John Stones transfer saga

[rochdaleblue]

Merson just on SSN. " John Stones been badly advised, but will be a Chelski Player by Tuesday. Can't stay at Everton cos of the abuse he will relieve from the Evertonians".

In what way is Merson implying that stones has been badly advised? Transfer request shouldn't have been made? Should have refused to play for the club last night? Or just irritation that stones is still with us?

 

[The Equaliser]

Watergate couldn't hold a candle to this saga now.

Hopefully there won't be a similar outcome.

 

[HuddersfieldToffee]

We've got some friends in the media. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/football/clubs/everton/article4539692.ece

EDIT: Behind the paywall, here's a subsection for those without a sub

If the pronounced hierarchy of English football’s food chain is respected, John Stones will be a Chelsea player by the time that the transfer window closes on September 1. The London club have more money, more potential for success, pay higher wages and have Champions League football to offer. Everton, the Premier League’s 11th best team last season and a club whose commercial revenue is lower than that of Norwich City, simply cannot compete.

Which is why it is crucial for football in general and Everton in particular that they refuse to accept their place and ensure that Roberto Martinez’s bold statement that “sometimes money can’t buy everything” has to be backed up by equally stout resistance from his club. The theory throughout an increasingly tortuous transfer saga has been that there would be an offer that would make Everton buckle, but by adopting such a strong position through their manager, the club have given themselves the best possibly chance of keeping Stones.

Should they do so, they will send a message to clubs in a similar position that they do not have to yield to the league’s biggest fish; that even when a player has formally expressed his desire to go, they can ensure that he sticks to the contract he signed and prevent a scenario in which a club as powerful as Chelsea make themselves even stronger at your expense.

Forget tribal loyalties, it is in the interests of competitiveness that Everton win this battle.

 

[mightymoyes]

Don't you think it's ironic that WBA are making the same stand against a player wishing to leave, yet they are not all over the back pages of the tabloids and sky 'pundits' commenting every 5 mins about it. It just goes to show everton have not just been resisting the clutches of Chelsea but also an agenda by the media to force our best talent to leave.

its only spurs after him though, theyve never been part of the sky 4.

 

[rochdaleblue]

Spurs aren't Chelsea - that's the only reason.

Which just goes to show how underhand their approach has been all along.

 

[Yid4life]

To be fair to us, we have appoached the Berahino thing in a totally professional manner. It has been WBA that has made every aspect of it public knowledge.
Our transfer MO is completely different since Redknapp & Sherwood left.

 

[catcherintherye]

What irritates me in all of this, is that it's not just that they want Everton to sell, but sell at the price they/Chelsea want. Yes we may be asking for an amount that seems unrealistic. But guess what we don't force Chelsea to pay the money. They could always look elsewhere.

We can set a price, Chelsea have failed to match it.

 

[ToffeeDevil]

seriously fuming though... i love how they paint us as the bullies

 

[TheFinnFan]

Love to read theshedend atm

 

[Goat]

If he really, really wants to leave, we should let him leave, Martinez spoke of bullying last night, it would be bullying to tell him hes going nowhere and he must stay at a dead end club getting paid buttons for a player of his talent.

 

[polish]

I'm very happy to see us trying setting up new standards in this modern football, where every club is a feeder to those richest. We can be proud.

It's up to Kenwright and co now to provide the manager who's setting his sights on a success. That's the only thing that holding us and it need to change.

 

[Khalekan]

He probably thought you supported Spurs

Nope.....I had been to Wembley and was still sporting an Everton shirt

We were talking to him getting off the plane and he had been the game as well.

He was made up the Blues had won

 

[Kankurette]

Head Like A Hole by Nine Inch Nails pretty much sums up how I feel about this whole thing.

ETA: Paul Merson can stfu.

 

[ToffeeDevil]

If he really, really wants to leave, we should let him leave, Martinez spoke of bullying last night, it would be bullying to tell him hes going nowhere and he must stay at a dead end club getting paid buttons for a player of his talent.

he signed a contract with us though. him leaving at the demands of chelski would just recirculate the unspoken idea that contracts mean nothing. why even sign a contract if you can get swooped up by the big 4? if anything, this is a message to stones and players like him - you sign a contract, you should do your best to honor it. its a precedent that should be set to other players, so it's harder for people to just cry about it and leave. i hate that we're being crucified because we're not letting him go. that's the narrative that needs to be changed

 

[Yid4life]

Reminds me of the Modric saga. We refused to sell to Chelsea at £40mn but sold to RM for £35mn the following season.
Personally, i would rather take the £5mn hit than deal with that lot.
Their whole MO is out of order, buy players you dont need purely so other clubs cant get them. Then send most of them out on loan so they take points off your rivals but they cannot then play against their parent club.