yobo in

chrismanduk · September 3, 2011

joey been named in our 25 man squad.
Does this mean moysey has forgiven him and he is going to play a part at least untill jan?

Frank Drebin · September 3, 2011

Well we're paying him so we might as well get some use out of him.

neil999 · September 3, 2011

Means nothing mate, we don't have any where near too full squad so may as well name him, he could still be off to turkey as their window doesnt close till 5th sept, personally i'd keep him,gives us 4 strong centre backs, so one area where we have some depth and means we don't have to see Neville in central defence,prob is he says he doesn't want to play for us again..

chrismanduk · September 3, 2011

That's where i'm coming from.He said he wont play for us again so why would moyes name him in the squad?
Just seems a strange decision looking in from the outside

somuchfun · September 3, 2011

neil999 said:
Means nothing mate, we don't have any where near too full squad so may as well name him, he could still be off to turkey as their window doesnt close till 5th sept, personally i'd keep him,gives us 4 strong centre backs, so one area where we have some depth and means we don't have to see Neville in central defence,prob is he says he doesn't want to play for us again..

chrismanduk said:
That's where i'm coming from.He said he wont play for us again so why would moyes name him in the squad?
Just seems a strange decision looking in from the outside

If he stays, it enables us to play him if we wish so. We have empty slots we can put him in, it's not like he's replacing another name so can't really make any conclusions from that.

If we'd leave him out of it, it'd weaken our negotiation stance by saying that he's useless for us, we should only do that in case a deal is already in place

RFUS · September 3, 2011

Obviously it's up in the air. It's a case of putting him on there as we may as well. He can still be transferred even if put on our list, and if he does stay and doesn't manage to orchestrate the move, then he's on our list and can actually earn his paycheck.

There's no conspiracy.

chrismanduk · September 3, 2011

Not insinuating a conspiracy here.
My feelings are if you fall out with Moyes then you are out end of.
Just wondering if people think moyes has softened his usual stance of i'm the boss and it's my way or no way

RFUS · September 3, 2011

chrismanduk said:
Not insinuating a conspiracy here.
My feelings are if you fall out with Moyes then you are out end of.
Just wondering if people think moyes has softened his usual stance of i'm the boss and it's my way or no way

I don't think Yobo and him fell out, did they? Yobo wasn't getting games so went out on loan. He loved it there and wanted to stay. Moyes isn't trying to stop the move, it's just a bit of bad luck with the match-fixing scandal.

chrismanduk · September 3, 2011

Maybe wrong but i thought they fell out over yobo being unfit to play for everton but turning out for nigeria a few days later

RFUS · September 3, 2011

chrismanduk said:
Maybe wrong but i thought they fell out over yobo being unfit to play for everton but turning out for nigeria a few days later

I forgot about that. I don't know if they actually fell out over it though.

We'll see anyway. Yobo wants to move and we could do with not having to pay his wages so hopefully he can get his move.

fozzy · September 3, 2011

he is in the squad to bolster the numbers up so we dont look like a laughing stock of a club! :unsure:

BlueLlama · September 3, 2011

RadioFriendlyUnitShifter said:
I forgot about that. I don't know if they actually fell out over it though.

We'll see anyway. Yobo wants to move and we could do with not having to pay his wages so hopefully he can get his move.

they fell out when joey cried off a euro game with a headache when he was our only recognised fit CB

anchorman · September 3, 2011

Some sort of deal will be done on Monday with Fenerbache, either loan or transfer.

Either way, he won't be on the wage bill. Ideally we get 3m+ in cash as well. Yobo believed to be on 45-50k, so that's £2.5m more saved.

Tubey · September 3, 2011

Basically, players aged 21 or under on the 31st January 2011 do not need to be named in the squad as they can play anyway.

So Everton can name a squad of 25 players outside of the youngsters.

Needless to say, we could name Moyes, Round and Stubbs in the squad and still fit everyone else in.

Yobo's inclusion means nothing. He'll be gone shortly, with the £2m or whatever plus the money saved from his £40k a week wages going straight to the bank, never to be seen again.

Neiler · September 4, 2011

Turkish side Fenerbahce are in talks to sign Everton’s Joseph Yobo and Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan (right) in the next 48 hours.

The Turks, under threat of relegation over match-fixing allegations, are trying to land the pair before their deadline ends tomorrow.

They hope to sign Everton’s out-of-favour Yobo on a season-long loan deal. Cash-strapped Everton want a fee and the clubs are deep in negotiations.

Sunderland have also received an approach for Gyan. They would be willing to sell the striker but have also only been offered a loan move. Fenerbahce cannot commit to buys as they may be relegated.

http://www.people.co.uk/sport/footb...for-strike-duo-yobo-and-gyan-102039-23394067/