Abdoulaye Doucoure had better offers from elsewhere - David Moyes

Nice fella though, bought into Everton and understood the club, never stopped running and never hid.

Ultimately we need to move on and so does he. Good luck to him and thanks for that goal.

Like most Everton players it's been square pegs in round holes. Let's hope this changes next season – I don't want to see Pickford as a false 9.

It's all about the money.

Don't know what you do but if an alternative employer offered you better money... would you not jump ship?

It makes me laugh when people assume that it's an easy decision to just turn down the deficit of our average annual wage….every week!! Don't blame him and thank him for his service.

It makes me believe we are finally getting some sense back into our dealings...

In most professions, you can expect to earn more doing less actual coal face work as you get older and more experienced.

In football, this is true up into a point. But there is a threshold. Signing a contract at 32, a reasonable chance it will be you last significant one, where the latter stages are highly likely to yield diminishing returns, and expecting more money?

A footballer's career is short as you say. A Premier League footballer can set up a legacy for not just his kids but his grandkids on 1 year's wages.

If Doucoure has better offers than ours, fine — chase the money and enjoy the next 4 or 5 years of his career.

Not many players leave us and have a better career elsewhere.

He knows the financial position we are in, he is our highest earner but wants more money! How much is enough for these players. He also says he loves the club to the tune of £130k a weeks worth of love.

As a player, he is whole hearted workhorse with an eye for a goal. Scored a goal worth £100M and has been an ever present for most managers besides Frank Lampard.

Wish him all the best chasing as much money as possible; after all, 14 years is a short career for a multi-millionaire who has earned £25M from us alone.

Doucoure would still be in France if the money was there.

He's probably gotten multiple offers for money similar to what he's currently earning, and/or with more guarantees about playing time.

In his shoes, why would he accept a reduced role and reduced wages to stay here, if he has other options? I don't think this is as simple as 'chasing the money'. This is as much about Everton needing to get younger and more ambitious, and not pay high wages to older squad players.

There's no reason to criticise anyone here, in my view. I believe Doucoure that he ideally wanted to stay. But it was just time for both sides to move on. No hard feelings on either side.

As the old saying goes, you can't polish a turd.