Finally! Looks Like Aj Will Be Ours

[toolio]

crystal palace have accepted a bid from Everton for aj, looks like we are finally going to get our man as we all now he has said publicly, the only club he will move to is us

 

hope this is the start of a very good transfer summer for us peeps

[Randomness]

Everton have agreed a £8.5 million fee for Crystal Palace striker Andy Johnson.

 

The England hit-man looks all but certain to be on his way out of Selhurst Park in the close-season, with Everton now vying with Wigan and Bolton for his signature.

 

Wigan and Bolton have had £8.5 million offers accepted by Palace chairman Simon Jordan, who accepts the fee offered is a fair price.

 

Johnson, who is on standby for England's World Cup squad, will now talk with all the interested parties before making a decision with regards his future.

 

The player engaged in discussions with Wigan on Friday, and will do likewise with Bolton and Everton, if as expected, their bid is accepted.

 

Palace have yet to confirm whether they have accepted Everton's bid but The Toffees have issued a statement claiming that an accord has been struck.

 

"Everton chairman Bill Kenwright and his Crystal Palace counterpart Simon Jordan have reached agreement for the possible transfer of the England international striker Andrew Johnson," read a statement on the club's official website.

 

It is expected that Johnson and Everton will discuss a potential deal on Saturday.

 

As yet, the freescoring front-man, who has experience of The Premiership with Palace, has not intimated as to which club holds any early advantage.

 

Everton had earlier had bids rejected by the Championship outfit, but are now firmly in the race to bag the 25-year-old.

 

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[Randomness]

right, that justifies me renewing my season ticket now.

[L_Blue]

The real question is will you be able to distinguish his southpark stylee character from your Carsley one

[Romey 1878]

crystal palace have accepted a bid from Everton for aj, looks like we are finally going to get our man as we all now he has said publicly, the only club he will move to is us

 

hope this is the start of a very good transfer summer for us peeps

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When has AJ ever said publicly we are the only club he will move to? He has spoken to Wigan so it hardly shows we are the only vlub he would move to does it

[scouse]

Agreed his has said we are his prefered choice yes but he has also said he will not miss his chance of playing in the prem

[Romey 1878]

There is a rumour that AJ has already agreed personal terms with us, not sure how that has happened but there you go

[aaron]

1 of his best mates is suppose 2 b... james beattie, so thers a good reason why he might join us. hope we get him, i fink he is a class striker, would have took him the world cup instead of 1 of the midfeilders imo

[CraccerC]

disappointed

[Guest fozzie22]

When has AJ ever said publicly we are the only club he will move to? He has spoken to Wigan so it hardly shows we are the only vlub he would move to does it

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must admit the mind boggles at this rumour..i've never heard him say he wants to come..unless others know different

[irishtoffee]

he was quoted as saying last summer that if he were to leave palace he would love a move to Everton where he is close friends with Beattie, i believe Beattie has been in AJ ear at the request of DM and BK. Hope it works but i also hope they have left some money over for either Huth or Lescott as we badly need a centre back just as bad as we need a striker.

But on the positive side i believe this shows some ambition on behalf of the club, we still have a lot of area's to improve on in our club but this is a start in terms of accepting this is the going rate for the players that will improve your team.

[Guest fozzie22]

he was quoted as saying last summer that if he were to leave palace he would love a move to Everton where he is close friends with Beattie, i believe Beattie has been in AJ ear at the request of DM and BK. Hope it works but i also hope they have left some money over for either Huth or Lescott as we badly need a centre back just as bad as we need a striker.

But on the positive side i believe this shows some ambition on behalf of the club, we still have a lot of area's to improve on in our club but this is a start in terms of accepting this is the going rate for the players that will improve your team.

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wise words indeed..you just cant run a PL club on the cheap

[Adam]

disappointed

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Don;t wory even if he agrees terms he still has to pass his midical!!! You should be safe there

[Romey 1878]

Charlton could be coming for him if as expected Dowie goes there. Cant see Charlton be willing to pay £8.5million for him though, plus i doubt Jordan would accept their bid as he is disappointed with Dowie going there

 

BTW our bid has not been accepted, we are hoping AJ will say he wants to move to us after he has spoken to us forcing Palace to accept the terms.

 

Has anyone seen any pics of AJ arriving at Everton or anything?

Edited May 27, 2006 by EFCfan2007

[Adam]

Where you hearing that our bid has not been accepted.

 

If says on the Everton website that the bid has been accepted. Well it did yesterday anyway

[Romey 1878]

On the teamtalk website in the story about Charlton coming in for AJ i think

[adamsmith69]

it also says on skysports that we have agreed a price

[Romey 1878]

Im getting less and less optimistic that AJ will sign for us, dont know why, maybe its just because im used to deal fucking up at Everton

[Romey 1878]

Where you hearing that our bid has not been accepted.

 

If says on the Everton website that the bid has been accepted. Well it did yesterday anyway

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On the Everton website it only says an agreement has been reached not that a bid has been accepted. The Palace site also does not say they have accepted a bid and thats odd as it had something up when both Wigan and Bolton had bids accepted

[Adam]

I can understand what you are saying EFCfan but the Everton website also says that Johnson will travel to us within the next 24 hours for talks so I can't beleive for one minute that Everton would be that far of the mark and no deal being agreed.

 

Surely Everton are not that bad!!!!!

 

I agree though I don't think that he will join us anyway.

[Romey 1878]

Im praying he does join us because we need him but ive just got a feeling that he wont

[thebluenose]

for craccer who said he was dissapointed.

 

well i for one have doubts about AJ. but would you be happy if he scores 15-20 goals next season. i certainly will.

 

im always one for criticising players but i always hope they can do well

[CraccerC]

ill be made up if he does well too..... but i just dont think with out lack of creativity and our dependance on the long ball and 1 player (arteta) that he will ... i think 8.5 is too much at this stage of our development

[Romey 1878]

But youd rather bring Jerome in whos got even less of a chance of scoring alot of goals for us?

[Adams]

Hope he signs, i think hes a good player and will do well with Everton

[CraccerC]

But youd rather bring Jerome in whos got even less of a chance of scoring alot of goals for us?

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hes 19, scored more goals in the championship and is a quicker player... havent we been saying all season we need pace upfront...AJ isnt slow but why spent 8.5 on 1 player who isnt worth it nor is he as proven as people make out wen u can get some1 for 2 or 3 with arguabley more promise and a brighter future. thts what i think.... looking at darren bent would you have rather have AJ than him? am sorry but bent last season was FAR better than AJ was in the premiership and cost charlton a couple of million..... my point being we're not the rich club that we once were therefore i believe we need to take cheaper and potentially as if not more promising risks than 1 expensive risk...weve already failed with beattie, and i doubt hell get any better, also faield with kroldrup

[GoldfishMemory]

hes 19, scored more goals in the championship and is a quicker player... havent we been saying all season we need pace upfront...AJ isnt slow but why spent 8.5 on 1 player who isnt worth it nor is he as proven as people make out wen u can get some1 for 2 or 3 with arguabley more promise and a brighter future. thts what i think.... looking at darren bent would you have rather have AJ than him? am sorry but bent last season was FAR better than AJ was in the premiership and cost charlton a couple of million..... my point being we're not the rich club that we once were therefore i believe we need to take cheaper and potentially as if not more promising risks than 1 expensive risk...weve already failed with beattie, and i doubt hell get any better, also faield with kroldrup

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I fully underststand your point but if we sign jerome and he proves to be a Championship player abd gets us 6 goals next term who will you blame for the bad choice?

 

Moyes & Kenwright by any chance? The fact is if that pair dont deliver now then they are going to be out before the end of the season the fans will see to that so can they realy afford to take chances?

[toolio]

am quite optimistic that Everton will sign andy Johnson, it is his prefered team, palace and Everton have agreed on a fee, and it is reported to day that he has excepted the contract offer of £40,000 a week, according to the guardion on sunday

 

IMO i think he will be ours by monday

[StevO]

whats this failed with BT talk? i know hes not set the world alight, but he missed about 1/4 of the season and still got into double figures?

[Romey 1878]

I dont think hes exactly failed, but he hasnt been as good as he could be. Lets hope he improves with AJ (maybe) upfront with him next season

[smeghead1]

1 of his best mates is suppose 2 b... james beattie, so thers a good reason why he might join us. hope we get him, i fink he is a class striker, would have took him the world cup instead of 1 of the midfeilders imo

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He was one of Beatties Ushers at his wedding 3 weeks ago and i also heard a rumour that DM was attending do you really think the only thing that was mentioned was how big the cake was????

 

If we don't get him now it really is going to be a big kick in the teeth for our beloved club!!! Losing out to that RS tosser Paul Jewel would only make matters worse wouldn't it!! Come on Kenwright get the lads signature on that contract ASAP

[smeghead1]

hes 19, scored more goals in the championship and is a quicker player... havent we been saying all season we need pace upfront...AJ isnt slow but why spent 8.5 on 1 player who isnt worth it nor is he as proven as people make out wen u can get some1 for 2 or 3 with arguabley more promise and a brighter future. thts what i think.... looking at darren bent would you have rather have AJ than him? am sorry but bent last season was FAR better than AJ was in the premiership and cost charlton a couple of million..... my point being we're not the rich club that we once were therefore i believe we need to take cheaper and potentially as if not more promising risks than 1 expensive risk...weve already failed with beattie, and i doubt hell get any better, also faield with kroldrup

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Why do we need to sign a 19 year old craccer?? Id rather have AJ whose scored and played really well in the prem before, you have to remember we also have Vaughan and Anichebe who are young we need someone with a bit of experience i think!! (just my point of view tho)

Edited May 28, 2006 by smeghead1

[GoldfishMemory]

He was one of Beatties Ushers at his wedding 3 weeks ago and i also heard a rumour that DM was attending do you really think the only thing that was mentioned was how big the cake was????

 

If we don't get him now it really is going to be a big kick in the teeth for our beloved club!!! Losing out to that RS tosser Paul Jewel would only make matters worse wouldn't it!! Come on Kenwright get the lads signature on that contract ASAP 

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What they were talking about the size of Beattie's missus arse in her wedding dress?

 

Disgraceful behaviour

[smeghead1]

What they were talking about the size of Beattie's missus arse in her wedding dress? 

 

Disgraceful behaviour 

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Lets hope he doesn't read whats put on here then aye!!!

[CraccerC]

Why do we need to sign a 19 year old craccer?? Id rather have AJ whose scored and played really well in the prem before, you have to remember we also have Vaughan and Anichebe who are young we need someone with a bit of experience i think!! (just my point of view tho)

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agreed on the experience front and id rather have Johnson but not at 8.5, its about the fee if we paid 5 or 6 id have been made up. i dnt want jerome for youth i jus thing thats a plus

u dnt get prem experience without bein given the chance, many have cost little and come up and done well..

 

also if we pay 8.5 if we ever decide to sell or he doesnt do well will we ever get near that...least if u get a youngster the value doesnt fall as much...chalrton took a risk and the benefits have been great for them...

 

but to summarise i want Johnson and would have him over jerome, i just think 8.5 is too much and therefore wud rather have another striekr like jerome for say 3 ... its about the money, and were not a club with a lot, i dnt think with our squad we can afford 1 player at that amount just yet

[smeghead1]

but to summarise i want Johnson and would have him over jerome, i just think 8.5 is too much and therefore wud rather have another striekr like jerome for say 3 ... its about the money, and were not a club with a lot, i dnt think with our squad we can afford 1 player at that amount just yet

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The only problem you have is that Brum went in for Jerome and had a bid of 4.5 million knocked back!! I blame West Ham for the price of championship players going thru the roof by signing Ashton for 7.5 million for him being a hit!!! Don't you just absolutely hate other clubs success hahaha

[Zed]

SMEGHEAD IS BACK, you got out of the blue triangle as well

 

Just read in the mirror that they say he will sign tomorrow.

[Romey 1878]

Im with Craccer i want this sorted out ASAP because i cant cope with the will he wont he specualtion from the papers its doing my head in. If we sign anyone else this summer i want it done quickly or atleast on the quiet so nobody knows untill its done

[smeghead1]

Another good omen lads is, going back to our finest season and our 4th placed finish, we had all of our transfers done and dusted within 6 weeks of the season ending! Cahill and Bent were both present from the beggining of pre-season training.

 

That never happened last season and look at the start we made!!! Im really hoping we get everyone we want signed early and bedded in so we can really show what were capable of next season

 

Just a thought lads remember last year when we hung out and got Arteta for 1.5 million less than Sociedad wanted, do you think this maybe de-jar-vue with Ferrari?? I wouldn't be surprised DM is a canny tight-fisted Scotsman after all

[Romey 1878]

 

Its a good strategy when it works, but most clubs are more stubborn and will find a club to give them best deal

[smeghead1]

 

Its a good strategy when it works, but most clubs are more stubborn and will find a club to give them best deal

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Didn't Ferrari say he would've liked his loan deal extending for another year aswell?? Theres no rush where he's concerned either as he's already been at the club and settled. I maybe way way if the mark here but its just a niggling little thought that won't go away!! We'l see won't we and when im wrong you can all tear me to shreds

[Romey 1878]

Id be happy to have Ferrari back, we didnt see enough of him but what we did see he looked like a good acquisition

[StevO]

id like him back too, but i think we've got about as much chance of Lineker comin back

[Romey 1878]

[smeghead1]

id like him back too, but i think we've got about as much chance of Lineker comin back

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He was back in a blue shirt on the 1st May wasn't he???? You may well get your wish Stev0 (hopefully not tho aye)

[StevO]

stop twistin my words smeg! bitch

[smeghead1]

stop twistin my words smeg! bitch 

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Now Now Stev0 theres no need to be nasty hahaha

Edited May 28, 2006 by smeghead1

[StevO]

sorry smeg

 

[smeghead1]

sorry smeg 

 

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Stop it your making me blush

[Romey 1878]

It must be love eh boys?

[RuffRob]

I said the day the season finished that AJ will be an Everton player come the kick off of next season. and I still stand by it. All the signs point at AJ coming to Goodison.

 

- plenty of rumours we are his prefered option,

- Beatties good mate

- As soon as Wigan bid £8.5m, Rumours say he said he didn't want to go there,

- Palace have accepted a £8.5m Everton bid, although our bid is said to include part of the payments based on AJ's performance in a blue shirt

 

I don't think he will be on £40,000 a week either. I would guess he would be on similar money to Beattie.

 

I am disapointed that we are going to have to cough up £8.5m, but if part of the payments are based on performence then can't complain to much.

 

I think he will get goals next season - decent chap as well from all accounts

[Romey 1878]

Most sources report that he has accepted £30,000 a week not £40,000 but i suppose we'll never know

[Fatboyquim]

Its on the official site now - looks like we have our man - he said so himself

 

GET IN.

[RuffRob]

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/index.php?page_id=10147

 

Nice to see that a in demand player seems to really want to come to Goodison park.

[Romey 1878]

Hes said all the right things in that interview aswell, i cant wait to him in the royal blue of Everton and i will be getting him o the back of the new shirt as soon as i know what number he will be

[StevO]

Johnson Clips

 

just seen this linked from toffeeweb

excited now, good range of goals, 2 good feet, can head a ball, and PACE!

[loafofbread]

just cant wait for the fella to go "goal scorer on 18mins... ANNNNDDYYYY!!!!" then we all go "JOHNNNNNSSSSOONNNN" soz boys im blitzed! heard he wanted to come to us in town, set me nite off that. fuck its hard to type when ya pissed.

[KillaGTiR]

cant wait to see him in that blue shirt will be a great player along side bt!

[Adam]

Don't forget he has got to pass his medical yet.

 

We all know what they are like

[GoldfishMemory]

Anyone who questions 8.5mil needs to watch that video the kids got shooting boots like no one i'v ever seen at Goodison, the space he finds in the box is fantastic but that right foot from distance with defenders in his wake is leathal.

 

Come on AJ sign the contract and let me party all summer