Caen in for Nyarko

French Club, Caen are keen on taking Alex to France. The club has just been promoted to the French Premiership. Talks are planned and hopefully he will sign. (02/07/04)

Permit Denied

Alex Nyarko won't play another game for the Toffees, after his work permit was denied. There is no right of appeal. So unless he finds another club, which is doubtful, we could end up paying his wages for the rest of his contract. One year! (16/06/04)

New Permit

Even though Alex has still got 16 months on his contract his work permit runs out this June. He is hopeful that everything will be sorted for him to be still playing for Everton next season. He is happy the way it is going on the playing side as well.

Alex says: "My work permit finishes in June and I still have another year left on my contract. I don't know what will happen but I hope to be an Everton player as I am today.

“It’s nice to be back. I’m happy. I’m happy with the people around, the fans, the players, the coaches and I feel happy in my life. I feel happier now compared to three years ago. Things have changed a lot, the management and all that. But as long as you do what you’re doing properly that’s more important.(15/03/04).

Injury Woe For Alex

Alex Nyarko who returned with good effect, against Brum last weekend, has been told by the Everton medical boys that he has chipped a bone in his foot. Nyarko will now have to sit out this weekend's FA Cup tie versus Norwich, and it will be unlikely that we will see the Ghanaian International for at least a few weeks.

Moyesy says: "Alex has been to see the specialist, he's chipped a little bit of bone in his foot, so it looks as though he's going to be out for a couple of weeks. It's disappointing, because he put in a good performance against Birmingham and we were pleased with him. It's unfortunate to lose him, but that's what happens in football." (01/01/04)

I Feel Good, I Knew That I Would Now !

Alex Nyarko is telling the fans that he is happier than ever, since his return to Goodison Park. Moyesy he tells us out helped him no end, as he tries to re establish his career at the Blues.Since walking out on the Blues after the well publicised incident at Highbury a few seasons ago Alex has enjoyed loan spells at P.S.G. and Monaco, but soon realised that there is no place like Goodison, oh and by the way Walter had left in the mean time.

Alex says: "Since I’ve been back I’ve tried to settle in and train hard and concentrate on been part of the group, which is very important. I feel much better each day. I feel good, I feel positive and I feel that maybe I should have been like that for the last two years. I was away for two years and then I came back. I think this is my club. This is where I belong and I want to stay here. In those two years I was thinking and I decided that I had to take the decision myself to come back here and join the group and train. It took me time but I realised that this is what I had to do, I had to do this myself and not anyone else. The ball is in my court to stay in the group and I enjoy the group. The fans supported me and it was nice. You feel blessed and it makes you feel that you really want to do something. Before my first game back people were coming up to me in the dressing room saying,‘come on Alex, it’s not new for you, you’ve done it before, you know you can do it, play your own game and enjoy it. I tried to enjoy the game and adapt, I wasn’t particularly flash. It was good. I knew I had to come back and play for the reserves for a while so I could get fit. I respect David Moyes and the other coaches,” he said. They are helping me a lot. They are telling me what to do and what not to do. You are learning in football every day, like life. Sometimes you get into the team and then other times you might be on the bench and others you may not be in the squad, but I’m adapting. This is the ninth year of my career and this is a new thing for me. I’m learning and it’s very good." (06/12/03)

Standing Ovation

Alex Nyarko certainly won back a few of the dissenters last night, with a disciplined and tidy performance in the middle of the park, in Everton's Carling Cup win against Charlton.The crowd gave him a standing ovation as he was subsituted near the end of his first ninety minutes back in the first team in over two years.With our midfield not really firing on all cylinders this season, maybe we might just yet see the best of Alex Nyarko, if Moysey gives him a run in the side.

Alan Irvine says: "Alex did very well. It was terrific obviously for him to get back in and terrific for him to perform in the way that he did.We weren't here when what happened happened, so there are certainly no grudges to bear as far as we're concerned.It's taken him a little while to get used to the way that we do things.It's taken him a wee while to get back into playing in this country again, but his performances in reserve games recently and in training have been very good.We've been talking about putting him in for a few weeks now and just felt that it was a good opportunity. He's certainly taken his chance." (30/10/03)

He's Back?

Well this one will be interesting! Alex Nyarko, who swore never to play for Everton again, has forced his way back into contention and into the squad for tomorrow night's Carling Cup game at Goodison agaist Charlton. The Invisible Man has done it on merit and Alan Irvine was quick to point this out plus the fact that he and Moyesy have no grudge to bear with Alex as it all happened prior the the new Management arriving.

Alan Irvine says: 'Alex is very much in our thoughs just now, he's playing very well, put in some terrific performances and is very close to being selected.If he pulls that shirt on tomorrow night then everyone needs to be right behind him if we want to get the best out of our team and progress to the next round, prove to him who was right! (28/10/03)

Credit Were Credit's Due

After the rumours that the Ghanaian International might be on his way out of Goodison fizzled away, Nyarko to his credit has knuckled down and been putting in some excellent performances in Everton's second string.Two men who sing his praises very highly are Rezzy boss Andy Holden, and First Team Coach Alan Irvine.

Alan Irvine says: "Alex played very well in the middle of the park.He passed the ball well, intercepted a lot of moves and he is doing better and better all the time. Hopefully he will continue to do that.On that level of performance on Tuesday, people are certainly taking notice." (09/10/03)

Andy Holden says: "I thought Alex Nyarko in midfield played some great balls through against United,he was unlucky not to score. On the night he probably deserved a goal for all the work and great passes he put in." (09/10/03)

In To The Lions Den

A loan deal looks on the cards for Everton's want away midfielder Alex Nyarko.Scouts from First Division club Millwall, were on hand at Everton's reserve game on Tuesday evening , were the Ghanain scored to cap an impressive performance.Nyarko still has two years left on his contract at Goodison, as is rumoured to be one of the higher earners at the club, so Everton will be keen to wrap up a deal that will see their wage bill slashed.Moysey has made no secret that Nyarko is right down the pecking order at Goodison,and it looks like his days at the club are numbered.The interest from Millwall stems from the fact that Mark Mc Ghee's number two is none other than Archie Knox,who has seen the player at close hand. Part of the proposed move is to send with Nyarko as many dummies and rattles that he can fit into his kitbag for use in the very near future.(18/09/03)

Moyesy Is Not Happy

Moyesy wants to offload Alex as soon as possible.
Moyes says: "We want Alex back now. He has been out there for over two weeks and I can't understand his reasons for being out there as long as that. He has got to come back to the club. We were told he was going out there to meet the people at the club and spend a few days looking around, not two and a half weeks. He is coming back with a view to trying and getting him out elsewhere." (19/08/03)

Decision Time

Alex Nyarko will make his decision over the next day or so, on whether he will go on loan to China until December, when he will be off the Everton payroll. He has had a look around 2 unnamed clubs. We await his 'yes' with baited breath. (18/08/03)

Nyarko Off To China

Alex Nyarko's stop start career has stopped again. When he wasn't at Leigh RMI yesterday, some wags thought he may have gone awol again, but no he's been given permission to speak to some un-named Chinese clubs.

Ian Ross says: "We have given Alex Nyarko permission to speak to a couple of clubs in China. He has flown out to the Far East to meet with representatives. We expect to learn within 2-3 days whether or not he'll be joining either of them."

We wonder if one of those clubs is Li Tie's Liaoning Badao club. Now that would be nice. Then the scorer of Everton's second goal yesterday will finally become an Everton player. (26/07/03)

Get In The Queue

David Moyes has hinted to Alex that he has a long way to go before he will get a go in the first team.

Moyesy said: "We don't really know anything about Alex. We have a lot of players here who have worked really hard and they will be given the nod ahead of Alex because he has only just returned. He wasn't keen to stay at the club when he went out on loan two years ago but he is back now and we are giving him every chance to prove himself. But as a player, we know very little about him."(24/07/03)

Number 21

Alex Nyarko has been given the number 21 shirt for the season, which must be a massive vote of confidence for him. Anyway he has a chance to prove himself tomorrow night when he puts the shirt on again when he will play against an Austrian Second Division side.

Allegedly Alex was asking the kit man for some velcro strips. What for we wonder.

Moyesy said:"We probably won't play any of the internationals tomorrow night,but Alex will play some part. The games are against low-key opposition and will just form an extension to the training sessions. We will still train on the days of the matches and they're just designed to get the lads back playing with a football again."(16/07/03)

First Impressions

Alex Nyarko has been giving it his all in training to impress the his new boss and up to now he seems to have made a good start to his "new" Everton career.

David Moyes said: "Alex has come in and done well. It’s taken him a day or two to get back into the swing of things, but we can’t fault his training at present. He’s gone about his work in an excellent fashion. Before he came back, I’d only seen him play once for Everton in a pre-season friendly when I was managing Preston and he did extremely well on that day. So, we’ll wait and see.”(10/07/03)

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