Barcelona views

A lot has been said about Everton's new stadium containing an athletics track to enable a Commonwealth games bid, particularly by the Mayor of Liverpool. In April he made the following comments to Paul Joyce of the Times. “At the end of the day Everton’s desire to have intimacy with the fans is something that I want, too, as a supporter, b ut that doesn’t mean to say that they have to be at odds with each other. “It might cost extra but we are happy to talk to Everton about those costs and who meets those costs. As part of our partnership they have to pay us a rental and we might take a window where they don’t do that. “There are all kinds of possibilities. I am not getting worried about that. Everton are in partnership with us and I am confident, without revealing too much. “They are fully aware of my position and they have told me their design team are looking at that. It is not conditional, but I would be disappointed if we couldn’t work together to find an outcome. Th

South of Catalunya. The human castle at the end of this is breathtaking

Four hour hike up to the highest point on Montserrat. The views are superb- you can see the snowy tops of the mountains in the pyrenees and all the way out across the Mediterranean to the mountains in Mallorca. Obviously you cant see either with the quality of photo from my phone.

Short peice on a few players Everton have been linked with, will inevitably be linked with or that I think we should go for. Surprisingly Steve Walsh is a better judge of player than me, naturally they are all based in La Liga. Right back Mario Gaspar - Villareal 26 years old, spent all of his career at Villareal. Good all round performer, easily good enough to challenge a prime Seamus Coleman. Played for Spain a few times. Probably needs to improve a bit going forward (probably why he isn't at Barcelona) but easily good enough to improve us, especially with Coleman's long term injury. Scored this goal against England. Sign him up. Centre halves Matteo Mussachio - Villareal Very good defender but always though he was on the small side so was surprised that we have been heavily linked with him. Stand's at just shy of 6ft tall, Koeman mentioned when he first joined that the club lacked physicality, so can't see this making a whole lot of s