EVERTON PLAYER PROFILES
George Green
| Squad number | — |
| Position | Midfielder |
| Joined on | dd Month yyyy |
| Joined from | Bradford City |
| Transfer fee | £280k |
| Full debut | v Match (H/A) dd Month yyyy |
| Contract duration | N/A |
| Contract expires | 200?N/A |
| Born | Dewsbury |
| Date of birth | dd Month yyyy |
| Height | x' x" |
| Nickname(s) | v |
| Honours |
Under Construction
Academy director Alan Irvine said he was looking forward to working with highly-rated teenager George Green after the club agreed a deal with Bradford City in October 2011 for the youngster join the Toffees’ youth set-up the following summer.
The 15-year-old, from Dewsbury, attacking midfielder had been linked with the likes of Tottenham and Bayern Munich, but Everton got there first with a reported initial bid of £280,000 in a deal potentially worth £2m to the Bantams.
“George is a young player who was attracting interest from a number of clubs,” Irvine told evertonfc.com.
“He has got good potential but at the moment that’s all it is. He has got a lot of work to do and he knows that.
“We’re happy to have him and we’re looking forward to working with him here at the academy.”
Green had a medical with Everton the Monday after the infamous derby in which Martin Atkinson wrongly sent off Jack Rodwell when Liverpool cheat Suarez dived and yelped in agony after a far challenge for a 50/50 ball. Green completed the signing the following day, despite renewed late interest from Tottenham, and it appeared that he would monbe to Finch Farm straight awya with talk of him playing in the next Academy U-16 game — versus Liverpool!
But it was revealed that Spurs made an end run to gazump the Blues when joint-chairman of Bradford City, Julian Rhodes said: “Spurs came in with a bigger offer but we were more than happy for him to stay with Everton and honour the agreement we’d got.
“George had settled in there and made it clear he was happy to be an Everton player.”
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Last updated October 2011
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| Season | Team | Appearances (sub) | Goals |
| 2011-12 | U-18s | ||
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