Yakubu to Everton - nah

Yakubu's Everton move hits snag

Everton's bid to sign Middlesbrough's Nigerian striker Yakubu for £11.25m has encountered a hitch after the 24-year-old was refused a work permit.

He opted out of playing for Nigeria in 2006, so fails to meet the Home Office requirement of playing in 75% of his country's games in the last two years.

Everton have appealed against the home office decision and will hear the result on Wednesday.

The Toffees agreed the fee with Boro to sign Yakubu earlier in the week.

Yakubu is second only to Thierry Henry in the Premier League goals over the last four years.

Portsmouth were also said to be interested in re-signing Yakubu, who they bought from Maccabi Haifa in 2003, before two years later selling him to Boro, where he clocked up 29 goals in 65 Premier League games.

Yakubu featured in Boro's opening two Premier League games of the season but the missed the next two games against Fulham and Newcastle.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/everton/6958847.stm

The best thing about this article was the accompanying picture.



How disgusted does he look at that filthy dirty badge. 

There not having a good time with signings are they 

Link - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/6965237.stm

Manuel Fernandes has left Benfica for Valencia despite assuring Everton boss "The Chosen One" on Thursday that he would move to Goodison Park in "24 hours".
Fernandes, who was on loan at Everton last season, arrived in England on Thursday to sort out his transfer.

He was a guest of Everton for their home game with Blackburn on Saturday after passing a medical at the club.

But the midfielder on Monday signed a six-year deal at Spanish side Valencia for a total fee of £12m.

The mongrels do this every year. They claim to have millions to spend and are going to buy "top" players but low and behold they never quite manage to stump up the cash! They fall for it every year, Billy Kenwright says he's splashing the cash, never does and the deluded ones still think he's great 'cos he loves the club!

For ever in our Shadow! WOOF WOOF

Apparently the Technicolour Dreamcoat got a bit damaged and Sideshow Bill had to splash out on a new one - thus the blues have had these deals scuppered.

At least he has got his priorities right.

Plus they got the vote for Kirkby, smokescreen worked then!!

Spoken like a true journo - never even thought about it like that.

Everton launch two 10 million + bids for players before an important vote to show the fans they are 'heading in the right direction'.

Fans vote yes.

Club don't sign two 10 million + players.

Almost as much of a smokescreen as the new Liverpool chairmen promising to buy big - spend a lot of money on Torres, sell a fair few for decent prices - net spending about £20 million.  Clever bas**rds.

Yet some of those buys look good though don't they 

Theyve broke there transfer record for Yakubu ha ha ha ha

11 and a quarter million, Gareth seen them coming 

Jammy b***ard.