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Coventry youngster heading to Everton
The striker elected against signing a new deal with the Sky Blues despite manager Tony Mowbray's assurances that he would get a crack at the first team starting in pre-season and the Telegraph "understands" that Sambou will join the Toffees at the end of this season.
“[The player and his representative] have taken up that option not to sign after we made a pretty good offer beyond what we might have offered normal scholars," Mowbray said. "He's a young boy with huge potential and yet they want to go down another route.”
The 18-year-old has 25 goals this season for Coventry's U18s in the league and FA Youth Cup and also for their Under-21s.
Everton apparently face competition from Newcastle United for Sambou, however, so it's not a foregone conclusion that he'll end up on Merseyside, although the Toffees are thought to be favourites to land him.
Original Source: Coventry Telegraph
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2 Posted 11/04/2016 at 18:42:03
Unfortunately this might come a bit too late for some of our more established players like Gareth Barry, but rest assured they will play the game the right way and know that the performance is more important than the results at Everton.
3 Posted 11/04/2016 at 19:47:17
I wonder if he will get booed when we play them away and what will Martinez make of it? A young talent in a good moment, having his confidence undermined by supporters who used to cheer him??
4 Posted 11/04/2016 at 19:58:18
Anything that could even look like a good deal will go south while Roberto holds the reins. Come on, now, lads... enough is enough.
5 Posted 11/04/2016 at 20:12:20
6 Posted 11/04/2016 at 20:20:12
7 Posted 11/04/2016 at 22:23:18
(I've found a Roberto Bullshit Generator!)
8 Posted 11/04/2016 at 22:27:13
Or is my mate and a work colleague just winding me up on two occasions!!
9 Posted 12/04/2016 at 07:50:26
Don't you just love Everton!
10 Posted 12/04/2016 at 08:03:16
11 Posted 12/04/2016 at 08:19:34
Hurrah. Another one we can bring to Goodison Park, nurture and make into a mediocre player and then he'll demand a loan so he can play for a club in League One, and get a full transfer there after a season. Don't you just love Everton!
12 Posted 12/04/2016 at 08:32:14
13 Posted 12/04/2016 at 08:38:02
14 Posted 12/04/2016 at 18:14:17
Personally, with all the supposed money sloshing around our club in the summer I was and am expecting some far bigger signings than him!
That's not his fault like, but let's bring in some top drawer players who may persuade (fingers crossed) the likes of Lukaku and Stones to give us another go. Then I will have a smile on my face!
15 Posted 12/04/2016 at 18:40:41
16 Posted 13/04/2016 at 01:28:36
As poor as their season has been, we have still allowed Ross, Stones, Deulofeu, Galloway, Browning, and Besic to continue there development, that can only be good for our future.
I'd like to see Garbutt, Holgate, Ledson, Tarashaj, Dowell, McAleny and possibly Brewster in and around the squad next season, or loaned out to Championship clubs.
The more the merrier.
17 Posted 13/04/2016 at 04:15:01
Este muchacho serĂ una firma fenomenal para nosotros
18 Posted 13/04/2016 at 06:27:03
Martinez Out!
19 Posted 13/04/2016 at 08:16:36
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1 Posted 11/04/2016 at 18:27:27