1 In 5 Out For Everton

Now the dust has settled on the furore that was the January Transfer Window its time to see how the current Unofficial Premier League champions, Everton fared.

Only one player joined the Toffee's during the window and that was on the last day when David Moyes signed Apostolos Vellios from Greek side Iraklis Thessaloniki for a nominal fee (believed to be £250,000).  The 19 year old striker has scored 7 goals in 14 appearances for the Greek U19 side and has an amazing strike rate at club level where he has scored 19 goals in 22 appearances.  He has signed a contract until 2014 but the chances of him breaking into the first team this season are pretty slim.

Making way at Goodison Park included Steven Pienaar. It was no surprise to see the South African midfielder leave as he was out of contract in the summer and the £3m bid by Tottenham seemed like good business to turn down.  He has since played 1 league game for Spurs and also played in Tottenham's 4-0 loss in the FA Cup against Fulham last Sunday.
The other players to leave are Joao Silva (to Uniao de Leiria), Kieran Agard (Kilmarnock), Zac Thompson (Leeds United) and The Yak.  Yakubu joined Leicester on loan early into the transfer window until the end of the season and has so far made 2 league appearances scoring 2 goals and if he carries on the decent form and fitness he has shown so far then he will be back in David Moyes starting eleven come the beginning of the 2011/12 season.

One last bit of news to come from Everton came in the last couple of hours of the window where Tottenham Hotspur made a cheeky bid (believed to be £500,000) to take captain Phil Neville to White Hart Lane, an offer which was laughed at by David Moyes.