Transfer Window Thread

mythbuster · July 14, 2015

Deco said:
If they offered £30m upfront I think we'd be silly to turn it down.

Assuming that Bobby would be given the money to spend of course, and spent it well.

-wizard- said:
would take cash + DZEKO !

What the hell is going on now?

ijjysmith · July 14, 2015

AaronTheBlue said:
long going to burnley or leeds,

he's been told he would have been 4th choice striker, and burnley and leeds both offered better terms

Can't blame him. How old is he?

ijjysmith · July 14, 2015

Dithering Dougie said:
Would McCarthy count as a homegrown player?

Oh yeah.

Is it because he's technically Scottish??

AaronTheBlue · July 14, 2015

ijjysmith said:
Can't blame him. How old is he?

20 mate

AaronTheBlue · July 14, 2015

mccarthy counts as he was trained here for years before he turned 21

ijjysmith · July 14, 2015

AaronTheBlue said:
mccarthy counts as he was trained here for years before he turned 21

Ah makes sense. Thanks.

Eggs · July 14, 2015

.....Davide Astori transfer in Italy has hit a hitch according to reports. We have been linked.

joger · July 14, 2015

AaronTheBlue said:
long going to burnley or leeds,

he's been told he would have been 4th choice striker, and burnley and leeds both offered better terms

Why would he be "4th choice" rather than being loaned out again? Finding this explanation a little too hard to believe.

Hong Kong Phooey · July 14, 2015

Is there anything to the apparent "unhappiness"? There's been far too much written about it now over a prolonged period of time for there not to be any smoke without fire.

Only Martinez and the club will know the true story, but if it's true and he wants out then as good a player as he is, get the best deal possible and move him on.

AaronTheBlue · July 14, 2015

joger said:
Why would he be "4th choice" rather than being loaned out again? Finding this explanation a little too hard to believe.

I don't know, i can only pass on what the player has said.

Maybe he feels he would be better playing proper first team football for someone permanently then being loaned out again.

MikeH72 · July 14, 2015

AaronTheBlue said:
mccarthy counts as he was trained here for years before he turned 21

He joined Wigan when he was 20, you need to be trained in England for 3 years before the age of 21 to be classed as homegrown. This is why the likes of Gael Clichy and Fabregas are classed as "home grown", and McCarthy isn't

Move along, nothing to see here

AaronTheBlue · July 14, 2015

mikeh72 said:
He joined Wigan when he was 20, you need to be trained in England for 3 years before the age of 21 to be classed as homegrown. This is why the likes of Gael Clichy and Fabregas are classed as "home grown", and McCarthy isn't

Move along, nothing to see here

he joined wigan at 18

Tilling · July 14, 2015

Turns out that we've apparently unearthed our new number 10.

joger · July 14, 2015

AaronTheBlue said:
I don't know, i can only pass on what the player has said.

Maybe he feels he would be better playing proper first team football for someone permanently then being loaned out again.

Well he is an evertonian who has been at the club since the age of 5. What a shame it would be to lose him.

MikeH72 · July 14, 2015

AaronTheBlue said:
he joined wigan at 18

He joined Wigan in 2010. Having checked his Wiki page, this means he was actually 19 when he joined them, so he still isn't home grown

Edit: just noticed he joined in 2009, so yeah he was 18 going on 19. It's borderline whether he qualifies as homegrown