There's no way he cost £9 million either.
One minute it was £5 million, then they said he's due a clause of £4 million and we want you to pay so little ol' Everton just go yes, no problem.
Nah, that's against everything we've been doing for years, there's no way we just coughed up an extra £4 million like that and even the Echo questioned it direct to the club.
I don't know if it comes out in the accounts but one day I am sure it will be shown we never said that, up front at least anyway. It might rise to it but they haven't had it yet.
The work permit laws have changed and it's a good job they have as RFM wouldn't have got one but one of the changes mean in exceptional circumstances such as a large fee they will issue a work permit, I am sure that's what happened in this instance. Either that or we got told the big fee as there was planes flying around every where.
A bit of both I would imagine.