Everton Transfer Thread 2016

[Westland]

I agree I can't see how it happens without another investor also coming on board or heavy loans.

'Which was been said earlier in the window' by whom? Don't think anyone at the club such?

People have said it in the media including the esk. It's definitely the impression people have had and no one has done anything to stop it.

I guess people expected that other guy Usmanov to come on board or other investors but that's not looking too likely at this point.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

The right signings follow when we've made a statement we're looking to be winners. To attract winners, you need to buy winners first.

As such, we need someone like Mata, because even if he was a flop (don't think he would be, but still), it sends the message we're bringing in players to win.

We've had decades of trying to bring in the Cahills and Campbells of this world, who were the "right" signings for our situation, but right now we need to prove we want to compete at a higher level. That's why we need that one big statement of intent - the smarter signings can come later, because the good players will suddenly want to play for Everton instead of needing to be convinced by the zeroes on the contract alone.

I'm not as convinced it's that important mate

Rather than one big signing, the best way to get top players to want to come here is to show we're a club on the up who are going to be financially backed with a new stadium down the line

Again, 3-4 good signings where we need them followed by a strong 16/17 campaign and we'll be immediately more attractive to the big name players

I can wait at this point. The two most important things for Moshri in the immediate future, in my opinion, are to get the stadium sorted and also to keep the good players we already have at Everton so we can start building something

That's always been our achillies heel. We've started getting a good team together and then we get raided. If Moshiri gives us the financial clout to hold off those raids, a manager can then actually start to build something and we can actually maintain momentum for once

If the days of losing a Rooney, Lescott and Arteta are gone, then I'm perfectly happy to be patient and let this gradual revolution take place

Yes, Stones may be off, but that'll only be if we get offered silly money for him, ditto with Rom

We really don't need a marque big signing. We just need to show that we have the financial might to not get bullied anymore. If we can end the days of "plucky little Everton" and instead make it clear that we're not simply a selling club anymore, everthing else will come in time

 

[TheHumbleEgg]

So, just to confirm you would prefer Joel over:

Bernd Leno (Germany 2nd choice keeper)
Sergio Rico (Spain 2nd choice keeper)

Yeah?

...you're talking about these two like they're nailed on possibles.

They aren't. Sometimes your choice (club) is limited by the choice of individuals (them)...if they're available even would we be their club of choice?

Doubt it TBH.

 

[GlosBlue]

Pavel Srnicek?

You'll be waiting a long time for this to happen (even by Everton transfer standards!).

 

[Zatara]

You don't know what the club is doing. So straight off the bat you are adding to the moaning by stating they are doing nothing.

And this is silly.

Timing matters and better have them in now than last day for sure, but Zat somehow thinking that we should have first team players signed by his deadline of July 18th and deciding that the fact we haven't is a disgrace to which there is "no defence" or "no excuse", is also silly.

Its plainly obvious we need a keeper....at the very least we should have one by now and i dont mean from fulham.

 

[The Esk]

there's no proof we're not.

it's a bit like the god question...do you have faith or do you prefer real things?

The fact we fired Martinez with a considerable compensation cost, we hire Koeman with a considerable compensation cost, we're looking likely to hire Walsh from Leicester with a compensation fee to pay suggests we have moved on very quickly from the Kenwright era.

 

[Brendan Janus]

To go with Robles as number one for the whole season would be disastrous !!

 

[John Osters Love Child]

But that is once again a massive indictment of Moshiri's Everton - and once again symptomatic of the impression that we simply can't get anything done at the moment.

Perhaps I'm wrong, and we'll see a flurry of activity and go into August with our muscles well and truly flexed, but we're leaving it perilously late to do so. In a standard transfer window, I'd accept dealings being done as late as early August - but not this one. This really had to be a 'statement of intent' transfer window, and that meant the new owner coming in and stamping down with a Robinho-esque blockbuster signing quick with little fuss.

I agree totally and my comment about the DOF is not meant as an excuse.
The club showed ambition and an arrogance i haven't seen from us in a good long while to rip away a very good manger from a team that has been better than us the last two seasons. That ambition and arrogance needs to continue now into the transfer window. Using Witsel as an example, the ambition is there to approach him and make him and Zenit an offer. If he spends three weeks pimping him self to every club in Italy have the arrogance to withdraw the offer and move on to another player. Make it clear it's his loss!

 

[ijjysmith]

Its plainly obvious we need a keeper....at the very least we should have one by now and i dont mean from fulham.

Of course we need a keeper. We can be pretty sure that the manager realises this. And knew as soon as he joined.

Just cool your boots pal. Everything will come into place.

Probably.

 

[TheHumbleEgg]

People have said it in the media including the esk. It's definitely the impression people have had and no one has done anything to stop it.

I guess people expected that other guy Usmanov to come on board or other investors but that's not looking too likely at this point.

..no-one will either mate and why should they. View it thus...they're talking about us in the media, not patting heads and going 'Awwww...Everton innit'...

They're talking about us in some quarts as a potential force. If you think the club are gonna lid that yer nuts man, nuts I say...

 

[Westland]

I'm not as convinced it's that important mate

Rather than one big signing, the best way to get top players to want to come here is to show we're a club on the up who are going to be financially backed with a new stadium down the line

Again, 3-4 good signings where we need them followed by a strong 16/17 campaign and we'll be immediately more attractive to the big name players

I can wait at this point. The two most important things for Moshri in the immediate future, in my opinion, are to get the stadium sorted and also to keep the good players we already have at Everton so we can start building something

That's always been our achillies heel. We've started getting a good team together and then we get raided. If Moshiri gives us the financial clout to hold off those raids, a manager can then actually start to build something and we can actually maintain momentum for once

If the days of losing a Rooney, Lescott and Arteta are gone, then I'm perfectly happy to be patient and let this gradual revolution take place

Yes, Stones may be off, but that'll only be if we get offered silly money for him, ditto with Rom

We really don't need a marque big signing. We just need to show that we have the financial might to not get bullied anymore. If we can end the days of "plucky little Everton" and instead make it clear that we're not simply a selling club anymore, everthing else will come in time

Players don't care about a new stadium. It will take 3 to 5 years to build by which time they will most likely be long gone. In fact knowing we are building one will put players off because it will mean that there's a likelihood we will have to cut costs to pay for it hurting us in our ability to compete in the short term

 

[kithnou]

People have said it in the media including the esk. It's definitely the impression people have had and no one has done anything to stop it.

I guess people expected that other guy Usmanov to come on board or other investors but that's not looking too likely at this point.

People's opinion shouldn't be confused as the club's statement.

BK did say that Moshiri has a plan, but won't do an Abramovich. It will take time.

 

[Hogwild]

Patricio, Neto, Leno, Cillessen, Begovic - good to see some keeper links....(however tenuous they may be)

Question though....have seen things (which granted could be utter jarg) suggestiong that if Witsel fails we could be in for Carvalho. Don't get me wrong, i think both are quality players......BUT they are very different players. Don' see why Witsel falling through would mean a move for Carvalho.

 

[BlueToff]

let's be honest, pretty much all other prem clubs have signed, for large fees, new players. how they turn out is a lottery.

we've lost 4 senior players and signed southampton's 2nd-choice goalie on a free.

let's be honest, mate...it's not good.

We have a manager who has been in the job for two weeks, one of which he was in Austria.

We HAVE made moves for two very high profile players that would improve us, one of which was at an international tournament.

It's not brilliant, but there's still a month until the season starts. It's not all doom and gloom...

 

[Zatara]

...you're talking about these two like they're nailed on possibles.

They aren't. Sometimes your choice (club) is limited by the choice of individuals (them)...if they're available even would we be their club of choice?

Doubt it TBH.

If we have the money then i think that would swing it....or do we get Kasper