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#everton

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For Everton, the end of last season was all about Goodison Park. With the club's Premier League status secure there was room for sentiment. Everton said goodbye. Now, it's hello time. The first league visitors to the Hill Dickinson Stadium will be Brighton & Hove Albion, who know a thing or two about moving home themselves. After a defeat and a draw respectively on opening weekend, Everton and the Seagulls will be desperate to leave their mark on a historic day.

Tottenham moved to their new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2019 - on the site of their old White Hart Lane ground - after almost two seasons at Wembley. Their first game at the new ground was on 3 April 2019, a 2-0 league win over Crystal Palace. They followed that up with a Champions League victory over Manchester City and league wins over Huddersfield and Brighton. But then they lost to West Ham in the league and Ajax in the Champions League semi-final first leg.

The Stadium of Light was named in honour of the local coal-mining community and the Davy lamp used by miners. It was, therefore, suitable that the first match came on a Friday night under new floodlights. Manchester City were the visitors, arriving with optimism that they would challenge Sunderland in the promotion race from the second tier. The Roker Park roar came with the new stadium, helped by the City defender Tony Vaughan playing a dreadful backwards pass straight to Niall Quinn,

Yves Bissouma, 28, wants to stay in England and is open to remaining with Tottenham, but his playing time may be impacted by Joao Palhinha's signing.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin is set to join Leeds United as a free agent. The striker left Everton at the end of last season after his contract ran out.

Manchester City is concerned about the possibility of losing Spain captain Rodri, as he has yet to decide whether to extend his contract beyond 2027.

Crystal Palace and Everton are in pursuit of Sevilla's Juanlu Sanchez, who is a target due to his outstanding performances and potential to bolster their defenses.

We've signed three, so if you take that off, we're still in need of maybe five or six players. That's what we have to try and do.