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Benni perhaps?

Yesterday I read in one of our local newspapers that McCarthy is unhappy at Blackburn and might want to force the club to sell him in the next few weeks.

My questions are the following seeing that we're in need of a good finisher.

Will he be able to fit in with our style of play?
If so, do we have funds to buy him?
If not, can we make up the funds to buy him?
If so, who do we sell?

One bonus about buying him is that South Africa is not playing in the 2010 AFCON in Angola.
Ricardo Humphries, Cape Town Posted 01/01/2009 at 05:41:31

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Tom Campbell
1 Posted 01/01/2009 at 19:16:45

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He almost joined us before and he’s best friends with Steven Peinaar so you could be right.

Mike Carnegie
2 Posted 01/01/2009 at 20:19:41

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If there?s one player not coming to Everton its Benni. His name has been mentioned every time a transfer window opened and nothing came of any of them, so please give his name a rest.

Steve Carter
3 Posted 01/01/2009 at 22:17:41

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Hmmm. I don’t think so, Ricardo, unless its a loan. Yes, his scoring record in the past with Porto and Blackburn is reasonably good, but he’s 31 and there’s a reason why he’s dropped way down the pecking order at Blackburn.

Matthew Lovekin
4 Posted 02/01/2009 at 02:40:51

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Do me a favour! Isn?t one stroppy, jumped up star, one too much in Van der Meyde???

One thing you should know about Moyes (and rightly so) now, is that he wants a team spirit and not a load of individual sulky players.

Next...

Jason Lam
5 Posted 02/01/2009 at 07:32:04

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Why should we target players who are sulking at their current clubs? That Gamst player could do a job out wide for us though.

Phil Jones
6 Posted 03/01/2009 at 17:06:54

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Seen this on news now website and wondering if anyone else heard anything to justify or is it just rumour? Vagner Love too much for Everton ? Any truth to this story?