Everton officials are girding their loins to begin the upward curve to finally finalise an interest in securing first dibs on making an offer, which will hopefully be in the general ball park of acceptance.
I always thought of Reidy as the elder statesman in that side but he really wasn't just dodgy knees, that still got him Caps. Whilst the game has changed immeasurably, even a dumbed down version of Andy Gray and a Paul.Power they think he's...
The point remains the same though. Buying players in the later stages of their career can vastly improve the fortunes of a club, as long as they're the right players like.