EVERTON were expected to name Steve Round as their new assistant manager today.
The Blues returned to pre-season training this morning with manager David Moyes expecting to have 37-year-old Round at his side.
Round will leave Newcastle after one season on their coaching staff to join Everton, where Moyes has been working without an assistant since Alan Irvine took over as boss of Preston in November.
Late night negotiations between the clubs are understood to have thrashed out a compensation deal to allow Round to leave the north east.