Transfer Rumour Kyle Walker

[Bryan+]

The guy is a grade a weapon. Blows my mind he’s even being seriously considered on here.

to be clear, which specific guy - there is plenty of choice in this thread.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Very experienced and a winner. Can play cb and rb. Younger than Young. Huge fume potential if doesn't work. Vaults for the naysayers if he does. Dave is sniffing around the thread.

Ticks many boxes. In.

 

[Raino85]

I’d be fine with Walker for a season given that:
1) I trust Moyes to not sign idiots or crocks
2) I trust us to not offer stupid wages right now given the way we’ve negotiated contracts so far this summer

I dont think there is any debate that Kyle Walker is one of these

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Because Walker > Young/Coleman.

I despair of Everton ever sorting RB out for 'good'. Just seems to be an organisational blind spot for some reason.

Won't get a sniff ahead of Patterson.

 

[willo30]

Then why get rid of Young ? wages were a lot cheaper, but turned out to be a decent signing. For the life of me I can't work out why we've done this. Why did AC Milan get rid after one season ? Surely there are younger better right backs out there, just lazy scouting in my view. I hope I'm proved wrong, I really do, tell me why it makes sense Dave.

Didn't we offer him a year extension? Thought he turned us down.

 

[Raino85]

Very experienced and a winner. Can play cb and rb. Younger than Young. Huge fume potential if doesn't work. Vaults for the naysayers if he does. Dave is sniffing around the thread.

Ticks many boxes. In.

I keep seeing this and don't understand it.

In a team game, how is he made a winner?
Because he has been in a side that involves/involved De Bruyne, Silva, Aguero, Haaland, Stones etc.

He is/was a good player.....but he played for a good team and won a bunch of stuff with them.
Drop him into our side, does that turn other players into winners?
We have players in our team like Tarkowski, Coleman, Gueye who are brilliant experienced professionals.......does he offer more than them in the dressing room because he has won some trophies with the most expensively assembled team ever?

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Out in the pub in Congleton on Thursday apparently, so maybe he’s on his way to Stoke?

 

[toffee82]

I want us to get Kyle Walker and Kyle Walker-Peters.

Just so we can sing "There's only one Kyle Walker" then sub him and sing "there's only one Kyle Walker-Peters."

 

[toffeeblue9]

Out in the pub in Congleton on Thursday apparently, so maybe he’s on his way to Stoke?

Think he's in Jamaica

Edit - although that's now, so who knows where he was last week

 

[Aberblue]

I keep seeing this and don't understand it.

In a team game, how is he made a winner?
Because he has been in a side that involves/involved De Bruyne, Silva, Aguero, Haaland, Stones etc.

He is/was a good player.....but he played for a good team and won a bunch of stuff with them.
Drop him into our side, does that turn other players into winners?
We have players in our team like Tarkowski, Coleman, Gueye who are brilliant experienced professionals.......does he offer more than them in the dressing room because he has won some trophies with the most expensively assembled team ever?

An example = Fabian Delph.

 

[Zatara]

He's solid and can cover both flanks. A 3+1 type deal would be fine for him.

Because hes a decent player, can play left or right, offers more going forward than what we've got and won't be on silly wages...
Also has resale value if it doesn't work out. .


Sure walkers on something like 250k a week isn't he?


Also on a personal level walkers an absolute horror show of a person.

I know we want the best players we can get but at what cost?

Then we are lumbered with a bang average player on a longer contract

On the 4 very underwhelming options mooted, he'd be the one I'd want least

I can begrudgingly live with Walker on a 1 year deal as it allows us the option to address the position long-term next summer. Walker-Peters ties you into mediocrity in the position for the next 3 years

Wouldn't say he's bang average. He's a solid player and quite reliable. Would be fine as a starter for one or two years and then be phased into a backup for both flanks. Ideally we sign someone who is top quality like Vanderson from Monaco instead of toying with these freebies but it looks like we are bargain shopping at fullback this summer.

I agree with @toffeeblue9

Anyone wanting Kyle Walker-Peters for 3 years sounds off their head to me.

 

[Walken]

His speed seems to be the primary question…

Some good bits on that in this Athletic article from January:

The crisis of Kyle Walker

A player who has had to do his growing up in public now finds himself in danger of growing old under the same harsh, unforgiving spotlight

www.nytimes.com

It’s conclusion ends up being that his speed isn’t his problem, it’s his lapses in concentration - which I guess could manifest like he’s being slow because of failure to anticipate.

Top speed isn't the only metric that is important in players who rely on pace, acceleration and so called explosiveness count for most of his man marking skills

 

[PhoenixIreland]

Yeah but the mad German also brought Henderson back in.

Ridiculous, Tuchel is going to be an utter failure in that job.

 

[blueblue]

I keep seeing this and don't understand it.

In a team game, how is he made a winner?
Because he has been in a side that involves/involved De Bruyne, Silva, Aguero, Haaland, Stones etc.

He is/was a good player.....but he played for a good team and won a bunch of stuff with them.
Drop him into our side, does that turn other players into winners?
We have players in our team like Tarkowski, Coleman, Gueye who are brilliant experienced professionals.......does he offer more than them in the dressing room because he has won some trophies with the most expensively assembled team ever?

Don't underestimate the effect a player can have on a squad.

The right player can have a huge influence, why do you think we are keeping Coleman?

You answered your own point imo by naming the players he shared a dressing room with. He was very influential in that team, as important as any player, a regular international and has pockets full of medals, would you not think our young players could learn from someone like this?

 

[toffeeblue9]

An example = Fabian Delph.

FWIW there were positive things said about Delph's attitude in the dressing room, he was just disliked by the fans for his pretty underwhelming performances, his fitness issues and his ill-advised interactions on social media etc