By Chris Wright
Everton had to stand by and watch as highly-rated youngster Dan Gosling walked out of the club last night, after the Premier League ruled that he was free to leave following an administrative error on the club’s part which left him contract-less.
Chairman Bill Kenwright made verbal offers to Gosling without putting anything in writing before the May deadline, therefore the England U21 starlet argued that he could leave when his contract at Goodison ran out, as the club had failed to put a new offer in writing.
It is thought that the versatile 20-year-old, who can play in defence and midfield, would have netted the Toffees around £4 million at a tribunal should he have chosen to leave (and if Kenwright had submitted an offer), but he will now move on for nothing.