Everton pull out of bid for Breen


By Matthew Jones
July 4 2002

The Magpies may well be interested with the news that Everton have pulled out of the race to sign Republic of Ireland defender Gary Breen. The Magpies may well be interested with the news that Everton have pulled out of the race to sign Republic of Ireland defender Gary Breen.

Despite the imminent arrival of Titus Bramble from Ipswich, United - along with Charlton, West Ham and West Brom - have been linked with a free-transfer move for the central defender in recent weeks, and it appears to be a case of which club are prepared to meet Breen's wage demands as to who snaps up the former Coventry player.

A second round of talks between Everton chiefs and Breen ended with the two parties failing to reach an agreement on the 28-year-old's wages.

Breen has been on Everton manager David Moyes's wanted list for a number of weeks, and is a free agent after turning down the offer of a new contract from Coventry in the summer.

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