Summer Transfer Window - Credible Rumours Only Please

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BlueToff said:
His season was actually his best in an Evrton shirt. He was easily our best player up until January.

Wolfsburg away was actually my favourite moment from last season. We looked like we had really got into gear, then fell apart at Spurs three days later and never recovered until February!
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Do you not think that up to January he was playing for a move and after January not playing because he didn't get one.
 

LinekersLegs said:
Not sure if SportWitness is a reliable source but it does seem to have quotes.
http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/...on-approach-for-defender-and-says-his-dream-i
The agent of FC Augsburg defender Ragnar Klavan has been speaking to German magazine Kicker about interest from the Merseyside club in his player. Klavan is a 29 year old Estonian international and his agent Maikel Stevens has confirmed an approach from Everton but wasn't altogether clear in his response to it "They inquired. It is clear that I'd deal with it, if there is such a request, but it is also a fact that he still has a two-year contract in Augsburg."

Klavan then couldn't help let slip a little more and said "You must also know that it is his dream to transfer to the Premier League."

And there we have it. The second sentence probably reveals far more than the first. Stevens has to be careful what he says about his client and that's correct and professional. However, having a dream to play in England and the agent mentioning that dream at the same time he confirms an Everton approach is quite a hint in the direction of them being receptive to a transfer.

Kicker and other German publications have spent some time over the past few months bemoaning the increasing financial strength of the Premier League in comparison to that of the Bundesliga teams who don't have the finances of clubs such as Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg.

Augsburg finished fifth in last season's Bundesliga and Everton eleventh in the Premier League, but the increased TV money in English football means that Everton could dangle a contract in front of Klavan that would be incredibly tempting. German clubs just can't compete and Kicker worry of a talent drain towards the Premier League this summer, with clubs from the bottom half of the Premier League snatching players from those towards the top of the Bundesliga. It's a genuine worry, it's also not Everton's problem so if they want Klavan there should be a clear enough path to getting him.
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Turns 30 in a couple of months, we need a longer term solution. Someone to partner Stones for the next ten years, if we could sign him really cheap and if it then meant Browning and Galloway could spend the whole season out on loan then maybe it'd make a bit of sence but other than that I think we need to be lowering the age of the squad.

Does have a boss name though.
 
I think that Lennon wants to come to Everton and that will make the deal happen, but it may be very late in the window.
Spurs are probably paying him about 60k per week and with bonuses that may come to about 4m in wages plus possible loyalty bonuses and then if the waith twelve months they will get nothing.

A transfer fee of about 3m added to a saving of 4m for a player the manager does not want at the club means it is a deal that Levy will eventually sanction , it may happen sooner if Mirallas is wanted by Spurs but that seems to have gone very quiet.
 

Jozzy said:
Turns 30 in a couple of months, we need a longer term solution. Someone to partner Stones for the next ten years, if we could sign him really cheap and if it then meant Browning and Galloway could spend the whole season out on loan then maybe it'd make a bit of sence but other than that I think we need to be lowering the age of the squad.

Does have a boss name though.
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Not unusual for CBs to regularly play past 33 so provided he didn't get injured that would be 3 years to see if Galloway could develop to be Stones's partner.
 
Jozzy said:
Turns 30 in a couple of months, we need a longer term solution. Someone to partner Stones for the next ten years, if we could sign him really cheap and if it then meant Browning and Galloway could spend the whole season out on loan then maybe it'd make a bit of sence but other than that I think we need to be lowering the age of the squad.

Does have a boss name though.
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This is the kink of player we can expect to sign. We have a prefeered pairing in Jagielka and Stones , we need another experienced centerhalf as cover and I think in preseason we will see a lot of Browning(Stones will be missing for the first few weeks anyway). If Browning impresses he will stat at Everton and be given game time, if not he will be loaned out and a second older more experienced player brought in, possibly on a free.
 
Jozzy said:
Turns 30 in a couple of months, we need a longer term solution. Someone to partner Stones for the next ten years, if we could sign him really cheap and if it then meant Browning and Galloway could spend the whole season out on loan then maybe it'd make a bit of sence but other than that I think we need to be lowering the age of the squad.

Does have a boss name though.
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Would be okay as a replacement for Alcaraz in the role he played in our squad I guess.
 

Jozzy said:
Turns 30 in a couple of months, we need a longer term solution. Someone to partner Stones for the next ten years, if we could sign him really cheap and if it then meant Browning and Galloway could spend the whole season out on loan then maybe it'd make a bit of sence but other than that I think we need to be lowering the age of the squad.

Does have a boss name though.
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I don't think we do. Martinez has said as much as well - said he was after a defender in his prime (28-31 usually is this for a cb). He'd act as back up (most likely) and would be a stop-gap until Galloway was ready for first team action at CB.
 
BlueToff said:
I don't think we do. Martinez has said as much as well - said he was after a defender in his prime (28-31 usually is this for a cb). He'd act as back up (most likely) and would be a stop-gap until Galloway was ready for first team action at CB.
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Now I could be wrong but I thought he said someone entering his prime and ready for the first team letting me belive a 23-25yo. Cough *Van Djik* cough.
 
Mid June and already brought in Cleverley and Deulofeu. This has been surprisingly good so far.

Now for a number 10 and a centre half.
 

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