latest position ahead of the weekend.
The 1878s stand down
The anger over the transfer window isn’t disappearing.
The 1878s announced today that they are standing down from organising their pre-match displays “for the foreseeable future”.
The flags, banners and tifos have quickly become part of matchdays at Hill Dickinson Stadium, so their absence will be noticeable.
Importantly, the group has urged Evertonians to continue backing Moyes and his players for 90 minutes.
But The 1878s standing down is another sign of just how unhappy supporters are with those running the club.
Now Evertonians deserve some answers
Which brings us to where the day has ended.
The Fans’ Forum has called for “competence, preparation and accountability”.
The Fan Advisory Board wants chief executive Angus Kinnear to meet openly with supporter representatives.
The 1878s have stepped away from their displays.
Everton don’t need to explain every detail of every failed transfer negotiation. That’s neither realistic nor necessary.
But supporters are entitled to ask how a 79-day transfer window ended with Moyes having 18 senior outfield players and one recognised centre-forward.
Perhaps it is time we heard from the club.
As we wrote this afternoon, Evertonians deserve to hear from the people running the club after the Deadline Day debacle.
Not spin. Not excuses.
Just an explanation.
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Evertonians deserve to hear from the club after Deadline Day debacle
Evertonians deserve to hear from the club after Deadline Day debacle
Everton fan group stands down as Deadline Day anger grows
Everton fan group stands down as Deadline Day anger grows