Fellaini in no rush to leave Everton

The rest, I pretty much believe he will be playing Champions League for Everton next season.

Would he qualify as a defensive midfielder if real top class. A new Vieira? Again I am not convinced. Maybe two years down the line but he is not strong enough defensively.

So I am not convinced he would be a success elsewhere. It seems like the current Everton is a perfect fit for him and he should stay. But since football has gone mad one of the real big ones will pay 30 mill (or 24 if true) and he would not be a regular.

He is beginning to utlise his power and strength, such that the likes of Vidic and Hangeland didn't want to know. He has a good touch for a big man, a bit like that Swede.

£24 million might seem a little cheap the way he is playing this season but he signed his contract at the end of last season didn't he?

£24 million doesn't seem that far off to me.

If it is true, is that it, can we not get any more for him?

I'm not sure how a release clause work.

None of these statements mean much for as soon as a real offer is made, Everton the player and his advisors will do what is best for themselves.

Given that some sort of financial fair play rule is in the offing for the Premier League clubs i.e. Clubs will only be able to spend what they earn, Everton may decide to take the money if and when it is offered.

But between now and the opening of the Transfer Window, only the results matter and everything else should take a back seat. Unless of course BK decides to sell up and DM signs a new contract.

The talk about mercenaries is true and having been one for over 25 years I know!! This is particularly true of foreign players who come to this country for money reasons. If anyone thinks different he or she is naive.

I plied my trade all over the Middle East and followed the dosh... this is a given surely. That is why we must hang on to our British players as they are much more likely to want to stay.

I do not blame any player to attempt to make as much money as possible in his relatively short career. Past footballers were less well paid and ended up as publicans. Today's crop are as well paid as pop stars so make hay while the sun shines.

If Felli wants to move away then there is nothing which can be done to hold him and we must cash in when the time comes. If he does not make the grade then we can get him back!!!

We do not have a strong enough squad to fulfill all the extra fixtures that a European place requires. Unless we build our squad up, it is a forlorn hope.

But we would get more than £24m for him anyway - at that price I'm pretty certain that more than one club would come in for him, driving the price up well over £24m. If the stories about Chelsea (and the release clause) are true, they may be just trying to head off some of the bidding war, on the off chance Fellaini does decide he wants to move during the season

Be honest now: if you were offered a significant pay rise to move to another company, what would you do???

I'll bet that you were the life-and-soul of the last funeral you attended.

That, Peter Barry, is exactly what supporting a football team is, and always has been, about.

The alternative is to try and be some kind of misery guts forever claiming to prophetic insight into the game that the rest of us mere mortals fail to see.

Well please God don't give me your insight - it would like being at a party and spending the night in the kitchen discussing the plight of workers in the beer industry..