He's 29 at the end of the season. £50m would be far too much money for somebody with effectively no resale value. Rather goes against the model we are supposedly looking to operate - i.e. buy under 26 with decent resale value and room for improvement. Give him half a season of the Goodison groans when he takes too long on the ball getting used to the pace of the premiership and we'll have a 29 year old on £200k a week "desperate to end his Everton nightmare".....
On the other hand, that goal in the world cup though. Phwoar!