But, one year on, this is no longer a concern and Everton are thought to be back in the frame to sign the 22-year-old from Internazionale.
It's also believed that Tottenham (who else?) are looking to sign the Obinna as Harry Redknapp continues to collect players like Pannini football stickers!
Seriously, does Tottenham's transfer policy consist of Redknapp and Daniel Levy sat in a room with a copy of 'Footbal 09' (or whatever it's called these days) and them both going through the whole "Got...!Got...!Need...!Need...! Oh well Need, where'd you get that you jammy get?" rigmerole?
And what was it with Football 86 (the last one I collected) and Brian Kilkline stickers? There were at least two in every pack!
And, if you had a duplicate foil Everton badge would you swap it or just keep it and stick it on your wall or something?
And why were the Scottish pictures shot outdoors? By dwarves?
Anyway, Obinna is thought to be available for around £3 million, which really isn't much for a Nigerian International and well within the Blues budget...I'd hope so anyway!
In other transfer news, Everton are said to be tracking Toulouse's 25-year-old right back Albin Ebondo who is available for around £2 million.
We need a right back, they're selling a right back, everyone's a winner!
And, in other completely unrelated news, there was a headline on NewsNow the other day that stated:
"Monkeys Used To Make Swine Flu Vaccine."
...picked a twat of a time to stop didn't they?!
And it's goodnight from me....