Everton finally completed the transfer of Steve Simonsen from Tranmere yesterday, The £3.3 million fee makes him Britain's most expensive goalkeeper but he knows he has a fight on his hands to get into Everton's first team.
Simonsen does not expect to go straight into the side for Saturday's home game with Blackburn.
Thomas Myhre, the Howard Kendall purchase who took over from Everton legend Neville Southall last season, is the man in possession of the number one jersey and Simonsen reckons he will have to wait for his big chance.
And the 19 year-old is not worried either by the massive fee, which includes bonuses if the Geordie plays for the full England side and takes part in a substantial number of Premiership matches.
He is Walter Smith's fourth new signing, and will be joined soon - pending a work permit - by Ivory Coast striker Ibrahim Bakayoko for £4.5 million from Montpellier.
Rotherham United officials yesterday played down claims that former Newcastle manager Kenny Dalglish was involved in a fracas outside their Millmoor ground last night.
It has been reported that Dalglish was involved in a bust-up with Newcastle fans towards the end of the Pontin's League match against Rotherham and that his car was damaged. Dalglish was in South Yorkshire to see his son Paul play for the reserves. But yesterday Rotherham general manager Phil Henson issued a statement, saying: "Rotherham United have no knowledge of an alleged assault on former Newcastle United manager Kenny Dalglish who was at Millmoor on the evening of September 22nd".
Steve McMahon yesterday resigned as manager of First Division Swindon saying he was moving back to the north west of England for family reasons. The former Liverpool and England midfielder, who replaced current England coach John Gorman as Swindon manager in November 1994, left the County Ground dismayed at his failure to win over supporters who have been calling for his head since March this year.
Turkish side Fenerbahce said yesterday they were no longer interested in signing Portuguese international defender Manuel Dimas from Italian champions Juventus. Anatolian news agency quoted the club's director of football Ali Yildirim as saying the Turkish side had abandoned attempts to sign the left-back.
No one was available at the club to confirm the decision.
Yildirim gave no reason for giving up the deal. He had said on Tuesday it was close to completion.
Former England coach Terry Venables turned up the heat on Glenn Hoddle yesterday by suggesting an older man should be leading the national team.
European National coaches have called on the governing bodies to protect the international game from "commercial interests" such as the proposed Super League.
