Michael Keane admits he thought his Everton career was over this summer. But he’s delighted to have been given a second chance by the Blues having helped them through some of their darkest times. A £25million acquisition from Burnley, the centre-back, who returns to face Manchester United on Monday, the club where he started his career, was part of a raft of signings made on what was a record-breaking spending spree at Goodison Park in the summer of 2017, but only himself and Jordan Pickford remain.

Under former majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri , Everton endured a series of tumultuous seasons on and off the pitch, coming within one goal of a first relegation in 72 years in 2022/23 having posted the lowest equivalent points total in the club’s history and then suffering an unprec

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