"John Heitinga really interests us," Spalletti told a Daily Mail reporter. I studied my computer, which was on the website of the Daily Mail, reading Spalletti's quotes. Of course, I was very annoyed when Arsenal's manager Luciano Spalletti came out and publicly announced of his desire to get Johnny into their team. I told Bill that Arsenal should not bother making a bid unless it's a bank-breaking one. Well there was no way I would be letting my newly-appointed vice-captain leave. According to Bill, Arsenal wanted me to quote them a price for our Dutch defender. Speaking of Chelsea, at least I didn't pay 50 million for a player, eh?"Īrsenal have asked of the availability of John Heitinga. When asked about the fee Everton paid, Barton said, "are you saying if players come to clubs for big fees, they'll definitely flop? Take a look at Eden Hazard at Chelsea, mates.
He's really fluent in English so there's no language barrier, plus he knows what's it like in the Premier League." "He's been in England before, with Chelsea and everything, so it helps. "He's been here before," Barton said, in the press conference unveiling Tore. Last summer, Everton purchased Salvatore Bocchetti from Rubin for 20 million as well but Bocchetti was hampered by injuries in his first season in England.īarton is convinced Tore, who spent his youth at Chelsea before making the move to Rubin last summer for just 1 million, will have no such problem. However Barton has finally splashed all the cash on Rubin's Gokhan Tore, bringing the 20-year-old right winger in from Russia in a deal reported to be around the region of 20 million.Įverton and Rubin will be familiar with 20 million deals. Gokhan Tore joins Everton in cash-splashing dealĮverton and Joey Barton have spent only 10 million on Alphonse Areola, Javier Hernandez, Fernando Llorente, Romario, Nazmi Faiz, Simone Calvano, and Yaya Sanogo this summer.
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