Definitely True and I absolutely love the fella but he should have been able to use his influence and experience to get those slackers to up their games the past years, but he allowed himself to be brushed off penalties and free kicks and very likely didn't open his mouth when players were badly letting the club down. It's the reason why he wasn't made permanent captain at any time. Still, best left back I've ever seen at the club and his record speaks for itself. I'd love him to stick around at the club, but I doubt he'll stay in football.
Yup speaks volumes about him. Deserved to be in a side challenging for trophies and would certainly have had more international caps with that move but we rejected the deal and he didn't open his mouth once. Absolute top class Blue. And now, could literally have sat on his arse for an extra season and taken another million or two off us but decided he doesn't need it and wants out of the game, fair enough and well played Leighton.
I agree with part of this. Baines was a great LB and rightly lauded by Man Utd at the time. However, he doesn't strike me as someone who wanted a load of medals with tons of ambition. Wasn't there an issue once with England where he didn't want to be considered for selection? I think the fact he didn't push for the move to Man Utd was to suit himself, not Everton. He's obviously a very professional guy who was a very good player for us but he didn't refuse a move to Man Utd for the fans. Definitely not. He just didn't want to go.
