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Louis Saha has earned his first international call-up since 2006 and been included in the French squad that faces Spain next month.

The 31 year old has impressed with recent performances and will be looking to add to his 4 goals in 18 appearances for Les Bleus.

Source : TeamTalk

Vaughan the loan star

James Vaughan is apparently set to go out on loan this week, to either Derby or Coventry.

The 21 year old has been in sparkling form of late, but it seems that isn't enough to claim a place on Everton's bench.

Vaughan has been plagued by injury during his career, with the latest coming during a loan spell at Derby.

Source : Daily Mirror

Doherty joins Marine

One-time Everton starlet Sean Doherty has now signed on for Unibiond Premier side Marine AFC.

Doherty moved to Fulham whilst still an academy player, in what was seen as a controversial move at the time, but failed to fulfil his potential.

After leaving Fulham he spent time with ADO Den Haag, Port Vale, Accrington Stanley, Belgian club Royal Antwerp, Sligo Rovers and Witton Albion.

Source : BBC Sport

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Posted by	Written by Jimbo & the Jetset (J&tJ) on 04 Jul : 15:37
Article	It's turning into another one of those long, arduous summers of conjecture and speculation that seems to go round in endless circles and will probably only really stop at midnight on 31st August. We hate ourselves for following ridiculous NewsNow links about players we've never heard of or couldn't possibly afford and for just a few seconds, wonder if it's really true. It's the same on NSNO...you see a new thread entitled 'done deal' or 'breaking news' and you're all over it like a fat kid locked in a McDonalds kitchen overnight. Then we get to read about some stunningly tenuous links that are pure entertainment in themselves...my mate's cousin's uncle's brother is the groundsmen at Finch Farm...my sister's boyfriend's dad's gerbil trainer's missus is a loose associate of someone who know's Bungalow Bill's P.A....that sort of thing. Now and then though, some of the stories won't go away. That's either because as Evertonians we're perpetuating them or because there's some element of truth there. And that's how you seperate the Moutinho from the Dickov. All will come out in the wash sooner or later, but I honestly believe that the Micheal Owen deal was hijacked from under Davie's nose by Whiskey Face at the 11th hour only because Sir Alex suddenly realised that if Moyes was ready to take a plunge on Owen, then he must be worth a dabble even for the champions of England. I honestly believe Owen was ready to come to Goodison even though plenty of critics on these very pages were hanging him out to dry before he's even signed. Proof, of course, will be in the pudding, but if the Manc gamble proves to be inspired, DM's judgement on transfers again needs to be applauded even though this one didn't quite happen... It's often stated that Moyes has one of the best transfer records in British football so we should just trust him to continue to pull deals from nowhere out of the fire? The following list is just a matter of opinion and open for debate. But Moyesy has signed 11 complete mutts but more than made up for that with 13 fantastic signings who on the whole are or were worth far more after signing for Everton than they were before they came. This is the football equivalent of turning water into wine which makes David Moyes the modern day Jesus Christ. EXCELLENT SIGNINGS: Yobo Martyn Fellaini Baines Yakubu Howard Jagielka Arteta Neville Stubbs J ohnson Lescott Cahill DECENT SIGNINGS: Kilbane Jacobsen Saha Gosling Valente Bent BAD SIGNINGS: Lie Tie Dickie Wright McFadden Wessels Jutkiewicz Kroldrup VDM Beattie Ruddy Davies Rodrig o Problem is, can we still expect DM to continue pulling rabbits from hats when every club seems to be watching who he's looking at in this particular lower to middle part of the market? Stop dreaming and keep hoping. Just don't tell me about your doctor's brother's nephew who's girlfriends mum works as cabin crew out of JLA and swears she saw David Moyes shaking hands with Frank Ribery as he got off a flight from France!
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Rabbits From Hats Yobo2008 04 Jul : 12:23 Reply to this
Comments: 1 Registered: 25 Jul : 15:28	Good piece although I wouldnt class McFadden and Beattie bad signings really as we didnt lose money on the deals. Kroldrup for me is the definition of a bad signing-useless and we lost money. Location: Bedford Blue

Rabbits From Hats Paulm696 04 Jul : 17:42 Reply to this
Comments: 2 Registered: 02 Jul : 17:57	I dont think Lie Tie was all that bad, quite a tidy player but I think he struggled with the difference with life in China and Moyseyside. My worst ever signing has to be Nyarko, a fuckin oxgen thief.:toss: Location: Liverpool

Rabbits From Hats blueToffee 04 Jul : 18:50 Reply to this
Comments: 1 Registered: 16 Oct : 08:58	Nitpicking the list also but I think for the time Bent did a quality job for us. He was a big reason we finished 4th. I'd put him in the excellent signing category myself. Location: US

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