Nick Barmby controversially completed a transfer to Liverpool from Everton on this day in 2000
As far as controversial transfers go, Nick Barmby swapping Everton for Liverpool 24 years ago is right up there. Barmby first moved to Merseyside in 1996 when the Blues paid a club-record £5.75m fee to sign the England international from Middlesbrough. He went to make more 132 appearances for the club and scoring 24 goals, the majority of which came during what proved to be his final campaign at Goodison Park.
They don’t like to hear it but I think that almost every other Everton player would want to do it because of the chance of European football and trophies.” Offering an alternative view, ex-Everton defender and ECHO columnist Michael Ball struggled to come to terms with what felt like a betrayal. The pair had both been involved in a memorable victory at Anfield the previous year courtesy of a Kevin Campbell winner and had now become divided by this shock switch.
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