Everton have finally tied up their first signing of the deadline day, and by all accounts, it could well be their only one. After all, every target that Kevin Thelwell has identified has gone awry in the final weeks of the window, in a dramatic change of pace from how they started the summer. Snagging Tim Iroegbunam, Iliman Ndiaye, Jesper Lindstrom and Jake O’Brien with minimal fuss marked a refreshing change of pace for this football club, who so often get embroiled in long, tiring transfer sagas. This has not quite been as elongated, but it has certainly had its ebbs and flows, making this c…