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David Unsworth appears to be on his way out of Everton after rejecting a one-year deal. The defender will be out of contract in the summer but has been discussing a new contract with the club for some time.
It now appears that he is not interested in extending his stay at Goodison Park for just one season and is ready to move

Thats a shock i thought Unsworth would have stayed,what with the last time when he lasted a day at Aston Villa.

Transfer speculation heats up but Everton manager David Moyes has issued yet another "hands off" warning to clubs tracking Wayne Rooney.Rooney is currently on international duty with England in Faro and is expected to partner Michael Owen against Portugal on Wednesday.But he joined up with his international colleagues facing yet more speculation that Manchester United and Chelsea are both considering a summer move for the 18-year-old.

This makes you laugh as Everton are relying on Wayne Rooney as the key to the club's Premiership survival.The 18-year-old striker, who has been criticised for playing better for England than he does for his struggling club side, has started to hit the sort of form Everton need from him to ensure their safety.

And he will be back in his preferred striking role, rather than the midfield position he has occupied this term, when Everton face in-form Aston Villa at Goodison Park. Prior to last week's two-goal performance in the 3-3 draw at Southampton, Rooney had failed to score in nine previous matches and the knives were out,but why? He was playing in midfield well out of position so thats why he wasn't scoring,its so easy when the team is playing badly to blame your star player.

I can't see Everton hanging on to him,they are a rubbish club and i would expect some big bids comming in for him in the summer.

Big upset today as Everton beat Aston Villa 2-0 at home..

Yeah that was a shocker,Villa have been playing really well i didn't expect Everton to win.

Everton striker Wayne Rooney will not be charged after a woman claimed he spat in her face, it emerged on Thursday.The 23-year-old woman claimed the England player spat at her during a night out at Manchester club Ampersand last month.Rooney, 18, was interviewed by Greater Manchester Police and a file was passed to the Crown Prosecution Service to consider if there was sufficient evidence to charge him with common assault.Rooney was on a night out with friends following his team's match against Manchester United on 7 February when the woman said the incident took place.

Everton boss David Moyes has revealed that he will embark on a major overhaul of his squad in the summer. Moyes was left frustrated after seeing his Everton side slump to a home defeat at the hands of Bolton and he feels he needs an injection of money to revamp his squad.

However the board will never give him the money, and so eventually he'll walk. Hopefully again they'll be up shyte creek without a paddle and get sucked into relegation.

That would be beautiful.

Thing is he is a good manager and i think if he does walk Rooney will be gone like a shot.

Originally posted by TRD
Thing is he is a good manager and i think if he does walk Rooney will be gone like a shot.

Liverpool could buy him.

Nah, we wouldn't want that overrated scally fat bastard. Just looking at him repulses me.

[Edited on 04/10/03 by John Nada]

I think Rooney is overated. Maybe in a better side and under a good coach he will improve in time. He needs to get away from Everton if he wants to achieve anything they are crap.

Everton manager David Moyes has revealed he is interested in signing Chelsea's Joe Cole on loan. Cole may be on the fringes of Chelsea's squad again next season if owner Roman Abramovich embarks on another multi-million transfer spree.

Everton's deputy chairman Bill Kenwright has laughed off reports they have sold Wayne Rooney to Manchester United.

The 18-year-old England striker has also been linked with a summer switch to Chelsea.

But Kenwright told the club's official website, www.evertonfc.com: "It is always difficult to respond to rubbish. David Moyes and myself have discussed a combined response and it is - the article is laughable.

Well i don't know how true it all is, Man U seem sure they have a done deal but who knows.

Newly-appointed Everton chief executive Trevor Birch stoked up the debate over sharing a ground with Liverpool on the day Bill Kenwright took over as chairman of the Goodison club.

Club owner Kenwright on Tuesday stepped up as chairman, with his predecessor Sir Philip Carter becoming life president of Everton.

But on his first day at the office as replacement for Mike Dunford, Birch brought up the subject of Everton linking up with Liverpool in their planned new stadium in Stanley Park.

The former Chelsea and Leeds supremo said: "I have not seen the plans, I've not seen the reports or the feasibility of it.

"All I am saying is that you have to keep an open mind, if that is the only alternative to Everton generating further revenue.

"Remember there isn't a textbook on how to generate further revenue, and I am open to all suggestions."

New chairman Bill Kenwright insists Everton have no intention of selling James McFadden. The highly-rated Scotland international has been linked with a move to Rangers and Celtic, despite having spent less than a year at Goodison Park. Rangers lost out to Everton when the 21-year-old moved south, and are believed to be preparing a new bid.

Everton midfielder Kevin Kilbane has had a successful operation to cure the ankle problem that forced him to miss the end of last season.

Kilbane went under the knife on Thursday night and club physio Mick Rathbone revealed the operation "went well".

The Republic of Ireland international will be recovering for up to six weeks and is on crutches but he is expected to be fit for pre-season training.

I don't think it really matters that they keep any of these players. They're all hard workers but all suffer lack of talent except for a select few.

I am thinking (and hoping ) that they are going to be in a real relegation fight next season. I don't think Moyes is up to the job and I can actually see him walking or being sacked throughout the campaign.

Everton have been warned they are almost certainly going to lose their inspirational Danish midfielder Thomas Gravesen. On the day the Goodison club distanced themselves from claims they are in discussions with Thaksin Shinawatra over selling a stake in the club to the Thai PM, they were confronted with damning comments from Gravesen's agent about the player's future.

Gravesen, currently on Euro 2004 duty with Denmark and banned from their opening game with Italy next Monday, is considering walking away from the club on a free transfer next summer or opting for a move now. Everton plan to have new contract discussions with Gravesen when he returns from the Portugal finals, but the player's agent John Sivebaek has hit them with worrying claims.

Former Manchester United defender Sivebaek had earlier said Gravesen would leave Everton if they failed to improve the squad during the summer. But now it seems that the Dane is going anyway, either with a cut-price transfer fee now or on a free transfer when his contract expires next summer.

Well it shows you how far they've slipped when the news of losing only a 'decent' player like Graveson comes as a huge blow. The sad fact is though that without him they will really struggle, who else can they rely on to create in midfield?

I'm looking forward to the possibility of relegation.