David Moyes was well-known for his selectiveness over potential Everton transfer targets so Lars Jacobsen admits he was grateful that the then Blues boss came back in for him a year after he made the “mistake” of snubbing a move to Goodison Park.
Moyes was meticulous when it came to checks on recruits, notably watching Joleon Lescott on 24 separate occasions before signing him from Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2006. Jacobsen’s fellow Denmark international defender Per Kroldrup, who was less than a couple of months older than him, was a rare blip with the centre-back being packed off back to Italy after just a couple of matches with supposed doubts over his heading ability.
However, the Scot was willing to give the right-back a second chance after he initially rejected his advances. Jacobsen told evertonfc.com: “It was at Copenhagen where my career really started to take off.
