Transfer Window Assessment

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Made up to be honest, some great signings over the whole window. Lots to ook forward to in the development of Delfou, McCarthy, Barkley and Lukaku.

We made a fair bit of wedge 28 mill for Fellaini was about right, wonder how much the Vic fee will be?

Looks like we made a profit over all and look stronger.
 
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butters said:
Here lids.

All confirmed here:
http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2013/09/02/blues-confirm-five-deals

Everton have agreed deals which will see three new faces arrive at Goodison Park, with two players departing the Blues.

Marouane Fellaini has moved to Manchester United for a £27.5m fee, with Victor Anichebe heading to West Brom for a fee which could rise to £6m.

Coming into Goodison are James McCarthy for £13m on a long term deal and a pair of season long loan deals for Romelu Lukaku and Gareth Barry.

All five deals were confirmed on the stroke of Monday night's transfer deadline. Fellaini's exit ended a summer long period of speculation after the Belgium international emerged as one of former Everton manager David Moyes' prime targets for his new club.

Roberto Martinez moved to boost his midfield by signing James McCarthy from his own former club Wigan Athletic.

The highly-rated 22-year old arrives with an impressive reputation as one of the game's brightest young talents.

Also arriving at Goodison is Chelsea's powerful striker Romelu Lukaku. The frontman, 20, switched from the Stamford Bridge outfit after enjoying a productive temporary spell at West Brom last season - when he plundered 17 goals from 20 starts.

Lukaku's arrival offsets the departure of Anichebe to West Brom - the academy graduate moving to the Midlands after making 168 appearances and scoring 33 goals for the Blues.

The final piece of the deadline day jigsaw sees England international and Premier League and FA Cup winner Gareth Barry arrive from Manchester City. The 32-year-old brings a wealth of experience to the Everton midfield having also played for Aston Villa in the Premier League.
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Jesus christ, i know a lot where sub appearances but that is woeful. £6m for Vic is the best deal since Rodwell
 
Also anyone upset by Robles signing wants their head reading, after losing Mucha we needed a reserve keeper and he is solid and young and cheap and may long term be good enough to be number 1. Could be the best business long term we did this window. I am happy we signed him. How many squad players that were worse did Moyes bring in over the years?
 

TomDixie said:
In: Permanent Robles, Alcaraz, McCarthy, Kone Loan Barry, Deulofeu, Lukaku

Out: Mucha, Neville, Hitzlsperger, Fellaini, Anichebe


Goalkeeper: Improved competition

Defence: Improved with Alcaraz over Neville, who was finished. Increase competition with Stones' emergence.

Midfield: Potentially decreased the quality of our first XI with the loss of Fellaini, but definitely increased the quality of depth with Deulofeu, Barry and McCarthy.

Forward: Increased the quality of our first XI substantially and the quality in depth. Lukaku should be fantastic, a really physical forward who also knows where the back of the net is.

Conclusion: We're going into the season with a significantly stronger squad. So long as we spent some of our money back (which could be in the region of £15m+) in the next two transfer windows then I'll be happy with the business overall.
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Nice assessment, but you have to factor in continual ageing of the squad. A squad's average age should be between 25-28. So if you dont continually bring youth into the side you become an old squad within 2-3 seasons. Players like Howard, Hibbo, Ossie, Pienaar are not getting any younger... Look at what happened to us with Neville last year.

on the plus, Stones and Barkley look like they will become regular first teamers. But nonetheless our next few signings over the coming 12 months needs to bring the squad age down.
 

the esk said:
I put this in the Baines/Fellaini thread but worth repeating here:

I know it's not popular here to praise the Management of Everton but I have to say from my perspective - Congratulations on a fantastic Window.

We've strengthened the squad undeniably, kept Baines (our most valuable player from a footballing perspective) and strengthened the financial position of the club, all in all a good night's business. And before I get shot down for saying it, it is important that our finances are strengthened even with greater tv revenues in the future.

Our ability to compete for talent in future windows depends on our relative financial strength and the quality of our team manager - it seems that Martinez has not only performed well, but is a manager that can attract talent to the club.

Feeling very optimistic for the coming months....
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100% agree.
 
orly said:
''I'll give him a few bob''

MAKES PROFIT
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Only Bill could get away with this transfer window with people saying he's "played a blinder" on here. Unbelievable. The fella has taken in over 10m profit we'll never see. That could have bought us a quality striker to play alongside Lukaku, or a real midfielder to sit alongside McCarthy as opposed to freebie and past it Gareth Barry.

But oh no, he's really come up trumps here old Bill.
 
I'm chuffed to fook I know the root cause of our probs remain with you know who as chairman but I just can't help it, absolutely stiff, engorged throbber about the whole thing.

The season can begin in earnest now and hopefully we can all get behind the team and make the progress we've been praying for.
 
Best news of the day is Baines showing he is a class act and an Evertonian through and through. Good on ya lad!
 

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