Graeme Souness has sparked a sexism backlash after declaring on Sky Sports punditry that the fiery scenes between Chelsea and Tottenham showed "it’s a man's game all of a sudden now".
The Toffees are understood to be hopeful of pushing for £50million to allow Gordon to leave Goodison Park.
A goal-free afternoon in the burning sun, then. Such paucity of riches wasn’t, though, for the want of trying.
Ralph Hasenhüttl saw two summer signings help dig him out of big trouble against Leeds United - but the problems at Southampton remained apparent.