John Stones transfer saga

[Zed Car]

Funny comments in here.
Knew we should have gone for Sam Byram.

https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/john-stones.52957/page-2

 

[marty mcfly]

"Everton are determined to hold out for a huge fee for their prized asset, but a deal costing more than £30 million would be too much even for Chelsea."

Haha, he's staying then.

Chelsea are now going to play hard ball. Classic. Get on the phone to Utd and do a deal for 25m and Evans. We can even use it to bring down the amount we would have to pay Barnsley. Either that or keep him.

Transfer request or not I wouldn't sell him for less than 35m and would aim for 40m.

 

[AndyC]

Regardless of his ability, he seems to be injured a lot so if he comes here he will have plenty of time in the treatment room chatting to his erstwhile colleague, Gibson.

And therein is the very reason we should want no part of Jonny Evans !!

 

[Elong]

Bet Chelsea's next offer is £25m.

That's what I'd be doing if I was Chelsea.

 

[Joey66]

Just a thought...
Stones is a contracted Everton player who has submitted a TR barely twelve months into a five year package.
Chelsea and no doubt others would love to sign him and they have enlisted the help of the media to achieve their aim.
Everton have so far said nothing, and some of our fan base are slaughtering the club for their perceived laissez faire attitude.
Question... As Everton are actually in control, why do they/we have to say anything ?
Where is it stipulated that the club must respond, must cave in, must comment ?
Why can't Everton simply choose whether or not to select and play Stones tomorrow and on Saturday at Spurs and simply refuse point blank to make any comment about a transfer the club has previously refused to countenance.
The media, Sky, Chelsea, the Premiership, the FA cannot force Everton to do anything, so we could simply keep shtum and ride out their storm till the deadline has passed and then issue a statement along the lines of...

"Nobody tells us what to do, who to sell and to whom. You have all totally disrespected out club, our players, our staff and our fans, the league and the game itself with your favouritism and bully-boy tactics with your 'we've got the money attitude'.
Everton FC may no longer be a major power in the game, we may not have the money to compete and we certainly are not the darlings of the media, but we made this stand in the best interest of our club, our staff, our supporters and we will not be swayed from staying true to the principles of fair play. If other clubs would care to join us in our stand against the uneven playing field, the favouritism and the blatant underhanded way some clubs try to do their style of business, then we would welcome their support. If we have to go alone in trying to return our game to a level of decency, then so be it. Finally, Everton FC will discuss with John Stones the future we still see for him with our club in line with the contract made to him and accepted by him last year, and if after those discussions are concluded he still feels a need to leave our club, we retain the right to name our price and our timescale from which, we will not waver."

A well thought out post, TBH I would have every confidence on Browning to play the next two games alongside Jags, a post from the Liverpool Echo tonight reckons we have not accepted his transfer request- rM has held a firm line of not for sale if he undermines this statement, and makes bad signings even his position is untenable - I agree let stones cool down , and if he is still unhappy in the future set a higher price, or by then he may see sense!

 

[AndyC]

Chelsea are now going to play hard ball. Classic. Get on the phone to Utd and do a deal for 25m and Evans.

Ah, the master plan... we keep the £25 million and give Evans to Barnsley ???

 

[blulouie]

Chelsea are now going to play hard ball. Classic. Get on the phone to Utd and do a deal for 25m and Evans. We can even use it to bring down the amount we would have to pay Barnsley. Either that or keep him.

Transfer request or not I wouldn't sell him for less than 35m and would aim for 40m.

Drop the Evans thing lad , getting boring now.

 

[The Equaliser]

Chelsea are now going to play hard ball. Classic. Get on the phone to Utd and do a deal for 25m and Evans. We can even use it to bring down the amount we would have to pay Barnsley. Either that or keep him.

Transfer request or not I wouldn't sell him for less than 35m and would aim for 40m.

£35m has been the price all along as I said earlier in this thread. Happy to be vaulted on this.

 

[PITA]

We've not been offered £40m have we?

If Sean says we have then we must have. He's right about everything else.

 

[Librarian]

Not much time left though to drag out this game of brinkmanship, which is all it has been from the start.

The worst case scenario is still very much on: he is sold on deadline day and there is no time to spend the money.

Seen it all before unfortunately.

That is the fear.

 

[Dylan]

Wow, that was quick. They've gone from selling him to Chelsea to pulling him to bits !

Yes, now the head has been turned, they will run stories to 'get the price down'. Not that it will help, I think our stance has been pretty clear, and Chelski will need to pay a decent amount to get him.

 

[paul11]

He'll be sold.

We can't reject his transfer request and play him, because unfortunately he'll probably put in minimum effort and cost us points.

I know this is devestating, but let's not clutch at straws.

But if he puts minimum effort in he won't get in the England squad and will miss the euros next summer

 

[bilyaletdinov_]

Keep him, Play him, I don't think the team would let him give anything other than 100%

 

[LAToffee]

I don't think you can be angry at Stones. What's he done apart from kept quiet, remained very professional and played well? The guy has obviously wanted to go to Chelsea and has been asked by the club to hand in a requet to take heat off them.

There is nothing obvious about that scenario. Fits your narrative, but goes against all facts we currently have: The club don't want to sell; Chelsea have increased the amount they have offered; Stones has put in a transfer request.

 

[Joey66]

But if he puts minimum effort in he want get in the England squad and will miss the euros next summer

If he stays for a week more , and is sidelined for a bit his English prospects will decline also!