Premier League - Everton confirm Senderos talks

Eurosport - Tue, 04 Aug 18:03:00 2009

Everton have confirmed that they are in negotiations to sign Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos.

FOOTBALL 2008-2009 Serie A Milan Philippe Senderos - 0

But the Goodison Park club said that a fee has yet to be agreed for the 24-year-old Swiss international after the Swiss Football Federation last night claimed on their website that the defender's move had been confirmed.

However Everton chairman Bill Kenwright said: "We have been negotiating with Arsenal for the transfer of Philippe. Nothing has been concluded yet but talks are on-going."

A fee of about £6 million is being discussed for the player who was on loan to Milan last season, playing 15 times.

An Everton club source insisted that Senderos - who joined Arsenal in 2003 - was not being signed as a direct replacement for Joleon Lescott, who is at the centre of a battle with Manchester City for his signature.

Senderos is being lined up as cover at the back for Everton, where Phil Jagielka is not due back from a knee injury until November at the earliest.

PA Sport

Comment 53 - 72 of 72

Sort comments by: Most recent
  1. everton losers gonna finish 8 th this season

    From kameleontjuh, on Wed 5 Aug 9:57AM
  2. I am a Toffee through and through but I do wonder if­ Lescott is getting more attention than he deserves­ because he is an England player. I think his 07/08­ season was much better than last season, he used to­ score a lot more goals and frankly I was appalled at­ his lack of committment for the 1st Chelsea goal in the­ FA Cup final.

    From deanasinjames, on Tue 4 Aug 8:26PM
  3. you are obviously being biased being an arsenal fan­ saying that Senderos(6 million) is better than­ Lescott(20 Million)
    The figures speak for themselves­ so be fair

    From Fast Eddy, on Tue 4 Aug 7:30PM
  4. talks ongoing because Wenger is trying to do a deal­ with Lescott . Only stumbling block is how much cash is­ involved . Arsenal looking at £14m , Everton want £19m.­ Expect them to meet somewhere in the middle. Moyes does­ not want to sell to City as they show no respect and­ are trying to bully everybody . Wenger feels the same­ and is very happy to have got a big lump of their money­ for players well past their sell buy date .
    Deal will­ be done by Friday .

    From ad d, on Tue 4 Aug 6:32PM
  5. Senderos better than Lescott.

    from an ARS fan.

    From Tham, on Tue 4 Aug 5:32PM
  6. I kinda remember Senderous in the team that did not­ lose en-route the champs league final against barca. He­ is good. Lost confidence against Drogba and he fell­ horribly. Am not sure he has overcome that fear of his.­ His going to Milan did not help as well cos he only­ played 15 times. There are lots of games and he did­ only 15!
    Well good luck to him if he goes to Everton­ but then how many managers can get the best out of­ players outside AW and SAF? Okay maybe Big Sam but­ then?

    From Oserenomwenle, on Tue 4 Aug 4:57PM
  7. Lescott is not a world class defender, its just a case­ of city doing everything possible to strengthen their­ back four after missing out on Terry and other big­ names.

    From benjyrama2007, on Tue 4 Aug 4:26PM
  8. I think for Everton to get a player of Senderos's­ calibre and the money they will get from the Lescott­ deal will be good business. Does anyone remember the­ season what Senderos had when Arsenal were seen as­ unbeatable? Senderos was a mountain at the back and has­ always had talent, he's still reasonably young at­ 24 and Moyes has a great ability to develop his team­ into tough and resillient players. For all fo you that­ rubbish Senderos just look at his portfolio his only­ downfall has been injuries and then not playing as much­ at Milan.

    From benjyrama2007, on Tue 4 Aug 4:23PM
  9. comment 61, i do not know what your basis for calling­ Senderos "too old now", i stand to be­ corrected. As i recall Senderos played in the same­ youth tournament with Babel, John Obi-Mikel, and Messi.­ From all indication Senderos will not be more than 22­ years, so he is still okay all he needs now is palying­ time.

    From timid01, on Tue 4 Aug 4:20PM
  10. Everton defintely need to sell lescott, a replacement­ could be found easily, take citys money while you can,­ its them thatll suffer.
    Fs sake lescott only cost 5­ mill, sell him on for 20, find a replacement and go­ after moutinho etc or improve the club...

    From glenn, on Tue 4 Aug 4:17PM
  11. bye bye Lescott...

    From bazooka joe, on Tue 4 Aug 4:16PM
  12. Senderos must be heartbroken to learn he is on the­ scrap heap at 24. Blimey mate get real 24 is young.

    From robertsmm, on Tue 4 Aug 3:47PM
  13. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    Everton need a right back before a a centre back,­ lescott is going, senderos is coming. Everton need­ young players to mould, senderos is too old now.

    From zeuthuk, on Tue 4 Aug 3:35PM
  14. I like all the comments criticising Lescott for wanting­ to double his wages to 90 000 a week

    From oodled, on Tue 4 Aug 3:32PM
  15. I totally agree with comment 43 but then A.W knows, we­ never really knew Sagna but he came and displaced Eboe­ who we all thought was fantastic at RB. Gibbs did so­ well, we never really missed Clichy. I know he made an­ error against CR7 but that can be 4given. He may never­ have 4given himself! If Cole had not been sold, we­ would never have seen Clichy cos he would have been a­ part player and may have never developed this good. I­ want to see Merida become like Fab4, we have all­ 4gotten that with the arrival of the new CB, Sylvest­ will not be playing that much except at LB (maybe) but­ if Djourou, Gallas & the new signing can be fit and­ focused always, we may just get more clean sheets than­ b4. Though I would like to see a new (strong) CB to­ keep Gallas on his toes.I would not want to see­ Agbolahor do to him like he did last season. I was not­ impressed. Also AW should give Vela more playing time,­ otherwise he would never develop so good. Mid-Feild is­ good with the return of Rosisky who is never shy of a­ tackle or sliding challenges. Though I want a striker­ (with killer instincts), I would not mind seeing a DM,­ I mean a real DM. It helped when we had Gilberto. How­ much I miss him. The protection he gave Veira when he­ went 4ward is what we need for Fab when he goes 4ward.­ 2 seasons ago, Fab was scoring real well cos Flams kept­ a grip on the middle. Denilson is not doing that and­ neither is Song. Fab had more cards than Denilson (I­ guess) last season.
    Someone like Essien will be good.­ Why? What happened to Appiah deal? But AW needs squad­ players to rotate like SAF does with Fletcher,­ O'shea and co.
    We need a trophy. Carling or FA­ please!

    From soladoyeosikoya, on Tue 4 Aug 3:28PM
  16. senderos was part of an impressive Arsenal team...but i­ fail to see how he can be good for Everton?...a­ desperate attept for moyes to prop up his defence after­ lescott took the money and ran!..not a good swap...he­ would be better off signing someone with authority in­ defence..!

    From stuartxland, on Tue 4 Aug 3:11PM
  17. Good comments coming in from EVERTON supporters...Have­ to admit I would not want to see Joleon leave BUT if­ it's true he has asked to go then Davey Moyes­ should take the cash,bring in Senderos and a couple­ more to bolster the squad who did brill last season and­ will want to do the same this coming one

    COME ON YOU­ BLUE BOYS!!!!!!

    From dirk pitt, on Tue 4 Aug 2:58PM
  18. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    lescott has gone.... i repeat lescott has gone ive just­ seen him at the city of manchester

    From james_devlin_slag, on Tue 4 Aug 2:47PM
  19. Lescott is a good defender not brilliant he gets some­ good goals with Moyes Tactics, If he gose to city I­ think he would be exposed as average under Hughes­ Everton have a good defensive group of Players who play­ a system that suits them, to be honest I would rip­ citys hand off for 22 million Rooney only went for­ 25.
    Would give Moyes Money to spend in the Winter if­ needed if they get Senderos for 6 million.

    From Kabboom, on Tue 4 Aug 2:40PM
  20. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    What is all these noise about Senderose signing for­ Everton? For crying out loud, sum1 just mentioned they­ are in talks over signing him. I was at the Emirate­ today(4/8/09) and he was excellent in training. Arsenal­ WILL not sell him...PERIOD!!

    From Chukwuemeka, on Tue 4 Aug 2:38PM
Sort comments by: Most recent

Not already a Yahoo! user ? to get a free Yahoo! Account