{"id":3118,"date":"2026-09-03T21:39:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=3118"},"modified":"2026-09-03T21:39:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:39:28","slug":"everton-transfer-news-toffees-eye-shock-move-for-free-agent-jamie-vardy-after-folarin-balogun-deal-falls-through-paper-talk-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=3118","title":{"rendered":"Everton transfer news: Toffees eye shock move for free agent Jamie Vardy after Folarin Balogun deal falls through &#8211; Paper Talk | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday&#8217;s newspapers&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>PREMIER LEAGUE<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Everton <\/strong>are considering a shock move for free agent<strong> Jamie Vardy <\/strong>after being left with just one recognised 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<span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-caption\">Before the transfer window closed, Gary Neville insisted Man Utd had to improve their defence<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Chelsea <\/strong>have been training with gum shields and rugby pads ahead of their Premier League clash with<strong> Arsenal <\/strong>&#8211;<strong> <\/strong><em>The Sun<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arsenal&#8217;s Bruno Guimaraes<\/strong> and <strong>Cristhian Mosquera<\/strong> could miss the game against <strong>Chelsea<\/strong> after being absent from training on Thursday &#8211;<em> The Sun<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Willian Estevao<\/strong> is concerned about how much game time he may get at <strong>Chelsea<\/strong> under <strong>Xabi Alonso<\/strong><em> &#8211; ESPN Brazil<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-factbox\" data-testid=\"article-factbox\">\n<div 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Catch up on the latest news with the Paper Talk podcast. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>ENGLAND<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Thomas Tuchel<\/strong> has undertaken an intensive World Cup inquest, with the FA now preparing a major report into England&#8217;s successes and failings over the summer &#8211; <em>The Telegraph<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP<\/h3>\n<p>Dundee United will appeal <strong>Emmanuel Agyei&#8217;s<\/strong> red card vs <strong>Motherwell<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Daily Record<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>WORLD FOOTBALL<\/h3>\n<p>Former <strong>Manchester City<\/strong> winger <strong>Leroy Sane<\/strong> is said to be fuming about his lack of playing time at <strong>Galatasaray<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Daily Mail via Sabah<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghana<\/strong> have reappointed <strong>Carlos Queiroz<\/strong> as head coach, just two months after he stepped down following the World Cup<em> &#8211; The Independent <\/em><\/p>\n<h3>CRICKET<\/h3>\n<p>An unnamed exiled<strong> Pakistan <\/strong>cricketer refused to meet<strong> King Charles III <\/strong>in what was a mandatory event for players &#8211; <em>The Express<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>RUGBY UNION<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Maro Itoje <\/strong>didn&#8217;t watch<strong> England <\/strong>during his summer off from the squad &#8211; <em>The Telegraph<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/transfer-paper-talk\/12709\/13581025\/everton-transfer-news-toffees-eye-shock-move-for-free-agent-jamie-vardy-after-folarin-balogun-deal-falls-through-paper-talk\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday&#8217;s newspapers&#8230; PREMIER LEAGUE Everton are considering a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}