Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

Fonzy said:
So we sell a future England captain who is a Left footed CB to our rivals worth who is worth 70/80 million as part of a deal to buy a 20 million rated Winger…haha!

If we do that deal may as well sell Ndiaye for some magic beans!!
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You DO realise this is an Everton forum don’t you?
If we got a £70M/80M offer for Branthwaite, he’d be out of the door, especially if we got a squad player from a top6 in return.

This is the way.
 

toffeeblue9 said:
Possibly, but from everything I've seen Liverpool would be silly to sell him. He looks a huge prospect. £30m is on the high side, but not absolutely ridiculous given his ceiling and the price that other prospects have gone for - Brentford signed Carvalho from them for a similar fee I think
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GoldenToffee said:
Don't do any dealings with Liverpool ffs. If we want that Doak they'll massively overprice him as they do with all of their young players, and no doubt they'd negotiate a first option on Branthwaite or something. If Doak is available it'd probably be for about £30m, and I'm absolutely certain we could sign a more proven player from abroad for that amount.
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£30 mill is a lot of money, but it also depends on profile.

If you pay close to £30 million for Yannick Bolasie at 27, its very expensive.

If you pay £30 mill for a 19 year old and keep him for 8 -10 years, then its approx 3 mill a season.

Same thing applies to Delap.

You pay for the longevity.

Take Pickford we paid a lot of money for him at the time for his potential - was it worth it and was it value - absolutely.

If im honest im a big believer in dropping £30 mill or whatever on players, buy quality and walk away for 8-10 years - Pickford the example
 
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blue to the bone said:
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@davek when we sign Doak
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Zatara said:
Doak looks like a tough little pocket rocket.

Ideal for the right side though have to love Moyes comments

"We want robust players"

= signs someone injured for 4months.
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Moving into his last year so the £20-30m is a bit far fetched.

Compare him to Tom Fellows who is available around £10-15m
 
I think you can tell a lot about character in these kind of decisions. Does Delap have the genuine belief,in himself, and desire to take on a “project” like Everton and really become a legend. But then possibly have to deal with the risk that it may not work out.Or does he sit on a bench somewhere, for one of the 6, but then have all the media telling everyone how good he is without necessarily needing to prove anything. I refuse to believe Mason Mount would have one single England cap if he hadn’t played for Chelsea and Man Utd.
 
Moyes talking about Delap is certainly a weird one isn’t it? Why would he do that?
Is it because:
Moyes is more comfortable to talk us/things up nowadays?
Is it the age old ‘well we tried’?
Is it a message to DCL? We’re talking to others so you better decide quick..
Or something else? Seems out of character for the Moyes I used to know.. has his approach changed?
 

dixiesdisciple said:
All round striker.. nah. Give me a striker who puts the ball in the net full stop. As McCoist said the other night, playing against a striker with his back to goal is absolute piece of cake.. a striker who turns you and plays off the shoulder is a nightmare to defend and transforms a whole team..
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That’s fine if he’s getting 25/30 goals
I’f your only skill is scoring and you get about 12, then that’s not good enough, if you want success
 

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