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June is usually the time when there is a wholesale clear-out of young talent from the Everton Academy and Reserves squads. But I don't recall seeing anything recently about young players being released.
Checking the player lists provided on the Official Website and comparing them with the records we have compiled of appearances for the Reserves and Academy sides would seem to confirm that very few have left. The following Reserves players who featured at some point during the last season appear to be no longer with us:
- George Krenn (was released last August)
- Lars Stubhaug (returned to Norway)
- Karl Sheppard (joined Galway Utd in February)
Hallam Hope and Ross Barkley are not listed but I think they are still classed as Schoolboys. The rest of the regulars, including last summer's new arrivals, Luke Garbutt. Femi Orenuga, Cory Arnoux, Anton Peterlin, and Shkodran Mustafi are still at the club... although I'm sure a number of them were only given 1-year contracts, so I guess we'll see what happens in the next few weeks.
Has anybody seen anything hidden away in the darker corners of the Echo or any other local sources?
Michael Kenrick, Posted 30/06/2010 at 14:24:57
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Of those you mention, the last I heard was as follows:
Garbutt - 2010
Orenuga - unknown
Arnoux - unknown
Peterlin - unknown
Mustafi - 2012
Barkley - unknown
Hope - unknown
Sorry, not much help I know — I think the conclusion we can reach from this is that the club isn't very good at keeping us informed about such things! (Amongst others...)
I did some digging and while I didn't find the information on the above players, I did find this interesting video with a young player from Everton Florida who is hoping to rise through our academy and play for Everton in the 'EPL'
Good to see that we are casting the net wide in the search for talent. I'd love to see more quality players roll off the conveyor belt into the team since for me this is what football is all about, not just spending some billionaire's cash on someone else's talent. A healthy mix of homegrown and bought in makes me very happy...now if only we could achieve some form of success with them...
http://academy.evertonfc.com/remi-pimm.html?ac=0
I would expect Carlo Nash would go as is out of contract alongwith Peterlin and Arnoux who I gather were not even good enough for the Reserves never mind the local pub team. I cannot see any other senior players being released as none of them are out of contract.
I would imagine half a dozen youngsters who we have hardly heard of would be released. I have also heard Barkley is very highly rated is he not a star of England Under-16/17
With the plethora of young strikers joining I would think Jutkeiwicz would be sold on and with Mucha joining either or both Ruddy or Turner would move on.
I can see Landon Donovan joining us and a new centre back, but unless Yakubu is sold I can't see a Moutinho or other high priced purchase coming in as I would imagine the budget be used to secure Arteta and Pienaar. If however they leave then I would expect a big buy of a top midfielder
After in my opinion the worst World Cup ever, mainly due I think to the lightweight ball, the vuvuzelas & the England team, there is hardly anyone I would bust a gut to go out and buy within the budget of the club apart from Donovan. My only other thought is Honda worth a punt as imagine the spinoff we would get from Japan with him in the squad.
I think he will definitely be going back to England as there is no money even in the top clubs here to pay for him... if you believe all the rumours that started flying round after he played about 3 games!!!
As Chris Waddle mentioned on 5 Live, he's quick, efficient, and gets you where you want to be.
http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddballs/833559-sexy-model-larissa-riquelme-vows-to-run-naked-if-paraguay-win-world-cup
They have just opened an excellent Japanese in Exchange Flags called the Sakura, very pricey but Honda wont go hungry if he come and better than eating Chicken Kiev and beetroot every day. I am sure Honda Liverpool would give him a motor.
James (#6), although you're no doubt right about the contract end date, the habit has been in past years to release players en masse anywhere in mid-May to mid-June. The number of young players being brought in this time is very unusual; I don't know if it means Moyes wants to hold on to more players and finally work with a bigger squad, or if he is preparing for a mass clearout, perhaps after the Oz tour.
Talking of which, aren't they flying out today? Perhaps the squad list may contain some clues...
Did he make the bench for the BATE game last year? Maybe Moyes only gives squad numbers to players involved in a game. Would be a surprise though if he's not been involved in Reserve games.
All the other names are still listed — though wouldn't surprise me if they've just been slack updating it, and half of them disappear over the coming weeks without any news items posted!
Somebody said they have not updated the players lists on the OS with the new incoming; well, they have now, and I can't see that they have deleted anyone yet.
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On a side note, the club's CEO is one Mr Nick Gleeson, formally of Barings Bank before blowing every last penny the bank had.