He clearly hasn’t downed tools, he’s not going to openly talk about wanting him in the press conference if there isn’t a serious effort going on to get him. Managers will almost always bat off questions about specific players unless there’s something in it.Our fearless manager has pretty much downed tools in his quest for Delap.
Talk about playing your own club down:
“He would be one who we would certainly have an interest in,” Moyes, the Everton manager, said. “I think what he probably has to look at will probably be bigger than what we are.
“So, we would certainly be interested if he was interested in us. That’s for sure.”
Also pulled this snippet from the DCL comments by Moyes...
“I'll be the one who makes the final decision but Dom is the one who has to show us he can be robust and fit to play. Undoubtedly he has qualities other strikers don't have and he has to show us when he gets those opportunities he has to take them.
--I'll be the one who makes the final decision. Could this be on contracts and recruitment?
Oh dear.
That’s not to say I expect to get him but if it was a straight up no from his camp he wouldn’t be talking in those terms at all.