Former Everton fans favourite Lee Carsley has dismissed suggestions that Real Madrid signed Thomas Gravesen by mistake instead of himself.
Now coach of the England Under-21s team, who he has steered into the final of the UEFA European Championship in Georgia and Romania against Spain on Saturday, Carsley was a hugely-popular figure for with Blues supporters during his six-year stay at Goodison Park between 2002-08. During the first half of the 2004/05 season when Everton were on their way to finishing fourth – their highest ever Premier League placing to date – Carsley’s central midfield partner was Thomas Gravesen who departed for Real Madrid during the January transfer window.
Given that both men looked similar with their bald heads and once at the Bernabeu the Dane found himself operating in the anchor man role his Republic of Ireland team-mate occupied at Everton, rumours subsequently abounded that the Spanish giants had somehow got the wrong man and that Carsley should have joined the Galacticos instead. However, he played down such suggestions in an interview with FourFourTwo.
