Everton's European hopes are back on the horizon as they ride a three-match unbeaten run into the Amex Stadium for a Saturday match with Brighton & Hove Albion.

Everton’s 1-1 draw with Leeds last time out means Moyes’s side are 10th in the Premier League table and 13 points above the relegation zone. Beto could leave Everton before the window shuts, whilst Lazio had submitted a bid for midfielder Tim Iroegbunam.

Remarkably, Sunday’s win leaves Everton three points off fifth and four off fourth. It’s been the most bizarre and unpredictable campaign

Earlier in January, Gianluca Di Marzio reported Everton’s interest in Genoa’s Brooke Norton-Cuffy. With less than a week to go before the winter transfer window closes, the Toffees are competing with West Ham for the right-back.

Everton are back in action and face a tough test away at Aston Villa

Whether Grealish ends up having surgery or not, the initial prognosis did not bode well. Not for the player, who will see his World Cup chances further dwindle during his extended spell on the sidelines, or an Everton side already starved of creativity.

Everton rallied for a point in an engaging 1-1 draw with Leeds United at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Monday.

Toffees get Gueye and Ndiaye back, with Branthwaite, Dewsbury-Hall and Alcaraz in the running too for Leeds on Monday

Everton could have just received a significant lift as the winter transfer market nears its close, following developments on Wednesday night. The January window has so far come and gone without a new arrival at Goodison Park,