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Turks turn their eyes to Heitinga

06/07/2012 |

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John Heitinga has emerged as a target of rival Turkish sides Fenerbahçe and Besiktas according to media speculation.

Having failed to reach any agreement with Everton over the valuation of Joseph Yobo, Fenerbahçe have turned their attentions to the 28 year-old defender, according to a story on Turkish-Football.com.

Talks between the Blues and the "Yellow Canaries" appear to have stalled over Yobo who has spent two seasons on loan with Fenerbahçe and is dying to make his move there permanent.

Everton reportedly want twice as much as the Turks are willing to pay, though.

They could be willing to make "an attractive offer" for Heitinga, however, according to the report.

With the Daily Mail now suggesting that Besiktas have entered the running, there could be a bidding war for Heitinga, though David Moyes is likely to play equally hard ball if he is even to sell the Dutchman who was named Everton Player of the Year for 2011-12.

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Brian Williams
462 Posted 06/07/2012 at 19:33:42

I would tell them very politely... to go fuck themselves!

Denis Richardson
467 Posted 06/07/2012 at 19:42:45

So that means Joseph is now back at Everton as of 01 July and we are now picking up his 50k a week wages again....

Happy days, awesome management again. How exactly have we failed to offload him in two years? The turks are literally having a laugh!

Chris Jones [Burton]
469 Posted 06/07/2012 at 19:40:38

What's the Turkish for "cheeky buggers"?

Matt Traynor
470 Posted 06/07/2012 at 19:48:21

They'll probably offer to take him on loan and buy him for £10m at the end of the season, honest...

Ian Bennett
471 Posted 06/07/2012 at 19:51:41

£25m and you can have yobo for free.

Kevin Day
479 Posted 06/07/2012 at 20:01:41

David Moyes was saying yesterday that Everton do not sell easy. Ain't that the truth.
As for JH going over there, really? Do me a favour!

Ari Sigurgeirsson
487 Posted 06/07/2012 at 20:25:45

I would not be wasting time answering them. We must use all the time we have untill season starts to our benefits.

JH must be worht at least 15 million pounds. (or 10) Fenerbache cannot pay 3 mills for Yobo then they cant pay 15 (or maybe 10) for JH.

Al Reddish
497 Posted 06/07/2012 at 21:14:08

Fuck em and if that means we sell Yobo to Leicester for £1m and lose out a little bit on what the turks have offered then so be it the dirty cheating bastards. We agreed £5m so pay up or fuck off. FIFA should be involved in situations like this when a fee has been agreed. I don't blame Everton one bit this time.

Jon Ferguson
498 Posted 06/07/2012 at 21:15:52

I would hope that we would never do business with them ever again.

Matt Traynor
500 Posted 06/07/2012 at 21:25:09

Al #197, slightly off topic, but since when did Leicester become our dumping ground? Yours isn't the first comment I've read along those lines. I suppose Man U fans must write the same about us. "Fuck 'im off to Everton, they'll take 'im cheap, as a deposit on Fellaini/Baines/Rodwell/Barkley/Anichebe".

Okay, got carried away a bit at the end there.

Jerry Pembleton
503 Posted 06/07/2012 at 21:35:35

Really annoyed that we haven't signed Yobo. I've really liked him over the past two seasons but I understand the reasons as to why we haven't signed him permanently. I don't want Heitinga though.

James Stewart
511 Posted 06/07/2012 at 22:03:48

We should simply ignore them from now on. Complete timewasters. Why on earth would Heitinga want to drop down to that level of league anyway. Utter rubbish.

Steve Sweeney
514 Posted 06/07/2012 at 22:48:52

Tel them go fuck
Yobo back training fee £2M if you want to go
We will sell you to the Arabs
Agent earn your corn
Otherwise find an excuse to fine him a weeks wages
Every week
He will soon fuck off they are trying to get him on a free
God I wsh I could handle Evertons dealing with agents

Tony J Williams
522 Posted 06/07/2012 at 23:39:02

There simply aren't enough swear words for me to comment on this thread

Mark Riding
526 Posted 07/07/2012 at 00:03:08

I was looking up Yobo earlier, and I read this on Wiki..
On 31 August 2010, Yobo signed a one-year loan contract with Fenerbahçe. Yobo made 30 official matches and one goal taken, winning 2010–11 Süper Lig.

However, Fenerbahçe also involved in the sports corruption scandal, which saw Diego Lugano sold. On 6 September 2011, Fenerbahçe agreed another loan for €700,000 and Yobo signed a one-year contract worth €2.35 million.[10]

Now, these figures and the dates dont make sense to me. Was it a one year deal from 6th September ? Is he still their player until Sept 2012 ? Did we get the 700k ? and they paid all his wages ?

Berry McWilliam
535 Posted 07/07/2012 at 01:12:10

This is just clear bs and hardball that Besiktas have orchestrated to pretend that theyre looking at other options now. Just get him off our books pronto, there are some good frees around that we MUST pick up with Yobo's wages. Yobo's fee is negligible, time to swallow some pride and let him go.

Roberto Birquet
536 Posted 07/07/2012 at 01:19:35

Senis467
Should we just roll over and say, alright giv us 50p and we'll call it quits?
Yobo is good enough for us to get over £2m. If not Fener, then someone else. They've messed around for too long. We've been patient. Sell him to someone else, or if he's so desperate to stay there, he can help with the fee.

Roberto Birquet
537 Posted 07/07/2012 at 01:23:27

I meant Denis467...

Joe Sage
570 Posted 07/07/2012 at 09:22:14

Surely there should be other teams wanting an internantional defender with the experience of Yobo? We should just send round a fax to every club in Europe saying he's up for grabs.

And if Yobo is so set on a move to Turkey, why doesn't he make up the difference himself or waive his signing-on bonus so we can get the money we want?

Dan McKie
607 Posted 07/07/2012 at 12:29:15

It's weird how Yobo won't play for Everton over a spat with Moyes about playing for Nigeria, but is desperate to stay at a team that clearly don't rate him highly enough to pay anywhere near the going rate, especially considering how well they have done with him in the team.

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