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Good News! (And I'm not Doddy...)

Motivated to put fingers to keyboard and comment on some very signficant good news: the long-term contracts for Cahill and Arteta.

These guys are no fools, and are players who know they could have moved elsewehere for more money, and perhaps (certainly in Mikel's case) more chances of title success.

Apart from the fact that we have retained these excellent and important players for us, I read this also as signalling that: these boys believe that Everton is going forward not backward; that they like playing under Moyes; that Lescott and Johnson are not about to jump ship; and that some quality new signings are still likely.

Am I being overly optimistic?
Neil Pearse, London Posted 30/06/2007 at 12:05:50

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Plenty of additional comment in this thread...

David Barks
1 Posted 30/06/2007 at 18:39:10

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No you’re not being overly optimistic, you’re using your brain and are spot on. I think that there is a good chance that Arteta and Cahill know a bit more about Everton’s direction and plans for improvement over the coming years than Tony Marsh does. Something tells me that David Moyes would consult Arteta on his transfer plans before he would talk to Marsh. Just a hunch. If Arteta believed that Everton are going to struggle this next season and be a failure he would not have signed this extention, he would be demanding a transfer. But the club have done a fantastic job, in my opinion, of securing the most important players on our team for the next 3-5 years in Arteta, Cahill, Lescott, Howard, AJ, Vaughan, Yobo.

Brian Waring
2 Posted 30/06/2007 at 20:29:54

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I'm as over the moon about Arteta agreeing a new contract as the next fan. But what is funny is the way some people are making out he signed because he thinks we are going places and that he loves Everton. I'm not saying these are not the reasons he signed... but couldn't it be simply that he was offered megabucks a week to stay?