Groan of the week

Sensitivity, it seems, isn't one of the Everton Board's strong points

Sensitivity, it seems, isn't one of the Everton Board's strong points. They're keen to make Kevin Campbell's loan move from Turkish club Trabzonspor permanent, but are a bit short of cash these days so they need to come up with a swap deal. And who are they offering to Trabzonspor chairman Mehmet Ali Yilmaz? The man who described Campbell as "discoloured" and who said "we bought a cannibal who calls himself a striker"? Ibrahim Bakayoko from the Ivory Coast! Oh dear.

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