5: Johnny Heitinga -"proud Evertonian"

Top Balcony Blue wrote:Pienaar:

“We hope a few more faces will come in to boost our confidence and it will make us more alert because we will all be fighting for places.

“I hope Johnny is one of them. I know him really well – he’s a good defender, a good professional and his record shows that as he’s played for Ajax, Atletico and Holland.

“He’d be a great signing for us. He can play in a few positions – right-back, centre-back or just in front of the defence. He’s a quality player.

“If he comes in, it would bring more football to the team also. He’s good on the ball and it will be a massive plus for us – you want to see players of his quality come to the club.”

Good to hear that he's wanted by the current player(s) as well.

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Top Balcony Blue wrote:Pienaar:

“We hope a few more faces will come in to boost our confidence and it will make us more alert because we will all be fighting for places.

“I hope Johnny is one of them. I know him really well – he’s a good defender, a good professional and his record shows that as he’s played for Ajax, Atletico and Holland.

“He’d be a great signing for us. He can play in a few positions – right-back, centre-back or just in front of the defence. He’s a quality player.

“If he comes in, it would bring more football to the team also. He’s good on the ball and it will be a massive plus for us – you want to see players of his quality come to the club.”

Good to hear that he's wanted by the current player(s) as well.

Pienaar played with him for 5 years at Ajax

Top Balcony Blue wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Top Balcony Blue wrote:Pienaar:

“We hope a few more faces will come in to boost our confidence and it will make us more alert because we will all be fighting for places.

“I hope Johnny is one of them. I know him really well – he’s a good defender, a good professional and his record shows that as he’s played for Ajax, Atletico and Holland.

“He’d be a great signing for us. He can play in a few positions – right-back, centre-back or just in front of the defence. He’s a quality player.

“If he comes in, it would bring more football to the team also. He’s good on the ball and it will be a massive plus for us – you want to see players of his quality come to the club.”

Good to hear that he's wanted by the current player(s) as well.

Pienaar played with him for 5 years at Ajax

5 years? Is that even possible?

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Top Balcony Blue wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Top Balcony Blue wrote:Pienaar:

“We hope a few more faces will come in to boost our confidence and it will make us more alert because we will all be fighting for places.

“I hope Johnny is one of them. I know him really well – he’s a good defender, a good professional and his record shows that as he’s played for Ajax, Atletico and Holland.

“He’d be a great signing for us. He can play in a few positions – right-back, centre-back or just in front of the defence. He’s a quality player.

“If he comes in, it would bring more football to the team also. He’s good on the ball and it will be a massive plus for us – you want to see players of his quality come to the club.”

Good to hear that he's wanted by the current player(s) as well.

Pienaar played with him for 5 years at Ajax

5 years? Is that even possible?

And still nothing on the OS! Never heard so much about a potential signing confirmed by just about every credible media source without OS confirmation.

Bluejaguar wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Top Balcony Blue wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Top Balcony Blue wrote:Pienaar:

“We hope a few more faces will come in to boost our confidence and it will make us more alert because we will all be fighting for places.

“I hope Johnny is one of them. I know him really well – he’s a good defender, a good professional and his record shows that as he’s played for Ajax, Atletico and Holland.

“He’d be a great signing for us. He can play in a few positions – right-back, centre-back or just in front of the defence. He’s a quality player.

“If he comes in, it would bring more football to the team also. He’s good on the ball and it will be a massive plus for us – you want to see players of his quality come to the club.”

Good to hear that he's wanted by the current player(s) as well.

Pienaar played with him for 5 years at Ajax

5 years? Is that even possible?

And still nothing on the OS! Never heard so much about a potential signing confirmed by just about every credible media source without OS confirmation.

even Moyes has been quoted on telly !

Top Balcony Blue wrote:

Bluejaguar wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Top Balcony Blue wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Top Balcony Blue wrote:Pienaar:

“We hope a few more faces will come in to boost our confidence and it will make us more alert because we will all be fighting for places.

“I hope Johnny is one of them. I know him really well – he’s a good defender, a good professional and his record shows that as he’s played for Ajax, Atletico and Holland.

“He’d be a great signing for us. He can play in a few positions – right-back, centre-back or just in front of the defence. He’s a quality player.

“If he comes in, it would bring more football to the team also. He’s good on the ball and it will be a massive plus for us – you want to see players of his quality come to the club.”

Good to hear that he's wanted by the current player(s) as well.

Pienaar played with him for 5 years at Ajax

5 years? Is that even possible?

And still nothing on the OS! Never heard so much about a potential signing confirmed by just about every credible media source without OS confirmation.

even Moyes has been quoted on telly !

Maybe someone has gagged them all, told them to fucking shut up?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/everton/8229863.stm



But also

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Everton-boss-David-Moyes-sweats-on-deal-for-Atletico-Madrid-defender-Johnny-Heitinga-article138779.html

Reading some of the comments on 606, the Dutch all seem to think he's shite. I know fuck all about him myself, but I haven't seen anyone say he's any good. Even Pienaar didn't exactly go overboard about him.

hairy cataract wrote:Reading some of the comments on 606, the Dutch all seem to think he's shite. I know fuck all about him myself, but I haven't seen anyone say he's any good. Even Pienaar didn't exactly go overboard about him.

I have no idea either. A Dutch international who's 25 for a "paltry" £5M (or there about), and has 4 years left on his current contract almost sounds too good to be true.

Bluejaguar wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Top Balcony Blue wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Top Balcony Blue wrote:Pienaar:

“We hope a few more faces will come in to boost our confidence and it will make us more alert because we will all be fighting for places.

“I hope Johnny is one of them. I know him really well – he’s a good defender, a good professional and his record shows that as he’s played for Ajax, Atletico and Holland.

“He’d be a great signing for us. He can play in a few positions – right-back, centre-back or just in front of the defence. He’s a quality player.

“If he comes in, it would bring more football to the team also. He’s good on the ball and it will be a massive plus for us – you want to see players of his quality come to the club.”

Good to hear that he's wanted by the current player(s) as well.

Pienaar played with him for 5 years at Ajax

5 years? Is that even possible?

And still nothing on the OS! Never heard so much about a potential signing confirmed by just about every credible media source without OS confirmation.

It's a no win situation mate! The OS publish it and the deal goes tits up we complain about them jumping the gun until it's finalised, nothing on the OS and we complain about being kept in the dark!

hairy cataract wrote:Reading some of the comments on 606, the Dutch all seem to think he's shite. I know fuck all about him myself, but I haven't seen anyone say he's any good. Even Pienaar didn't exactly go overboard about him.

use the 'page up' button...

Pienaar:

“We hope a few more faces will come in to boost our confidence and it will make us more alert because we will all be fighting for places.

“I hope Johnny is one of them. I know him really well – he’s a good defender, a good professional and his record shows that as he’s played for Ajax, Atletico and Holland.

“He’d be a great signing for us. He can play in a few positions – right-back,
centre-back or just in front of the defence. He’s a quality player.

“If he comes in, it would bring more football to the team also. He’s good
on the ball and it will be a massive plus for us – you want to see players of his quality come to the club.”

for a Saffer that's about as much enthusiasm as they can muster...

Spanish press reporting that he's staying at Ath Madrid

Top Balcony Blue wrote:Spanish press reporting that he's staying at Ath Madrid

Top Balcony Blue wrote:Spanish press reporting that he's staying at Ath Madrid

Have you got a link to these reports?

Top Balcony Blue wrote:Spanish press reporting that he's staying at Ath Madrid

If true, it sounds like neither party would budge too much when it came to the wages then.

http://www.toffeeweb.com/season/09-10/rumour-mill/index.asp#090831a


I just had a feeling this one wouldn`t happen

personal terms agreed say our press, medical tomorrow!

Top Balcony Blue wrote:personal terms agreed say our press, medical tomorrow!

TBB, do we have a link?

Statman wrote:

Top Balcony Blue wrote:personal terms agreed say our press, medical tomorrow!

TBB, do we have a link?

sorry on my psp try telegraph and mirror, both reporting it online apparently

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Everton-close-in-on-Johnny-Heitinga-article139781.html

Top Balcony Blue wrote:personal terms agreed say our press, medical tomorrow!

Just found it on The Mirror's website. Any more as corroboration?

If this deal is sealed then Moyes will be free to work on another tomorrow. If not sealed I can see him wasting his day tomorrow trying to convince the bugger.

Top Balcony Blue wrote:

Statman wrote:

Top Balcony Blue wrote:personal terms agreed say our press, medical tomorrow!

TBB, do we have a link?

sorry on my psp try telegraph and mirror, both reporting it online apparently

Mirror are fairly positive , Telegraph more negative . Fingers crossed.

Do we believe our press or the spanish press. I am more likely to disgard what are papers say, we shall no more tomorrow. Really hope we get him

Michael Crosby S74 wrote:http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Everton-close-in-on-Johnny-Heitinga-article139781.html

Do you think he really wanted £80k a week? That's £4,000,000 a year. I know we all keep saying this, but the wages are getting out of fucking hand. I can't be doing with this shite any more. Even I don't earn that much, and I'm bloody great. For £80k a week, I'd expect him to score 30 goals a season, captain the side, take the penalties, go in goal, fly across the stadium wearing a cape, win us the double, give birth to three different kind of animal, and have bigger tits than Jordan.

I'm going to start watching rugby instead. They get their blood from joke shops, talk in posh accents, and suck each others nobs in the showers. And all for about eight quid a month. Now that's what I call value.

hairy cataract wrote:

Michael Crosby S74 wrote:http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Everton-close-in-on-Johnny-Heitinga-article139781.html

Do you think he really wanted £80k a week? That's £4,000,000 a year. I know we all keep saying this, but the wages are getting out of fucking hand. I can't be doing with this shite any more. Even I don't earn that much, and I'm bloody great. For £80k a week, I'd expect him to score 30 goals a season, captain the side, take the penalties, go in goal, fly across the stadium wearing a cape, win us the double, give birth to three different kind of animal, and have bigger tits than Jordan.

I'm going to start watching rugby instead. They get their blood from joke shops, talk in posh accents, and suck each others nobs in the showers. And all for about eight quid a month. Now that's what I call value.

To be fair Hairy he has to pay tax on that. It's hard work being a footballer these days.

Even Ballack struggled to find a suitable property that he could afford when he first arrived at Chelsea.