What The Papers Say - 25 July

Andy CorrieWe 'need' to keep Arteta and Jags, Wenger can have Peanut.

DAVID JONESwe need to keep piennar !!! ...hes a distingtive part of this team ...i agree with dan on the others ..im affraid yob and yak aint doing it no more here for us..shame bout young dan tho IF what the papers say are true ..big if !!! IN MOYES WE TRUST !!!!!

Dan NallyI think we should sell Yobo, possibly Yak and possibly Pienaar if he doesn't want to re-sign, then buy Van Der Vaart and Jan-Klaas Huntelaar, easy peasy! We have Garbutt to play left-back(?) Give him a run in the cup to give Bainesy a rest and Garbutt some experience, Gueye looks pretty good in all our friendlies so far, top notch, lookin forward to Blackburn!

Ray WeirSell peanut buy Ireland,and Lescott we told you so.

Richard Handleywenger get ur paws off jags going no where

Martin TurnerI have to disagree with John Gillam's comments. Sorry, but both Gosling, Lescott, and ANY other football player with an agent can quite easily tell their agent - NO, I do not want to leave the club I'm at, and stop making headlines at my expense. I have signed a contract for x years and am happy with it. They will both find out that the grass is not greener on the other side.

Mikel ArreguiWhat a load of rubb*** what Hodgson said. Does he think we are really going to believe all he did auntil the deadline was just phoning gosling after the date expired, well, we're not such fools! Agents nowadays are like politians, greedy, unnecesary and extremely selfish, they don't mind hurting their clients/voters as long as they fill their pockets. Football should forbid them.

John GillamI'm gonna go on the record here and say i feel sorry for both Gosling and Lescott.Here are two boys from the Championhip (Plymouth and Wolves respectively) who have made a name for themselves and have been sought out as potential talent by Mr Moyes and rightly so as they were excellent prospects and they did both live up to their expectations.We could be bitter of course and disappointed with their sence of judgement but this really isnt their call.Football of today is controlled by agents and some get really good agents and some get agents who are just looking for a quick buck.I am disappointed in both Gosling's AND Lescotts decision but i do not blame them,they are just a victim of today's footballing measures that happen and we can only wish them luck and be as honourable as any Evertonion should be.

Allan Hilla player of mikels ability is actually worth more than 75 grand so thats actually a good deal ,and guys like him and tim are worth every penny.Great to see beckford score 2 without breaking sweat,cant wait to see him try.yak can go as hes just not mobile enough for our front line,thought the french kid looked great,as for peanut will he be first choice anyway ?i dont think so ,some great games but not enough goals,as a ratio of time on pitch billy wins by a mile its goals that win us games,as for landon well the problem there is wages he is on par with becks in usa,he wont take a drop as non of them do but sell yobo yak and peanut ,and maybe we do a deal and start to dream,just a point about when all the everton end blackburn tickets go they do not sell online so phone up with a strange accent or go down to blackburn and buy at ground soon not on day god knows how many evertonians will be there on day i reacon 10,000

arthur jonesIf Hodgson knew the date that the written contract should have been given to Danny Gosling and he knew Danny was desperate to stay , then in his capacity as Danny's advisor why didn't he contact Everton beforehand to push for the contract ? Could it have anything to do with a signing on fee that Danny would get from Newcastle and his percentage as an agent ?

david harmanFirstly we should give Arteta the £75,000 a week to keep him here, we need to keep hold of our best player`s, 2nd Jagielka should get a rise to keep him, 3rd if Pienaar is not happy here he should put in for a transfer A.S.AP. and as for Lescott he would unsettle other player`s when he want`s to move to another club so I say let him go to Arsenal or Newcastle for example.

Xenophon LawI would have Lescott back as he would have learnt a lesson...plus he's available at £3million. Allegedly. But I wouldn't bring him back if it meant selling Jagielka. He's a quality player who can play anywhere in defence and midfield. Plus he too has a long throw. I prefer Onouha and Taylor at the back but Lescott would be an interesting acquisition. But Pienaar and Arteta re-signed HAS to be the priority. Good news about Mouraine Fellaini.

Paul HowellsHow can that agent say Everton chose not to keep him when we offered him an improved contract? Okay so it was verbal and we just simply took a little longer to put in writing, posibly as we considered the likes of Arteta's contract a bit more important. Typical agent - snake like. could have offered him £1 more? we offered him 7 grand more. As for Arteta if there is truth in these £75k rumours then the fact is he is worth it, even though nobody at Everton currently earns more than about £55k throughout the rest of the premier league £75k and upwards is becoming common these days and we have to start paying that type of money if we wish to keep up with other teams.

eric mcnamaralescott lol, that is all. he got what he deserved

paddy kavanaghdoes anyone know if it s true that lescott as ask to come back ? and if so what do you all think of it COYB

Gary ProctorTo mark fenerty not with it today lol.

Sen-C Conquerori look at it like this.. gosling went for free... Jermaine B came for free... moysey is a master & i would say we have gained.. but have not lost. ps. i love everton & all u evertonians.... NSNO

gareth elsonagents and newspapers at it again i very much doubt gosling was jumpimg around his room if he's got a cruisiate ligament injury and secondly serious talks won't be starting next week for jagielka i know wenger is foriegn but it has been made pretty clear to him and arsenal he is not for sale at any price!!!

mark fenertywrong hodgson gary lol

Gary ProctorIts okay Hodgson saying its evertons fault for letting gosling go he ought to concentrate on keeping his own players like torres.

mark fenertyif we got him for 4 mill id take him back, we made 20 mil in less than a year, he did the job at goodison and id forget what he did for 20 mill profit , we make him good again then sell him back to city next year for about 30 mill lol happy days p.s the boys looked good yesterday guaye was impressive, and all 3 goals were good cant wait for rovers on 14th coyb

Paul Ellamdont panic joanne, im sure arteta and jagielka will be with us this season. as for the others, i agree with whats been said before - pienaar can go for the right price and if its true that lescott is up for sale then i hope we stay well clear, we dont want a turncoat in our ranks! any player who doesnt want to play for us can go forth and multiply!

Justin CorioOh it just gets better and better! His agent a former liverpool player! Can imagine the conversations in the past. "Did you see my goal against Liverpool, think I can get an improved contract now?" ..... "Yes kid it was er great! sure everyone will be wanting to sign you!"..... Oh how ill advised! lol. Loved the comments like he wasn't jumping about with joy, er no thats because he is on crutches, or how he never walked out, kind of correct, it was more of a hobble! So long!

Rhodri Cannonlescott is now up for sale btw

David FayIn Moyes we trust, Dan Gosling was not going to make it at Everton its that simple. He was a squad player at best and that will be the same in cold Newcastle. His loss is not important. As for peanut, well let him go if the money is right otherwise he'll be out on a free next summer. Also Arteta, worth the cash to pay for some class. Jags will stay Arsenal will have to look elsewhere, he's the loyal sort. Also good to see the youth versus Preston, hope they get a good run in the cups etc and we can concentrate on the league. COYB'S!!!!!

peter stanworthWhy would any player want to leave everton, except for wayne rooney, no player have coverd someself in glory,by switching. Remember Francis jeffers, lescott,gravesen,oliver darcourt,andy johnson, beattie,the list goes on.

Rhodri CannonI think we need maybe one more youthful midfielder to cover gosling, a left cover for baines, nothing speacial just someone experienced who can do a decent job, and if pienaar goes, donovan. simple as.

John JenkinsI dont have any problem with Mikel getting £75k a week - It's would be well worth paying him this than 3 average players £25k a week and us getting nowhere

Joanna OldhamI don't know about the rest of my Toffee brothers and sisters, but I can't wait for the transfer window to close as all this speculation about Mikel, Pienaar, Jags, Donovan and others, is making me feel very uncomfortable and unsettled in my stomach. I would hate to lose any of them and would be mortified if Landon went to City. That would make me feel very disappointed him and hate the oil-rich City even more.

Lou AnnesleyWhenever you see pienaar play for us, he never has a smile on his face....he doesn't lok like he wants to be here anyway. He either signs now, or go's right now to let us find a replacement. he has doubts about everton or he would have signed on already It's happening all over again. get rid???

David Kellyat the end of the day it wasnt a contract in writing rules are rules so it dosnt matter, he gone maybee give other youngsters a chance its plymouth who have been screwd here there in trouble anyway, it is alot of money for everton 75k a week i love mikel but i love everton more can we afford this for mikel jags and peanuts if were not in europe

graham griffithsits good to hear landon biggin up rodders the lad has bags of confidence and these comments by landon will give him even more, he is class, it looks like everton will be scoring goals this season thats alls thats missing from our game, think we need a little tweak in defence and were sorted bring on the good times COYB!

John Cheevers"...former Liverpool player..." Well, that's all I need to sort out any credibility issues.

Peter SwansonHodgson you p###k keep your mouth shut . The lad is a rat and will forever be known to EVERTON as a rat , simple . The only reason Dan wasn't jumping round was because his knee is knackered .But i bet he had a huge (sign on bonus )smile on his face and was rubbing his hands in antisipation ofhis next payday .Hodgson a former liverpool player ,Typical Red sh##te ,keep it shut numb nuts.

francis donnarummaArsenal wantet Barcelona to respect them and not take Flabbergast by force so they can respect us and leave Jags alone.

Bill RollinsonMethinks Hodgson is trying to get his pennies worth in before the appeal, talk about dotting the i's and crossing the t's, he was made an offer of 15k, alright it was verbal, but in his reply he could have stated "could you put that in writing please". Judging by Moysies buy's he wont be missed, good luck to the lad in his future career.

Gareth HillI think if we offer Mikky 75k a week. Peanuts will be looking something the same. It is a lot of money for Everton to shell out but hes worth it.