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Football website ‘sport.co.uk’ are claiming a source close to Yakubu has said he is going nowhere, and that neither the player himself nor Everton are welcoming a move to West Ham. Yak is currently away with Nigeria (and has just missed a chance you would have bet your house on two years ago) at the [...]

West Ham United are apparently confident that they can take Yakubu away from Goodison Park this summer, although it seems as though they might not be prepared to offer more than £7m for the Nigerian. A ‘source’ apparently told ESPN, “The offer from West Ham was a good one, £6 million plus a further £1 [...]

The first shred of the type of rumour that led to Andrew Johnson and James Beattie’s exits from Goodison Park have emerged from the Echo today, with Everton saying they won’t sell Yakubu, unless he asks to go. The Nigerian was signed three years ago for £11.25m from Middlesbrough, and was a big hit in [...]