Everton Try To Explain Why They Didn't Sign Moussa Sissoko But Nobody Believes It

Everton have broken their silence over the club's failed deadline day move to sign Moussa Sissokofrom Newcastle - after the midfielder appeared to choose Tottenham at the last minute.

The French international was at the centre of a tug-of-war between the two clubs as the 11pm deadline loomed large on the horizon, and he appeared to be heading to Goodison Park for £30 million at one point.

But with just minutes remaining, Sissoko was a Spurs player and was pictured with the club's shirt, as per the photo above.

But Everton's new majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri now claims it was the Merseyside club who opted to pullout of the deal at the last moment - and cited James McCarthy's role at the reason:

McCarthy had been linked with a move away from Everton, most notably to Celtic, but ended up staying with the Toffees.

But what do you make of Moshiri's statement? Did Everton really pull out?

Here's Twitter's reaction:

Oh dear.

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Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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