Lescott [Merged]

[Deek]

spot on matty...........

 

[alera]

Just on a side note there are real question marks over Pienaar staying at Everton as well. His current deal has less than 2 years left to run. They are trying to get him to sign an extension but cant offer competetive wages.

He not injured (well not according to the club) and suddely disappeared from their squad to play in friendlies.

Could well be on his way as well IMO. As we know from experience decent players that get into the last year of their contract almost always end up leaving on a free (ala Sturridge) or holding out for stupid wages if they do stay.

 

[Blue Train]

Of course it's coming from your end, City have a hard and fast rule, we don't do our transfer dealings in the public domain. Unfortunately, like the Kaka, Eto'o and Terry dealings, the club the player is currently contracted to has decided to make our interest public knowledge.

Why would City make this public? It doesn't help us whatsoever. From the moment it got out City have, as seems the fashion at the moment, been attacked in the media for it. Everton, on the other hand, benefit from this being public knowledge. They get to take the moral high ground, they get to state that Lescott "isn't for sale", plus when the deal inevitably does happen, they get to put the blame for it on City/Lescott. It also doesn't hurt with regards to getting a couple of extra million our of City to continually reject the bids in a very public manner.

Imagine the reaction of Evertonians if, out of the blue, it was announced City had signed Lescott. There had been nothing in the media, no-one had mentioned it, it was a complete surprise. The fans would turn on the club for "lacking ambition" and for selling Lescott whilst Jagielka is injured. They have known all along that Lescott would move on, he wants to and City will eventually offer a figure that Everton accept (possibly pushed into it by a transfer request that will be "leaked" by Everton again), this way they can take the money AND make it seem they had no option and really didn't want him to go. There's only Evertin that benefit from this being public, so why would City do it? Classy.

Everton are playing their fans like a banjo, and they're too stupid to notice.

 

[flb]

I'm not talking about the fact that our site said we rejected them. More that the papers and the radio seem to know exactly when the bids are coming and how much they are for. And they seem to be pretty accurate. And that is not coming from our end. Classy.

Of course it's coming from your end, City have a hard and fast rule, we don't do our transfer dealings in the public domain. Unfortunately, like the Kaka, Eto'o and Terry dealings, the club the player is currently contracted to has decided to make our interest public knowledge.

Why would City make this public? It doesn't help us whatsoever. From the moment it got out City have, as seems the fashion at the moment, been attacked in the media for it. Everton, on the other hand, benefit from this being public knowledge. They get to take the moral high ground, they get to state that Lescott "isn't for sale", plus when the deal inevitably does happen, they get to put the blame for it on City/Lescott. It also doesn't hurt with regards to getting a couple of extra million our of City to continually reject the bids in a very public manner.

Imagine the reaction of Evertonians if, out of the blue, it was announced City had signed Lescott. There had been nothing in the media, no-one had mentioned it, it was a complete surprise. The fans would turn on the club for "lacking ambition" and for selling Lescott whilst Jagielka is injured. They have known all along that Lescott would move on, he wants to and City will eventually offer a figure that Everton accept (possibly pushed into it by a transfer request that will be "leaked" by Everton again), this way they can take the money AND make it seem they had no option and really didn't want him to go. There's only Evertin that benefit from this being public, so why would City do it? Classy.

Absolute bang on fella,its all about Everton keeping face and big bad City being the bad guys.
Everybody we have signed this season has been done in a very proffesional manner and not publically-Kenwright should stick to poor acting roles as its smacks of a theatre luvvy running a football club "look at me the peoples champion running our club on a shoestring".Theres an awful lot of Evertonians who cant stand the fella and if it wasnt for Moyes youd be a permanent fixture in the bottom half of the table.

Facts are Everton need the money and if the rumours are true that Lescott wants out then if its not now it will be January to another club for less.

 

[alera]

So anything new on thid then ?

 

[metalblue]

I'm not talking about the fact that our site said we rejected them. More that the papers and the radio seem to know exactly when the bids are coming and how much they are for. And they seem to be pretty accurate. And that is not coming from our end. Classy.

Of course it's coming from your end, City have a hard and fast rule, we don't do our transfer dealings in the public domain. Unfortunately, like the Kaka, Eto'o and Terry dealings, the club the player is currently contracted to has decided to make our interest public knowledge.

Why would City make this public? It doesn't help us whatsoever. From the moment it got out City have, as seems the fashion at the moment, been attacked in the media for it. Everton, on the other hand, benefit from this being public knowledge. They get to take the moral high ground, they get to state that Lescott "isn't for sale", plus when the deal inevitably does happen, they get to put the blame for it on City/Lescott. It also doesn't hurt with regards to getting a couple of extra million our of City to continually reject the bids in a very public manner.

Imagine the reaction of Evertonians if, out of the blue, it was announced City had signed Lescott. There had been nothing in the media, no-one had mentioned it, it was a complete surprise. The fans would turn on the club for "lacking ambition" and for selling Lescott whilst Jagielka is injured. They have known all along that Lescott would move on, he wants to and City will eventually offer a figure that Everton accept (possibly pushed into it by a transfer request that will be "leaked" by Everton again), this way they can take the money AND make it seem they had no option and really didn't want him to go. There's only Evertin that benefit from this being public, so why would City do it? Classy.

only flaw in your argument would be how would everton know we were going to bid, could be a lucky guess from the papers but i think both city and everton are playing this out ...ultimately both clubs need lescott to make the next move

 

[Matty]

Of course it's coming from your end, City have a hard and fast rule, we don't do our transfer dealings in the public domain. Unfortunately, like the Kaka, Eto'o and Terry dealings, the club the player is currently contracted to has decided to make our interest public knowledge.

Why would City make this public? It doesn't help us whatsoever. From the moment it got out City have, as seems the fashion at the moment, been attacked in the media for it. Everton, on the other hand, benefit from this being public knowledge. They get to take the moral high ground, they get to state that Lescott "isn't for sale", plus when the deal inevitably does happen, they get to put the blame for it on City/Lescott. It also doesn't hurt with regards to getting a couple of extra million our of City to continually reject the bids in a very public manner.

Imagine the reaction of Evertonians if, out of the blue, it was announced City had signed Lescott. There had been nothing in the media, no-one had mentioned it, it was a complete surprise. The fans would turn on the club for "lacking ambition" and for selling Lescott whilst Jagielka is injured. They have known all along that Lescott would move on, he wants to and City will eventually offer a figure that Everton accept (possibly pushed into it by a transfer request that will be "leaked" by Everton again), this way they can take the money AND make it seem they had no option and really didn't want him to go. There's only Evertin that benefit from this being public, so why would City do it? Classy.

only flaw in your argument would be how would everton know we were going to bid, could be a lucky guess from the papers but i think both city and everton are playing this out ...ultimately both clubs need lescott to make the next move

I think the Media suggesting City were going to bid was leaked to them by Everton after City had Actually bid. Everton won't leak it as "Everton Football Club", they'll get someone to have a quiet word with a journalist and get it out in the open. Everton are then free to "Officially reject the bid" as the news is already out there. It's not like City were going to deny it!

 

[Blue Coop]

So anything new on thid then ?

Despite what Everton's fans and Moyes say regarding Lescott being injured in America.

He was indeed named in the squad on the 1st, and named injured on the 2nd.

27 minues before the game and didn't travel. It's all pointing towards the transfer.

 

[mcfcliam]

So anything new on thid then ?

Despite what Everton's fans and Moyes say regarding Lescott being injured in America.

He was indeed named in the squad on the 1st, and named injured on the 2nd.

27 minues before the game and didn't travel. It's all pointing towards the transfer.

There is no way he got an injury unless he fell out of bed lmao.

 

[Blue Coop]

Despite what Everton's fans and Moyes say regarding Lescott being injured in America.

He was indeed named in the squad on the 1st, and named injured on the 2nd.

27 minues before the game and didn't travel. It's all pointing towards the transfer.

There is no way he got an injury unless he fell out of bed lmao.

Exactly, it's impossible for Everton to defend this now they stated it was done in America.

The injury would have had to occur after the squad was named [With Lescott in it] on the 1st.