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Everton are preparing a £6m offer for Celtic midfielder Scott Brown. The 24-year-old Scotland international was earlier this month linked with a £10m offer from Tottenham Hotspur.
It is understood that Everton had been approached by an agent offering Brown and Celtic defender Stephen McManus but said they were not interested.
However, having missed out on other targets, they are now poised to make a move after watching Brown facing Arsenal in the Champions League.
Brown, who was in the Celtic side that lost 3-1 at the Emirates on Wednesday, was bought by Celtic for £4.4m from Hibernian in 2007.
Everton and Spurs were thought to be interested in Brown at that time as Celtic beat a host of clubs, including Glasgow rivals Rangers, Bolton Wanderers, Middlesbrough and Reading, to the midfielder's signature.
Celtic reportedly turned down a £9m offer from Portsmouth in January.
But economic conditions have taken a downturn and the Scottish Premier League runners-up recently announced that their profits had halved.
Spurs manager Harry Redknapp this month admitted that he rated Brown, who ended the season as the SPFA Players' Player of the Year.
However, he played down suggestions that he was interested in signing a player who was also named among 14 players on world governing body Fifa's "ones to watch in 2009" list.
Brown, who won his 17th cap in Scotland's World Cup qualifying defeat by Norway, had recovered from a disappointing first season with Celtic during which he had to cope with injury, suspension and the death of his sister.
Like Brown, McManus missed the start of this season through injury and the Celtic captain has just returned to training in time to be linked with a move away from the club.
Celtic are believed to be willing to sell the 26-year-old or allow the Scotland defender to leave on loan, with Ipswich Town thought to be leading the interested clubs.
Would have to be a lot more than £6m, especially the silly money floating about the EPL
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Not a chance for £6M.
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I'd bite the hand off them.
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HE'S BETTER THAN HUTTON AND GORDON SO IT SHOULD BE 10 AT LEAST!!!
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I think its time for scottish clubs to tell the epl to pay us more for our players or * off,we are always letting our players go to cheap.
The same players in the epl would cost millions more imo. -
£8m and they can take him.
I really rate the guy, but out of the last two games against Arsenal, he was below par. So £8m would be good business imo. Would rather lose him than McGeady if we have to lose someone. -
6m would be an acceptable offer. with that money we could bring in another midfielder or a top striker.
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That'll go up to £8 million and when it does the board will say thank you and drive him down the road.
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i wud take 7 million and run like *!:56:
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A bit more and say farewell ,good money .
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I hope not. I would tell them to fuckoff.:31:
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Deal at 7.2m
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Everton in for Brown
By DEREK McGREGOR
Published: Today
EVERTON boss Davie Moyes is ready to shell out £8million on Celtic powerhouse Scott Brown.
SunSport understands long-term admirer Moyes had the midfielder watched again last night during the humbling by Arsenal.
Now Moyes, who banked £24m from the sale of Joleon Lescott, is set to swoop.
Celts' failure to make the Champions League has left a massive hole in their finances and key player Brown could be sacrificed. -
Sell him for £8 million bring in the japenesse Keisuke Honda from VVV for 10 million euros (asking price) and I'l happly take that deal.
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£8m!!hard to turn down but i dont know if we could get anybody whos really gd in at the moment for near that price but he is vastly overrated imo!!
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get the * to *
lescott is * and theyre punting him for 24 millions and wanting bornw for 8 million neiighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh -
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An exclusive by Mr Mcgregor, its a shame the man cant be bother to write a good story, am sure mr Lawwell will play hard ball with Everton if true. -
wouldnt sell him but if i did would be atleast for 20m :shamrock:
why should england get away with players 2% as good as there transfer value?
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a massive hole in our finances?:87:
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