Championship - Everton Naughton offer accepted

Eurosport - Sat, 11 Jul 10:27:00 2009

Sheffield United have given Everton permission to open talks with Kyle Naughton after accepting an offer for the young defender.

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The Blades turned down a reported £3.5 million offer from Everton last month, but have now agreed to an undisclosed fee for the 20-year-old full-back, who is currently with the rest of Kevin Blackwell's first-team squad on a pre-season trip to Malta.

The club's international chairman Terry Robinson told Press Association Sport: "We have accepted a bid for Kyle, that's correct. The two clubs have been negotiating this last week and we have agreed terms with Everton, but nothing has been agreed with the player."

He added: "We won't be revealing the amount until any deal is done and our acceptance is conditional on Kyle reaching agreement with them over personal terms. It's a good deal for the player and Sheffield United. We wouldn't have agreed to it if it wasn't a good deal for the club."

Sheffield-born Naughton, 20, who has been at Bramall Lane since he was eight, burst on to the first-team scene at the start of last season and quickly established himself as a regular in Blackwell's side.

He soon attracted the attention of several top flight clubs and won his first England Under-21s call-up - against the Czech Republic in November - after just 11 Blades appearances.

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  1. Condolences,
    Denise Hendry, the spouse of former­ Scotland captain Colin Hendry, had been in intensive­ care at Salford Royal Hospital for the last 12 weeks.­ The 43-year-old contracted a serious infection­ following an operation to correct a disastrous­ liposuction procedure done seven years ago. Hendry, 43,­ the ex-Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers and Rangers­ central defender, has been at her bedside throughout­ the ordeal. Colin, having recently lost a sister, my­ thoughts are with you. x

    From kelly b mr, on Tue 14 Jul 4:17PM

  2. Is it true that Stephen Hunt of Reading is going to­ join Everton? I read that Everton had agreed a price­ with Reading. I wish him well if he joins Everton.

    From Lizzy Ingram, on Sun 12 Jul 7:15PM

  3. Chris, sorry but don`t agree with your comments...I­ have seen Naughton and reckon he is good enough to step­ up to the premiership. Look at Moyes record of signings­ from championship teams 1/Lescott... success 2/­ Cahill..success 3/ Jagielka.. success 4/­ Gosling..success and still improving. This shows a­ manager who can identify a player who will be good­ enough when playing along side top class players , and­ not have to spend an absolute fortune in football terms­ to get them. EFC need another right back , Hibbert has­ had a few injuries and cover and competition is­ essential without having to put another player in from­ another position. Keep up the good work David Moyes,­ and keep the future of EFC bright with your aquisition­ of young players to come in alongside those with­ experience.

    From jonnoatgy, on Sun 12 Jul 12:32PM

  4. colban and ronnie,your both spot on same old same old­ blades

    From JULIE, on Sat 11 Jul 4:02PM

  5. chris you have obviously not seen kyle as he is class

    From JULIE, on Sat 11 Jul 3:57PM

  6. ANOTHER good buy if he joins will we have manager of­ the year again,come on you blues--- moysie is the­ greatest.

    From mervynhughes301, on Sat 11 Jul 2:35PM

  7. Sick and tired of supporting a team that thinks the key­ to success is selling its best players. If we had kept­ hold of James Beattie last season we would have gone­ up, the fact that Henderson and Craig Beattie (the­ worst player I have ever seen for Sheff utd)­ couldn't score score in a brothel shows exactly­ what Blackwell has in plan for the team, To let­ Naughton go is just criminal, especially when he will­ be replaced by some over the hill past is fullback who­ we wont get half a dozen decent games out of... Just­ wish they showed as much passion in improving the team­ as they did in chasing west ham for compensation..­ guess that just shows the real motivation of the­ board... MONEY MONEY MONEY..Absolute joke

    From COLIN, on Sat 11 Jul 12:25PM

  8. Another class move by Moyes, taking good players from­ the championship and turning them into very good prem­ players just like he did with Cahill and Lescott.

    From amyperrett, on Fri 10 Jul 9:57PM

  9. no everton havent got the money to compete with the­ likes of city etc but moyes has always bought well we­ do need to replace hibbert and im sure this is a good­ buy come on you blue boyes make us proud to be blue­ again this year once a blue always a blue

    From DAMIEN D, on Fri 10 Jul 9:06PM

  10. cannot believe that selling player after player is good­ for United lets get rid of this sell sell sell manager

    From Mum and Dad, on Fri 10 Jul 7:15PM

  11. Wish you the very best of luck, Kyle.
    Take care of him­ Everton, he's a future England player
    Weep for the­ Blades, we fans don't deserve this

    From woodhousets, on Fri 10 Jul 5:29PM
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  13. Same old Blades board!!!!.... No sooner is the season­ ticket money in they're selling off our best­ players and filling their own pockets again, exactly­ the same as so many United boards before them, what a­ bunch of Ambitionless, Spineless Kippers they are. ­ Also kevin "We haven't accepted a bid for­ Beattie!". We don't need to sell our­ 'stars', cos We are not a selling club"­ McCabe's Teflon coating is starting to wear very­ very thin, in fact it's now become Transparent!!. ­ We've got to wake up & smell the bull-manure!,­ & quick Blades!!!!.

    From Ronnie, on Fri 10 Jul 4:53PM

  14. A great purchase if he comes, England U21­ international, long term player at only 20, Moyes as­ done it again, Cahill, Arteta, Jags, Lescott, Rodwell,­ Pienaar the list continues, COYB.

    From Peter S, on Fri 10 Jul 4:21PM

  15. Danswaste... Big deal you are a Liverpool fan and u­ wish him god luck, thanks for broadcasting who u­ support lol

    From Richard P, on Fri 10 Jul 4:04PM
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    foeyp you wish ! you had one ok season thats it

    From craig, on Fri 10 Jul 3:33PM

  17. As a derby fan and a neutral, i think this is a good­ deal. Iv always though everton weak spot was hibbert­ and naughton could provide the speed u need down that­ flank. And there is no way lescott would go cus of­ this: NAUGHTON IS A RIGHT-BACK!

    From Alexander, on Fri 10 Jul 3:16PM

  18. Everton will still finish higher than city and totenham

    From FoeyP, on Fri 10 Jul 3:15PM

  19. We all want to spend more money. If you ain't got­ it you cannot spend it unless you have got a fairy­ godfather....Everton haven't so get tuned into­ reality chaps
    Tongmeister

    From Richard T, on Fri 10 Jul 3:14PM

  20. I don't think Lescott is going to City. And what­ about Jagielka - wasn't he a top class buy from ...­ was it Sheff Utd !

    From ALAN G, on Fri 10 Jul 3:13PM
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