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Article: GOALS ARE MY GAME; BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP: BOLTON WANDERERS V EVERTON THE REEBOK STADIUM, TOMORROW, KICK-OFF 3pm Record signing Yakubu isn't ducking issue of his big aim.(Sport)
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- Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- August 31, 2007
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Byline: Dominic King
NOT many players turn down the chance to don the shirt made famous by Dean, Lawton, Royle and Sharp, but there is method to Aiyegbeni Yakubu's madness.
Some of the greatest players in Everton's rich history have worn the number nine jersey, buccaneering centre forwards whose exploits in front of goal ensure they still get talked about today.
Yet Yakubu, whose pounds 11.25m transfer from Middlesbrough on Wednesday created a little niche for him in Goodison's annals as the most expensive signing ever made, has decided to go for ...