Season › 2012-13 › News Fee finally agreed for Yobo Lyndon Lloyd , 3 August, 24comments | Jump to most recent Everton and Fenerbahçe appear to have finally come to agreement over a fee for Joseph Yobo, with the Nigerian's protracted transfer expected to be tied up this weekend. Citing a statement by the Turkish club, Turkish-Football say that a €2.3m deal has been struck after weeks of frustrating deadlock between the two clubs and that Yobo himself has agreed terms for €2m a season. BBC World Service correspondent Oluwashina Okaleji added further credence to the report when he Tweeted a quote from John Shittu, the defender's agent saying: Transfer fee has been agreed by both clubs. It should be finalised any moment [weekend]. Quotes or other material sourced from Turkish-Football.com Reader Comments (24) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer James Flynn 1 Posted 03/08/2012 at 20:39:57 Good luck Joseph. Finally. Kevin Elliott 2 Posted 03/08/2012 at 20:40:16 About fuckin' time. Good riddance. Ronald Low 3 Posted 03/08/2012 at 20:44:21 Getting really tired of this news.... Hopefully this will be the last.... Mark Tanton 5 Posted 03/08/2012 at 22:15:42 I hope we can re-invest this money and it's not the Pienaar brass. Troy Perkins 6 Posted 03/08/2012 at 22:18:55 Thank Christ for that. Peter Thistle 7 Posted 04/08/2012 at 01:01:33 I'm sure Yobo is as relieved as us that he's finally gone. Most retarded transfer ever. Glen Anderson 8 Posted 04/08/2012 at 01:01:34 €2.3M? We've been robbed. Si Cooper 9 Posted 04/08/2012 at 01:18:39 Step AWAY from that subject, Glen. Please. Gareth Fieldstead 10 Posted 04/08/2012 at 02:05:26 I think we are going to be out of luck there Mark. I think the Cahill and Yobo funds went straight to the bank to cover Peinnars fee. We are still down on last seasons squad. I think we still need a right winger and a forward for cover. Hopefully there is enough in the coffers for a loan or two. Vijay Nair 11 Posted 04/08/2012 at 04:20:37 Garett, I foresee those loans will Cahill and Donovan come January.. Brace for a rocky start again! Vijay Nair 12 Posted 04/08/2012 at 04:26:42 Sorry I meant Gareth, not Garett. Bloody iPhone autocorrect! Peter Barry 13 Posted 04/08/2012 at 04:32:48 Why is it that whenever Everton Transfer talk comes up your mind immediately leaps to the words 'Piss up and Brewery" Tony Rice 14 Posted 04/08/2012 at 05:08:05 Vijay..... I would expect the start to be a lot better than the past. We haven't really lost anyone of note from the team that finished so strong. While Cahill had been a great player, it hasn't been for sometime... at worst Naismith is a push. Other than a tough opening match, our first 6 fixtures look fairly manageable.IF no one has to go at the deadline, I'm pretty optimistic! (A rare feeling!) Vijay Nair 15 Posted 04/08/2012 at 10:07:23 Tony, my fear is the lack of squad numbers. We may have a decent first team, but all we need is a few injuries/suspensions, and we will be in strife once again. Nevertheless, I hope you're rightly optimistic! Phil Roberts 16 Posted 04/08/2012 at 10:18:00 Kevin Elliottyou are not a nice person. He served this club well and in his prime was a good player for this club - perhaps with a tendency for one mistake per match, but then so too was Gary Sprake.during his time here we played 274 premiership matches and conceeded an average of just over 1 goal per game. He was also in the squad that came 4th in 2004/5.So there was no need for the Good Riddance. James Flynn had it right - Good Luck.If you can't say something nice about somebody, don't say anything. The benefit of saying something nasty about someone you do not know is . . . ? Thomas Windsor 17 Posted 04/08/2012 at 10:50:53 I think the cash will go towards the Pienaar deal but so be it. We have a decent squad; if all the players are up for it, and the younger fringe players can come in and do a job, I see no reason why we can't get European football again. Eric Myles 18 Posted 04/08/2012 at 11:17:01 Tony #699, did you think QPR at home 2nd game (scheduled) of last season looked fairly manageable by any chance? Ray Roche 19 Posted 04/08/2012 at 11:51:20 Eric@732Eric, I think we all thought QPR were manageable. We never learn. Peter Askins 20 Posted 04/08/2012 at 11:51:17 A glib comment, Eric (732), and unnecessarily negative.1. We will start this season with a much better first team than we started last season, including a world class finisher.2. My memory (and the stats) recalls that we battered QPR in that game to which you refer, but our toothless attack (Beckford started that game, and Saha come on as a late sub) couldn't stick the ball in the onion bag. Eric Myles 21 Posted 04/08/2012 at 12:10:31 Stats don't give us points though Peter. Peter Askins 22 Posted 04/08/2012 at 12:22:36 Another glib comment, Your Royal Glibness.I prefer to be optimistic, and support the comments of Tony (699), largely because I believe that we WILL start with a better first team this time round. We can all make smart-arsed comments with the benefit of hindsight, but I'm happy to add my name to the more positive Toffeewebbers, going into the new season. Jem Traynor 23 Posted 04/08/2012 at 13:59:26 Absolutely chuffed about this but it ain't done yet and I would hope it happens and we can wash our hands of this protracted saga and not deal with them again.I expect a good start to the season and hope we can have a great run with Jelavic banging them in from the off putting us right up there with the best! Can Moyes Do it Again for us, Champions League??!!I do feel confident in the squad, COYBB!!! Ryan Holroyd 24 Posted 04/08/2012 at 14:10:07 Yobo officially left. Good luck Joey. Gareth Fieldstead 25 Posted 05/08/2012 at 06:31:33 I cannot help feeling positive. I would like an extra signing or two but I genuinely would put our team, if all fit, up against anybody at home and as we showed at Old Trafford, we are a match for most away aswell. Whilst I don't think we have the squad to challenge for the title I think if we can avoid serious injuries too the likes of Baines, Peinnar, Jelavich and Fellaini then the CL is possible. We just need to avoid defeat on the opening day and go from there. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. About these ads