In contrast to a year ago, expectations that Everton will do any business on Deadline Day are next to zero even though the squad is in desperate need of new faces.
Mason Holgate is reportedly undergoing a medical at Sheffield United ahead of a deadline day loan move after Everton and Southampton agreed to terminate his spell at St Mary s early.
Premier League CEO Richard Masters was grilled about many aspects of football governance ahead of the publication of a Bill aimed at bringing in an independent regulator for the domestic game.