{"id":427461,"date":"2011-05-20T14:44:09","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T14:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/20\/weir-would-welcome-everton-return\/"},"modified":"2011-05-20T14:44:09","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T14:44:09","slug":"weir-would-welcome-everton-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/20\/weir-would-welcome-everton-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Weir would welcome Everton return"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"226\" cellpadding=\"0\" readability=\"1\">\n<tr readability=\"2\">\n<td readability=\"4\">\n<div readability=\"7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/52864000\/jpg\/_52864738_weir.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" alt=\"David Weir\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Weir made 269 appearances in almost eight years with Everton<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Rangers defender David Weir says he would be honoured to return to Everton at the end of his playing career.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old, who is currently considering his future at Ibrox, spent almost eight years at Goodison Park after signing in February 1999.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It all depends what&#8217;s on offer,&#8221; Weir told BBC Radio Merseyside.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously it would be a great honour to come and work for Everton, I can&#8217;t deny that. It&#8217;s a massive club and it&#8217;s got a big place in my heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Scotland international, who has also had spells with Hearts and Falkirk, made 57 appearances for club and country this season.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.<\/strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>His current deal at Rangers is due to expire in the summer but he has indicated his desire to play on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve not ruled it out, so you never know,&#8221; said Weir.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll have a couple of weeks rest and then take it from there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/shared\/img\/o.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"10\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"2.82568807339\">\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.bbc.co.uk\/o.gif?~RS~s~RS~Sport~RS~t~RS~_SportRegChk~RS~i~RS~(none)~RS~a~RS~Domestic~RS~q~RS~~RS~z~RS~50~RS~\"%20height=\"1\"%20width=\"2\"%20alt=\"\"%20\/%3E%3C\/p%3E%3C!--%20E%20BO%20--%3E%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3C\/div%3E%3Cimg%20src=\" width=\"1\" height=\"10\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>see also<\/p>\n<hr class=\"pufff\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/shared\/img\/o.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"10\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>related bbc links:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/shared\/img\/o.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"5\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>related internet links:<\/p>\n<p>The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/shared\/img\/o.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"10\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/teams\/e\/everton\/9492367.stm\" title=\"Weir would welcome Everton return\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Weir would welcome Everton return<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Weir made 269 appearances in almost eight years with Everton Rangers defender David Weir says he would be honoured to return to Everton at the end of his playing career. 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