Official Everton FC Statement On Gosling Situation
By Tyne-Talk
July 27 2010
Everton FC have disputed allegations made in the Sunday paper's by David Hodgson, agent of Dan Gosling, by making a formal statement addressing each issue which they say have been distorted. Chairman Bill Kenwright, CEO Robert Elstone & Manager David Moyes have all had their say in a statement published on the official Everton website.
Chairman of Everton FC Bill Kenwright gave the following statement;
"In the very long history of our Club, our executive team have never once forgotten or neglected to deal properly and professionally with contractual matters. We place our trust in people; we always keep our side of any offered deal - and all we have ever asked is that others do the same."
Everton's CEO, Robert Elstone said;
"We wanted Dan Gosling to stay with us - and, after what we had been told, we expected him to stay with us. However, in the first week in June, Mr Hodgson rang David Moyes seemingly content that he had manoeuvred a situation where Dan was a free agent."
Manager David Moyes confirmed his involvement in the negotiations;
"Dan came to see me and told me that he saw himself as a central midfield player rather than someone who operated in a wide position. I did not think at that point that he would get into the Everton team as a central midfield player.
I was always fully aware of the handshake agreement which Dave Hodgson had with a senior Club official regarding Dan's fourth and fifth years - and because of that agreement there wasn't, in my opinion, any necessity to put anything in writing. The first I knew of a problem was when Dave rang me to say that Dan's contract had lapsed and that he would be seeking to leave us on a free transfer.
I told Dave that he had an agreement with the Club which he was now reneging on. We scouted Dan Gosling and brought him in when several other Premier League clubs looked but did not purchase.
We feel aggrieved that they have contrived a situation to get the player out of the Club when, if he had come and said that he wanted to leave, we could at least have done something about it - but at no point did Dan say he wished to leave.
I read at the weekend that he cried when he didn't receive a formal, written offer. Well, trust me, the money Everton were offering was certainly not a crying matter."
The Premier League Tribunal ruled that Gosling was entitled to leave the club on a free transfer. However, Everton believed that they had a verbal agreement when he signed at aged 17 in 2008, that Gosling's contract would be extended by at least 2 years.
The 20 year old has now joined Newcastle United on a 4 year deal, rumoured to be worth £25k a week.
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Quote:Moyes
I was always fully aware of the handshake agreement which Dave Hodgson had with a senior Club official regarding Dan's fourth and fifth years - and because of that agreement there wasn't, in my opinion, any necessity to put anything in writing.
Quote:davenufc
Scousers whining, who'd have thought
Spot on Dave, they messed up and it is there fault
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If Gosling had slipped on stairs and blew out his ACL a few weeks ago-would Everton have honored the contract? I doubt it.
Their is no chance they would have stuck by him, if he got a big injury, as far as I am concerned he done the right thing, they messed up his contract and he had the chance to talk to other teams.
He looked at us as a big club, playing in front of more fans and stands a better chance of getting first team football. As I see it is a wise move
Any club that waits until the contract runs out truly deserver losing their players for free.
Will be interesting what happens with S.Tayor, if i was Houghton I'd sell.
Best outcome would be for him to sign up whats on offer because of this further injury and he might not want to take the risk of a poorer team/contract elsewhere.
I can see him walking away for nothing