Kone Signs on 3 Year Deal

[sexualchocolate]

What an appalling first signing this would be, a real wake-up call to the Everton reality for most Evertonians.

Spurs, finished one place above us, go and grab a **** hot up-and-coming Brazilian midfielder for 17m, we get Arouna-Journeyman-Looks-Like-A-****-Kone.

Diabolical.

wake up call???? i dont think there's an everton fan out there who would for a minute think we'd be in the market for Paulinho, like it or not Martinez has to work with the funds available and that'll probably mean having to sell at least one player, personally i think Kone will be a good fit for us

 

[Azza]

Bearing in mind, the fee reflects he had a year or so on his contract, and he scored more than jelavic did too.

No the fee reflects the release clause amount which Wigan are not willing to accept any amount below.

 

[andybaker]

You should care. Our transfer budget is entirely composed of transfer receipts. Since 2007 we have spent £5M more than we have recouped. So resale value is an important factor in any incoming transfer. I'm not saying that every incoming player has to have a resale value but we have to be realistic and expect most to be saleable at some stage in the future. If Kone flops, and I'm not saying he will, I actually think he has looked decent when I've seen him play, we can pretty much write off most of that £5-7M due to his age and wage demands (more than our entire net spend over six years, I reemphasise). With other signings, Jelavic for example, we will be able to recoup at least a portion of what we spent if we decide to sell.

Absolute ridiculous to think that every signing we make has to be resellable. Distin has been well worth the £5M we paid for him and we get feck all back on him. At £5M distin was a great signing apart from a fecking shocking back pass at wembley!

What you seem to be completely forgetting here is that Rooney £28M, Rodwell £12M and Lescott (23M bought for £5M) massively balance the books in Moyes' favour so everyone waxing lyrical about how ****ing great he was at signing players is utter ****. Beattie, Koldrup and Bily tell me that for damn sure.

We simpy are not in a position to buy £20M players aged 23 simply because if they work they will make money. What if they dont? How sellable was Veron? How sellable was Robinho? How much will Torres get Chelsea back? £50M? not ****in likely! Sometimes players are signed short term to do a job. Robin Van Persie - prime example. Massive fee for his age, won them the prem, fee back in spades!

PLayers fail at any age, any level and any transfer fee.

To say we must only sign players who can be resold is garbage. If a player makes his transfer worth the fee he has paid for himself regardless if we get any money back for him.

I guarantee anyway that if Kone bangs 15 goals a season + for the next 2 seasons a new promoted club would rip your fecking arms off at £6M - with their solitary aim that season being to stay in the premier league.

 

[TheFinnFan]

Those that see will see and the rest will come round when they see big players going out the door replaced with less quality.

It,s all about quantity over quality now and the rest of the dough made from the out,s will be boxed off.

Martinez has been played like a piano.

really, why do you even bother then?

 

[ah11984]

I know it's hard to call with the potential sales of Fellaini and Baines, but do people think he will be the only striker bought in? I think that will determine how happy I am with this signing.

 

[LocalNative]

Who's to say Kone won't flop next season as Jelavic did? Is he really a better footballer (not based on last season alone)?

 

[Housequake]

Who's to say Kone won't flop next season as Jelavic did? Is he really a better footballer (not based on last season alone)?

You can put an argument into his all round effectiveness, yes.

Jelavic without goals is very little, if nothing, as we found out last season.

 

[windymiller]

You should care. Our transfer budget is entirely composed of transfer receipts. Since 2007 we have spent £5M more than we have recouped. So resale value is an important factor in any incoming transfer. I'm not saying that every incoming player has to have a resale value but we have to be realistic and expect most to be saleable at some stage in the future.

Absolute ridiculous to think that every signing we make has to be resellable. Distin has been well worth the £5M we paid for him and we get feck all back on him. At £5M distin was a great signing apart from a fecking shocking back pass at wembley!

What you seem to be completely forgetting here is that Rooney £28M, Rodwell £12M and Lescott (23M bought for £5M) massively balance the books in Moyes' favour so everyone waxing lyrical about how ****ing great he was at signing players is utter ****. Beattie, Koldrup and Bily tell me that for damn sure.

We simpy are not in a position to buy £20M players aged 23 simply because if they work they will make money. What if they dont? How sellable was Veron? How sellable was Robinho? How much will Torres get Chelsea back? £50M? not ****in likely! Sometimes players are signed short term to do a job. Robin Van Persie - prime example. Massive fee for his age, won them the prem, fee back in spades!

PLayers fail at any age, any level and any transfer fee.

To say we must only sign players who can be resold is garbage. If a player makes his transfer worth the fee he has paid for himself regardless if we get any money back for him.

I guarantee anyway that if Kone bangs 15 goals a season + for the next 2 seasons a new promoted club would rip your fecking arms off at £6M - with their solitary aim that season being to stay in the premier league.

Take a breath chuckles and have another look at what I wrote.

 

[andybaker]

id like to once more ask.

Apart from when we played Wigan and a few highlights on MOTD....how many people actually watched all of Kones performances last season?

All seems like bull**** snobbery to me just cos were signing players from Wigan and not Madrid!

I seen Kone 3 times last season...and the [Poor language removed] terrorised us pretty much more than any other forward we met all season for any side i seen us play against.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

Those that see will see and the rest will come round when they see big players going out the door replaced with less quality.

It,s all about quantity over quality now and the rest of the dough made from the out,s will be boxed off.

Martinez has been played like a piano.

He's been in the job a day & a half & you reckon he's been played like a piano & predict (as fact) that incoming sale monies will not be available to re-invest.

Well done, even by your standards that's a plum of a post lid.

 

[andybaker]

Take a breath chuckles and have another look at what I wrote.

what? just because you contradict yourself 1 sentence to the next doesnt mean i dont understand the overall meaning of your post.

Your saying leave Kone cos hes nearly 30 and worth **** all once we sign him.

Forgetting that Alcaraz is coming on a free and if it doesnt work - the minimum we will get for him will be about £3M.

 

[Timak]

Who's to say Kone won't flop next season as Jelavic did? Is he really a better footballer (not based on last season alone)?

If you ignore the 3 years in which he only scored 1 goal he has been great

 

[Michael Tsui]

Absolute ridiculous to think that every signing we make has to be resellable. Distin has been well worth the £5M we paid for him and we get feck all back on him. At £5M distin was a great signing apart from a fecking shocking back pass at wembley!

What you seem to be completely forgetting here is that Rooney £28M, Rodwell £12M and Lescott (23M bought for £5M) massively balance the books in Moyes' favour so everyone waxing lyrical about how ****ing great he was at signing players is utter ****. Beattie, Koldrup and Bily tell me that for damn sure.

We simpy are not in a position to buy £20M players aged 23 simply because if they work they will make money. What if they dont? How sellable was Veron? How sellable was Robinho? How much will Torres get Chelsea back? £50M? not ****in likely! Sometimes players are signed short term to do a job. Robin Van Persie - prime example. Massive fee for his age, won them the prem, fee back in spades!

PLayers fail at any age, any level and any transfer fee.

To say we must only sign players who can be resold is garbage. If a player makes his transfer worth the fee he has paid for himself regardless if we get any money back for him.

I guarantee anyway that if Kone bangs 15 goals a season + for the next 2 seasons a new promoted club would rip your fecking arms off at £6M - with their solitary aim that season being to stay in the premier league.

United got the most out of their 23m man back because they won the league. Realistically, the difference between 6th and 17th is just 8.25m a year, but you will need more than a Baines and a Fellaini to make the trip - these two already costs ~40m over a period of 5 years.

 

[Mogsy_Efc]

Fu*k me. Can we all just agree to wait until the end of the season and then bicker among each other. Come the end of the season we will see if it was a good deal.

 

[Julian Carax]

Here's his youtube vid, nearly 30mins long so he must be good!

[video=youtube;Y4MnpzG5Sqc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc[/video]