It's Wages Day!

It was Wages Day on the Royal Blue podcast as the panel talked about Everton's need to reduce their squad size - and cost.

After new director of football Marcel Brands confirmed there will be some "not nice" conversations over the coming weeks as he looks to trim a bloated squad of 38, Everton Correspondent Phil Kirkbride sat down with Gavin Buckland and Head of Sport Dave Prentice to debate the big issue at Goodison.

The Royal Blue team look at the fringe players who could be axed in order to make room for Marco Silva to bring in his players ahead of the new season and we ask if Everton need to copy Spurs and introduce a strict salary cap?

We also ponder if weekly wage packets of the Everton squad be made public as well as ask what should the Blues do if they get a big offer for one of their prized 

All this and more is discussed in a lively debate.

Enjoy!