eightball 0 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Yakubu joins Everton for �£11.25m Everton have completed a club record �£11.25m deal for Middlesbrough's Yakubu after he was granted a work permit. Yakubu, 24, was initially refused a permit because he failed to play 75% of Nigeria's games in the last two years. But Everton won an appeal and the striker has signed a five-year deal at Goodison Park after agreeing terms and passing a medical. He is second only to Thierry Henry in the Premier League goal charts over the last four seasons. Yakubu told Everton's website: "I am happy to be here. It is a great feeling to come over and meet a lot of good players and see the spirit that they have. "I have always said that I want to play for a club that plays in Europe and I think they have the ambition to move forward and they want to finish in the first four and the Champions League and Uefa Cup and for me that is my dream." "I know there is a long way to go and I want to be part of that - to be successful and to have that dream. He added: "I chose to go to Middlesbrough because they were in Europe. At the moment they are not doing it. "I think I made the right decision to come to this place. It is a massive club and it is a great feeling. There are great players and you want to play for a big club." Portsmouth were also said to be interested in re-signing Yakubu, who they bought from Maccabi Haifa in 2003, before selling him to Boro two years later for �£7.5m. He clocked up 29 goals in 65 Premier League games at the Riverside. Yakubu featured in Boro's opening two Premier League games of the season but missed the next two games against Fulham and Newcastle. Should beef up the Everton attack quite a bit. Andrew Johnson has had a very slow start so far this season and I'd expect them to be challenging for the UEFA cup this year. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whosthedado 1,540 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Is it not a hell of a lot of money to pay though. The prices in England are getting ridiculous 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightball 0 Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 Is it not a hell of a lot of money to pay though. The prices in England are getting ridiculous Absolutely. It just shows how the TV money they get inflates the prices of players. For example Henry went to Barca for �£16.1m and Darren Bent went to Spurs for �£16.5m. Madness! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whosthedado 1,540 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Aye that example sums it up perfectly mate. 16M for Darren Bent makes Tore Andre Flo look like a bargain.... maybe not:) 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wija 0 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 And it is all fuelled by Sky... they are ruining the game. Platini was talking today about people just being in the game for the money - WTF is the Champions league about FFS. It is about maximising the revenue for Uefa, the clubs and the relevant associations. And with Sky paying hundreds of Millions to the FA in England, the market will be over priced and totally out of sync with the reality that is the beautiful game. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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