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Cardozo price-tag beyond Everton purse

26/09/2012 |

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Supposed Everton target Oscar Cardozo is reportedly set to extend his contract at Benfica - and will have an astonishing £47.7m buy-out clause, according to reports in Portugal.

The Paraguayan has become a crowd favourite at Benfica since joining the club in 2007 but had appeared to be on his way out.

But Record newspaper have claimed that the 29-year-old is set to stay with the Portuguese giants on an extended deal, with the buy-out clause set at £47.7m (€60m).

And that will end the English side's hopes of luring Cardozo to the Premier League.

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Kev Johnson
315 Posted 26/09/2012 at 17:14:41

Oh, come on - surely we can scratch together £47.7m!

Brent Stephens
318 Posted 26/09/2012 at 17:27:38

Kev, you're Club Chairman now as well, aren't you! Come on, lad, give that manager (Kev Johnson) some support.

Gerry Quinn
320 Posted 26/09/2012 at 17:42:21

Will they take AMEX?

Phil Sammon
321 Posted 26/09/2012 at 17:43:11

Kenwright, you tight bastard!!!

James Morgan
322 Posted 26/09/2012 at 17:44:52

Surely they'll take Hibbo and a lucky dip in exchange?

Ray Roche
328 Posted 26/09/2012 at 18:07:20

Johnson out!

Kev Johnson
335 Posted 26/09/2012 at 18:17:40

I'm a bit torn here. As a fan (me) I want the manager (me) to get full backing from the Chairman (me) so that he can buy Cardoza to work in tandem with our top player (me), but I'm getting a lot of stick from the Chief Media Pundit (me), and to top it all I strained my groin (don't ask) and had to get the physio (me) to give me (me) some pretty heavy duty drugs to mask the pain and make everything all twinkly and nice.

To tell you the truth, lads, I feel a bit zonked out at the moment.

Brent Stephens
336 Posted 26/09/2012 at 18:29:32

Trouble with you, Kev, it's all me, me me!

Keith Glazzard
338 Posted 26/09/2012 at 18:47:08

Brent, don't knock a man who can sing a perfect third in a major key.

Bet Bill has no idea what I'm talking about.

A few more, come to think of it.

Brent Stephens
340 Posted 26/09/2012 at 18:56:23

Tell us more, Keith! Could we get him to sing as the team come out, instead of having Z-Cars?

Barry Rathbone
342 Posted 26/09/2012 at 19:09:54

The board haven't given any money - funding has come from player sales - why are people expecting them to change the habit of a lifetime?

Brent Stephens
345 Posted 26/09/2012 at 19:33:03

Barry, stop joking. This is a serious thread.

Kev Johnson
346 Posted 26/09/2012 at 19:28:48

Yeah, Keith, what are you on about? Fess up.

Tim Locke
347 Posted 26/09/2012 at 19:33:56

James Morgan - is the luck dip lawn mower engines, if so it's a done deal

Keith Glazzard
349 Posted 26/09/2012 at 19:33:21

Brent – could be done!

But only if SuperKev (I blanche at the thought of the fee – forget bloody Cardozo) agrees to dress as the Toffee Lady, do Julie Andrews, and the Gladwys learn the words to —

Doe, a deer, a female deer,
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me a name I call myself
Far, a long long way to run etc.

Well its got to be better than that sodding dirge from Carousel we hear from across the park now and then. Actually, I don't think we can afford it, so Z-Cars it is then.

Al Reddish
352 Posted 26/09/2012 at 19:50:13

Fuckin Hibbert. If we weren't spending so much on his wages trying to keep him out of the clutches of Barcelona then we could afford Cardozo. I say let the free scoring journey man go to Spain and rebuild with the money we get for him.

Keith Glazzard
354 Posted 26/09/2012 at 19:55:06

Al - I think you'll find that Hibbo is half-way to Spain already with his trout ranch in France. One more push?

Ray Roche
358 Posted 26/09/2012 at 20:05:38

Johnson... have you lagged those fucking pipes yet?

David Hallwood
366 Posted 26/09/2012 at 20:40:39

Besides he's 29 yo AND a Yakubu 29 at that

Kev Johnson
382 Posted 26/09/2012 at 21:18:17

What pipes, Ray? I'm not going to have to do the plumbing as well am I? As if I didn't have enough to do!

Keith – you simply cannot beat Z-Cars for a goosebump-inducing intro music. If it ain't broke don't fix it. Also, that lets me off the hook. I mean, Changy the Elephant would be fine, but not a Toffee Lady, please not that.

I know Barry got told off for making a joke in what is a very serious thread, but I'm afraid I've got a joke of my own... Hibbo won't go to Barcelona now, let's face the facts, it's too late – BUT I can see Victor trotting out for AC Milan. Maybe Inter Milan. Definitely one of the Milan teams. They don't have anyone like Big Vic in Italia. No, really, I can see it. All he has to do is keep scoring until Christmas and Roberto is your uncle. You heard it here first...

Ray Roche
386 Posted 26/09/2012 at 22:26:29

Why not do the pipes Kev? You don't appear to be THAT busy...and while you're at it, see if you can still get into that blue frock. You know, the Toffee Lady one you used to wear when your missus is out on a Friday night...

Kev Johnson
388 Posted 26/09/2012 at 22:33:30

Ray - I think you're mixing me up with Freddy Starr.

Keith Glazzard
390 Posted 26/09/2012 at 22:51:08

Tony Hibbert is Vladimir Putin's love child. Nothing else could explain the striking similarity. He can do what he likes, go where he likes, score when he likes.

Kev - Ghangy the elephant? Bound to be out on his ears one day, but talking of classics, how's your Nelly the Elephant?

Kev Johnson
391 Posted 26/09/2012 at 23:00:27

Yeah, I can do Nelly the Elephant at a pinch. No problem. Still got my Giant Elephant costume from the 'It's a Knockout ' heats in summer 1979. I wish they'd bring back that programme. If they had a Premier League version I would volunteer immediately to be part of the team representing EFC. I think I could promise to represent the club with great dignity - or as much dignity as you can show while dressed as a giant elephant carrying a tray of drink up a heavily greased mountain. For some reason, that's an image that reminds me of Big Vic on a bad day.

Keith Glazzard
393 Posted 26/09/2012 at 23:36:36

Or on a good day?

Peter Laverty
407 Posted 27/09/2012 at 05:56:00

For the love of god, who the fuck is Kev Johnson and why all the "in jokes"?

Brent Stephens
409 Posted 27/09/2012 at 06:53:00

Peter, Kev(an) Johnson is a regular poster on TW. I saw a bit of banter in one thread where I think it was Keith suggesting Kev could play for EFC. I forget the chronology of it, but somewhere along the way I and others were suggesting he could also be player-manager, and then player-manager-physio, and so its gone on.

KJ is real (as real as things can be in this virtual world). As for his talents in all those roles - well, who knows? But here sure makes some good posts.

Kev Johnson
411 Posted 27/09/2012 at 07:48:37

Similarly, who the flippin' heck is Peter Laverty? And why all the questions?

Incidentally, I was serious about Anichebe going to Italy. He reminds me a bit of Luther Blisset, who briefly shone for Watford then got snapped up by AC Milan where they called him "The Black Pearl". Like Victor, he wasn't actually much good.

John Campbell
413 Posted 27/09/2012 at 08:02:30

Can he play right back?

Tony Lockett
422 Posted 27/09/2012 at 09:06:58

Stick Kevin Johnson where the sun don't shine. Google my name And find out how many goals I would score.........

Chris Davies
424 Posted 27/09/2012 at 09:12:57

I heard in the pub last night that Kev Johnson has discovered oil in northern Poland and is about to become the worlds richest man.. Oscar Cardozo... Watch this space.
You heard it here first

Kev Johnson
431 Posted 27/09/2012 at 09:45:12

Tony Lockett is the highest goalscorer in the history of Australian Rules Football - which is nice. But that has eff-all to do with proper football - which is the object of our discussion here - so all we can do is clap politely at his irrelevant achievements and swiftly move on.

[He claps politely]

David Hallwood
446 Posted 27/09/2012 at 11:19:04

The Kev Johnson banter came about when we were allegedly in for Adam Johnson and a poster inadvertently called him Kevin Johnson who is, as already explained, one of our posters. It ran for a few days and crops up now and again. Now… as they use to say, read on!

Tom Rowe
463 Posted 27/09/2012 at 12:51:49

Kev, how about doing the Mr Testicles Routine at half time?

Steve King
465 Posted 27/09/2012 at 12:48:48

Fuckin hell Kev you have got a lot on your plate:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Johnson

Tom Rowe
467 Posted 27/09/2012 at 12:53:25

And does Hibbo actually have a trout ranch?

Steve King
469 Posted 27/09/2012 at 13:05:39

That's what Putin told him to call it Tom,

Kev Johnson
470 Posted 27/09/2012 at 13:07:32

Tom - I'd love to, but I'll be giving the team talk.

Tom Rowe
472 Posted 27/09/2012 at 13:17:40

Kev - You could combine the two and do the team talk dressed as giant pair of bollocks?

Tom Rowe
473 Posted 27/09/2012 at 13:20:17

Anyhow, what's the team going to be on Sat'dee Kev? I reckon

-------Howard-------
P.Nev Jag Heits Baines
Mirralas Felli Pienaar Oviedo

Tom Rowe
475 Posted 27/09/2012 at 13:21:50

Jelavic Anichebe

Kev Johnson
477 Posted 27/09/2012 at 13:20:31

It's a lovely idea, Tom, it really is.

I'll see. (Note: Parent Code in operation.)

Martin Mason
478 Posted 27/09/2012 at 13:27:43

We need to sell more shirts

Sur Jo
479 Posted 27/09/2012 at 13:31:31

This is the kind of article that lifts spirit after the cup exit. Humourous

Paul Kelly
485 Posted 27/09/2012 at 14:10:06

A quick google search has informed me your mayor of Sacramento, any chance of a marketing campaign over there Kev, maybe raise some funds for the Cardozo transfer.

Kevin Jones
487 Posted 27/09/2012 at 14:19:23

Kevan Johno
Kevan Johno Riding through the glen

Kevan Johno
Kevan Johno he's a king of men

He Scores with his left
He Scores with his right

Then he lags the pipes
Lags the pipes
He lags the pipes

Kevan Johno
Kevan Johno
Running round the pitch's
Kevan Johno
Kevan Johno
Sorts of frigid bitch's

He pulls to the left
He pulls to the right
Then fillstheir pipes
Fills their pipes
He fills their pipes

Kevan Johno
Kevan Johno
Dancin round the ring
Kevan Johno
Kevan Johno
You should hear him sing

He's worshipped by many
Hated by a few
He battered Tony Bellew
Tony Bellew
Tony Bellew

James Morgan
488 Posted 27/09/2012 at 14:38:48

Kev is also a wide receiver. Now I don't know if that's in the NFL sense or not...
I just don't hope to cross Kev Johnson the boxer.

David Chait
498 Posted 27/09/2012 at 15:45:24

Tom.. you seem to have left KJ out of your starting 11... cant see the chairman standing for that!

Tom Rowe
568 Posted 27/09/2012 at 20:18:38

He is on the bench as he had a falling out with the manager.

Kev Johnson
630 Posted 28/09/2012 at 10:53:07

Kevin Jones - I take my hat off to you, you madman! I'm not one for text abbreviations but I'll make an exception just this once... LMFAO!

"He fills their pipes"? Priceless.

Er, you don't think Tony Bellew reads ToffeeWeb, do you? Just asking like...

Kevin Jones
670 Posted 28/09/2012 at 13:53:37

Thank you Kevan, its an honour to be called a Madman by such an illustrious gentlemen as yourself. Your exploits will go in to the annuls of history as a Giant amongst men. You are a leg end in your own lunchtime

Mayor of Sacremento wow

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