Toon wrap up Gosling on four-year deal
Published 23:00 11/07/10 By Alan Nixon
Newcastle have completed a surprise deal for Everton runaway Dan Gosling.
The England under-21 starlet had talks with Bolton Wanderers, West Ham and Sunderland before opting for Toon in a switch worth £5.5million to him over four years.
Gosling was allowed to leave Goodison for nothing because of an administrative blunder by the Mersey men, who had verbally offered him a new deal but crucially had put nothing in writing before a Premier League deadline.
He would have earned around £15,000 a week at Everton but is picking up closer to £25,000 a week on Tyneside because there is no transfer fee involved.
Newcastle were the only one of the interested clubs to promise £4m-rated Gosling that they would sign him even if they have to pay a transfer fee once an Everton appeal is heard.
Toon rushed the deal through even though the midfielder will miss the first three months of the season following knee surgery.
