[theo_luddite]

Someone at Everton clearly didn't fancy the transfer fee. Funny, they've not baulked at splashing the cash on a bunch of useless nobodies for oh, 3 or 4 seasons but about £5m or a lad born on their doorstep? Not that him originally wearing a red shirt has ever stopped them before. Any chance they are trying to avoid an FFP fine? Bloody embarrassing spending all that brass and sliding down from mid-table obscurity to relegation problems ay it?

I've said it afore, it's bloody expensive just trying to be mediocre in The Prima Donna League these days. It will all go tits up eventually, just like it did in Italy.