Everton gets signing ban

English Premier League team Everton have been given a two-year ban from signing some academy players and fined £500,000 for breaching recruitment rules. Everton admitted to offering inducements to seven young players, and their families, in a bid to encourage them to register with the club. The sanction prevents Everton from signing academy players who have been registered with another club in England’s four professional leagues in the previous 18 months.