Hughes defiant over Jol

MARK HUGHES is at war with David Moyes after the Everton boss was accused of making the bids for Joleon Lescott public.

Everton put details of Manchester City's offer on their club website on July 17, turning down the 17million bid.

Two weeks later they made another statement on the website, revealing City had upped the bid to 21m and they had rejected that as well.

But Hughes is adamant that he has not broken protocol.

He said: "The thing is, we haven't put this into the public domain. Everton did that on their website."

Lescott had a transfer request turned down last week and had a nightmare yesterday as Everton were crushed by Arsenal at Goodison Park.

Hughes added: "Our interest is not finished yet. I am not surprised David feels a bit aggrieved with the situation. You always are when a big club comes along trying to acquire one of your better players.

"You never want them to leave but we feel we are doing things the right way and through the proper channels."

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