Former Everton captain forced to train alone

ALAN STUBBS is training on his own only two months after steering Everton into the Champions League.

The former Toffees captain turned down a one-year extension when his previous contract expired last month and the 33-year-old has yet to find a new club, although he has been linked with Bolton and Aston Villa.

Solitary sessions in local parks are the norm for Stubbs, who is now the only one of Everton’s contract rebels without a club following Alessandro Pistone’s decision to accept a new two-year deal yesterday.