 The "Daily Mail" reported that the player earned £8,000 per week and had rejected a verbal offer of a £15,000 a week contract from Everton.Everton were required to submit a contract with better terms than the existing contract to Gosling before the 30 May deadline to enable the club to receive compensation from any English club interested in signing Gosling.The compensation amount has been reported as being as high as £4million.