The ongoing speculation over Yakubu Aiyegbeni's future has come to an end this afternoon as Boro officially confirmed that they have accepted a £12 million offer from Everton, for the Nigerian striker and the club have given Yakubu, who went AWOL from training earlier this week, permission to talk to the Merseysiders in an attempt to offload the out of form striker.
Yakubu cost Boro £7.5 million from Portsmouth just 2 years ago and has since found the net 35 times in over 100 games, helping Boro to the UEFA cup final in only their second year in the competition.
In a double headliner, today, it has emerged that Gareth Southgate has turned two-faced as he told 30-year-old Jamaican striker Jason Euell that he can start looking for a new club as he does not fit into the team plans, despite telling Euell just last month that he would see more action in the striker role this season after a productive pre-season run. Euell, who only arrived on Teesside 12 months ago and has settled well here, told of how he has been shocked by the turnaround from the boss, "Three weeks into pre-season and everything was going well and Gareth told me I would not be in the reckoning for midfield, so I would be classed as a striker. Then a few weeks later I am told I am not part of his plans - which is a strange turnaround."
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