Everton manager David Moyes will end the long wait for a summer signing after striking a deal to bring Denmark international Lars Christian Jacobsen to Goodison Park.

Everton are considering a move for Brazilian striker Jo, but have no immediate plans to formally announce a new contract for boss David Moyes.

Everton 3 Newcastle 1

AS Jens Lehmann embarked on one last farewell lap of the Emirates Stadium, several of his team-mates slipped more quietly into the shadows to signal the start of a summer revolution at Arsenal.

Arsenal 1 Everton 0

Everton 2 Aston Villa 2

Everton 0 Aston Villa 0

Everton 0 Chelsea 1

Birmingham 1 Everton 1

Everton 1 Derby 0

Everton lost Tony Hibbert (hip) and Steven Pienaar (knee) for the Premier League meeting with relegated Derby, while Phil Jagielka was rested to the bench from the team that lost at Liverpool last weekend.

Liverpool 1 Everton 0

DAVID MOYES has always been careful when discussing his Everton team’s chances of finishing in the Champions League places and the past week shows exactly why he has been so cautious.

Everton 1 West Ham 1

Everton boss David Moyes insists he will not be fooled by the three successive 4-0 defeats suffered by West Ham earlier this month.

Andrew Johnson is almost certainly out of Everton’s Barclays Premier League clash with West Ham with the groin injury which forced him off at Fulham last weekend.

Everton midfielder Lee Carsley comes into contention for the UEFA Cup match against Fiorentina at Goodison Park tomorrow.

Everton 6 Brann 1 (Everton win 8-1 on aggregate)

Everton’s bid to reach the last 16 of the UEFA Cup was boosted by the return from a groin injury of playmaker Mikel Arteta.

Brann Bergen 0 Everton 2

Derby 0 Tottenham 3

MORTEN Gamst Pedersen couldn’t help himself. Why shouldn’t he have a go at Alan Wiley? Everyone else seemed to be rounding on the referee.

Blackburn 0 Everton 0

Everton 0 Tottenham 0

Everton manager David Moyes believes the Barclays Premier League should look at closing down during the African Nations Cup.

Everton 0 Chelsea 1 (Agg: 1-3)

Everton trio Leon Osman, Manuel Fernandes and Andrew Johnson all passed late fitness tests to face holders Chelsea in the Carling Cup semi-final second leg tonight.

DAVID MOYES insists Everton are fourth in the Premier League on merit, but that they now have to transfer that form into the club’s biggest game in 13 years.

Everton manager David Moyes reluctantly allowed James McFadden to leave for Birmingham this week but he has no ideas yet how he intends to spend the £5m-plus transfer fee he will receive for the player.

Striker Andrew Johnson is set to return to Everton’s squad for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League match against Wigan having recovered from the knock he received in training which forced him to miss last week’s victory over Manchester City.

Everton have completed the loan signing of Portuguese midfielder Manuel Fernandes.

Everton will welcome back key midfielder Mikel Arteta from suspension for tomorrow’s Premier League clash against Manchester City.

Manuel Fernandes will undergo his Everton medical today and is therefore highly unlikely to be involved in the Barclays Premier League home clash with Manchester City tomorrow.

IT was a happy new year restart for the two Catalan clubs, Barcelona and Espanyol, second and third in the league behind Real Madrid, as they both won crucial games.

CHELSEA MANAGER Avram Grant is still undecided whether to risk John Terry in tonight’s Champions League clash at the Mestalla Stadium.

REPUBLIC of Ireland U-21 manager Don Givens has told his players they could be just one game away from a senior call-up if they put on a show against Portugal in their opening European Championship qualifier at Turner’s Cross tomorrow night (ko 7.30pm).

Manuel Fernandes has been presented as a Valencia player after snubbing Everton to complete his move from Benfica.

David Moyes expects midfielder Manuel Fernandes to officially become an Everton player “within the next 24 hours”.

EVERTON will have to dig deep to land Benfica midfielder Manuel Fernandes after the Portuguese giants insisted they want to cling on to the 21-year-old.

Everton will have to look elsewhere for a big name striker after Middlesbrough tonight halted their interest in Ayegbeni Yakubu.

Everton 3 Portsmouth 0

Everton 3 Portsmouth 0

Everton 2 Manchester United 4

Everton are likely to be without both their teenage strikers James Vaughan and Victor Anichebe for Sunday’s home clash with Charlton.