Gray arrives as third Everton signing of the week Lyndon Lloyd Thursday, 22 July, 2021
Everton have completed another signing with the confirmation of the capture of winger Demarai Gray from Bayer Leverkusen.
The Blues activated a clause in the former Leicester City player s contract and have landed him in a deal with around £1.7m.
Gray has signed a three-year contract that would keep him at Everton until 2024 but there is an option for the club to extend it by a further year.
The 25-year-old, who willl wear the No. 11 jersey, underwent a medical abroad, most likely due to COVID-19 restrictions, and has flown to Orlando to join his new team-mates.
Financial Warning Shot Depending a lot on the financial situation because Financial Fair Play is there. You have to follow these rules but we have to bring what we need.” We have to be ambitious but at the same time, we have to manage the situation. We maybe have some players that have to leave.” If they leave, it will give us more chances to approach other players and improve the squad. Everybody knows that this club has spent a lot of money in the last few years so that means that Financial Fair Play is there, so you have to respect the rules and you have to manage in the best way possible.”
Everton s Chief Executive Officer, Professor Denise Barrett-Baxendale, MBE, has been named Business Woman of the Year and netted an awards hat-trick at the National Business Women s Awards 2020.
Professor Barrett-Baxendale had already been named Business Woman of the Year in the large organisation category and ‘Influential Business Woman of the Year , when she was revealed as the judges choice for the evening s top honour.
And there was a fourth accolade for Professor Barrett-Baxendale when she received a silver award for Corporate Leader of the Year.
The Overall Business Woman of the Year award recognised Everton s CEO for her exceptional leadership of Everton Football Club and steering the response of both the football club and its charity, Everton in the Community, to the global coronavirus outbreak.
Liverpool Waterfront loses World Heritage status Lyndon Lloyd Wednesday, 21 July, 2021
In a move that has been anticipated for a while, Unesco, citing years of development for an “irreversible loss” to the historic value of its Victorian docks have removed Liverpool s waterfront of its World Heritage Site status. Following a secret ballot
at the latest session of the World Heritage Committee China today, the heritage body declared that the “outstanding universal value” of Liverpool s Maritime Mercantile City has been irrevocably compromised by new construction, including plans for Everton s new 52,000-seater stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.
The decision is seen by many as a blow for the city s prestige and tourism, particularly as Liverpool is only the third place to lose World Heritage Status in nearly 50 years while others have long regarded Unesco and the heritage site designation as holding bac
Stonehenge could follow Liverpool in losing Unesco World Heritage status
31 other sites in the UK are at risk too, according to reports of a danger list .
The World Heritage Site of Stonehenge near Salisbury in Wiltshire.
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