everton2004
Player Valuation: £35m
We have, but not to fund transfer fees - to support an increase in the wage bill.
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We have, but not to fund transfer fees - to support an increase in the wage bill.
We all know that is a possible reason why we have done this. Perceptions though, a lot will see this as the same Everton who had to sell top players to sign anyone of high value
Duncan Disorderley
Player Valuation: £750k
The fact is until September 2nd arrives, none of us know, all I'm saying is this is an absolute disaster of a pre season and I genuinely feel for Koeman. If they is anything wrong at the club with regards to promises broken (this has happened in the past) don't be surprised if he walks away.
I'm half expecting it but I am an Exeter drama queen
everton2004
Player Valuation: £35m
No possible about it, it is the reason why we have done it. We want the big players, we need to pay the big wages. To pay the big wages we need to increase revenue. The only way we can increase revenue at this time is profit from player sales. Stones and Lukaku are the most valuable assets we have so one had to go. Stones it seems was one who wanted out the most (and also the one who would generate the most profit).
Totally disagree with this though. Steady isn't the word, haphazardly avoiding financial meltdown is more to my taking on it all.
I believe Morshiri has a plan and that for me would have been good enough at any point, instead of "living day by day" as we did.
I am just really annoyed the club has missmanaged the PR on all this, to a degree where people are now going to boot off when we don't spend £100+ million net.
Missing my point here mate. Let's wait and see in 3 weeks and see what type
Of players we have signed and whether or not the sale of John Stones was even necessary
I think the board wanted to see what RK wanted. Then get rid of who he doesn't want or doesn't want to be here. Good money for Stones but people still moan were not spending, does it matter at the end of the window if we bring in players RK wants. By the way like the Williams signing
Duncan Disorderley
Player Valuation: £750k
Not sure why that came up tbh, but the full remark about Kenwright was comparing him to that shitehouse Peter Johnson
Ahh might have misinterpreted that.
Duncan Disorderley
Player Valuation: £750k
My fault mate, bloody iPad has a mind of its own!!!
Neiziro
Player Valuation: £25m
This is nothing short of EMBARRASSING. I'm normally in favour of the Blue Union but this is just utterly and absolutely embarrassing. They're bending their knees here to the utter mentalist lunatics moaning how we haven't won the quintuple with Messi and co. overnight.
We get at minimum roughly a £140m kitty to spend - which right now seems like we actually do, £100m from Moshiri's initial investment and £47m from the Stones sale. We've confirmed to have spent £16m on players so far, with £25m and £18m deals for Bolasie and Kone almost completed which takes us to £59m. We also want to complete a £30m deal for Mata - £89m - with a final bid for another forward, Slimani etc. of I'd imagine around £25m as well. In total our final 4 transfer dealings - fitting right into what Mr Koeman has mentioned in regards to our dealings - means we spend £114m. And that's on transfers alone. Could you even fathom us purchasing that many players and spending that much money in a single window during the Kenwright era, never mind ones who have had success in this league?
We have spent around £30m sacking Martinez bringing in a successful, Premier League-proven manager widely rated as one of the best in Europe, as well as all of his coaching staff. Don't forget highly-regarded Director of Football Steve Walsh who has scouted players who have proved to be crucial parts in trophy wins and who have became club legends - Drogba, Essien, Mahrez, Kante etc.
"Sell to buy". That's exactly it - the club doesn't have an unlimited wage bill, it isn't like FIFA Career Mode where you can spend as much as you want and pay wages as high as you want completely ignoring STCC and FFP regulations. Why is everyone getting so pissy that we have sold Stones anyway? The lad was a liability defensively. Mistake after mistake, constantly getting outjumped, outmuscled, what have you. He was NEVER one of our best players. But of course since he can do a few fancy skills and Cruyff turns, which I can do as well, the English media calls him the next Bobby Moore. To hell with defending, if he can do a couple of tricks he's going to be the best defender the world has ever seen.
That's just what we have done this summer. As we speak plans are being drawn up for a brand new state-of-the-art stadium for us to play in - not just paper talk either, Joe Anderson himself has said it. Not just any stadium either, a modern stadium on the famous Liverpool waterfront, on the banks of the royal blue Mersey. This project alone would cost several hundreds of millions of pounds and will take realistically 3-4 years to complete. These sorts of things are not going to be done and dusted in a week.
Compare that to the Kenwright era where 3, THREE, stadiums were proposed, all of which failed to come to fruition due to lack of investment or reluctance to invest. The difference with this proposal is that there are actually signs of progress - there is a willingness to spend money, willingness to co-operate with the city council and co, and plans actually on the table. We finally have the investment we've needed for decades right now, and it's starting to show. Yet not a single word has been spoken.
A vast majority of our fans really make my blood boil, they really do.
We get at minimum roughly a £140m kitty to spend - which right now seems like we actually do, £100m from Moshiri's initial investment and £47m from the Stones sale. We've confirmed to have spent £16m on players so far, with £25m and £18m deals for Bolasie and Kone almost completed which takes us to £59m. We also want to complete a £30m deal for Mata - £89m - with a final bid for another forward, Slimani etc. of I'd imagine around £25m as well. In total our final 4 transfer dealings - fitting right into what Mr Koeman has mentioned in regards to our dealings - means we spend £114m. And that's on transfers alone. Could you even fathom us purchasing that many players and spending that much money in a single window during the Kenwright era, never mind ones who have had success in this league?
We have spent around £30m sacking Martinez bringing in a successful, Premier League-proven manager widely rated as one of the best in Europe, as well as all of his coaching staff. Don't forget highly-regarded Director of Football Steve Walsh who has scouted players who have proved to be crucial parts in trophy wins and who have became club legends - Drogba, Essien, Mahrez, Kante etc.
"Sell to buy". That's exactly it - the club doesn't have an unlimited wage bill, it isn't like FIFA Career Mode where you can spend as much as you want and pay wages as high as you want completely ignoring STCC and FFP regulations. Why is everyone getting so pissy that we have sold Stones anyway? The lad was a liability defensively. Mistake after mistake, constantly getting outjumped, outmuscled, what have you. He was NEVER one of our best players. But of course since he can do a few fancy skills and Cruyff turns, which I can do as well, the English media calls him the next Bobby Moore. To hell with defending, if he can do a couple of tricks he's going to be the best defender the world has ever seen.
That's just what we have done this summer. As we speak plans are being drawn up for a brand new state-of-the-art stadium for us to play in - not just paper talk either, Joe Anderson himself has said it. Not just any stadium either, a modern stadium on the famous Liverpool waterfront, on the banks of the royal blue Mersey. This project alone would cost several hundreds of millions of pounds and will take realistically 3-4 years to complete. These sorts of things are not going to be done and dusted in a week.
Compare that to the Kenwright era where 3, THREE, stadiums were proposed, all of which failed to come to fruition due to lack of investment or reluctance to invest. The difference with this proposal is that there are actually signs of progress - there is a willingness to spend money, willingness to co-operate with the city council and co, and plans actually on the table. We finally have the investment we've needed for decades right now, and it's starting to show. Yet not a single word has been spoken.
A vast majority of our fans really make my blood boil, they really do.
d4kyxx
Player Valuation: £20m
I think the fact we were linked with Mata, Koubaily, Hart, Witsel etc at the start of the summer
End up with Williams and Steklenberg..
Says everything you need to know. Something somewhere has changed or isn't right.. That's the feeling I get
Duncan Disorderley
Player Valuation: £750k
It's a great post mate and if I'm one of those fans that makes your blood boil I apologise. Also I don't play FIFA!
Just one question? Are you happy with the pre season bearing in mind we have Spurs tomorrow?
everton2004
Player Valuation: £35m
Witsel ummed and ahhhed and decided to stay at Zenit as he wants to go to Italy.
Koulibaly apparently preferred a move to Chelsea - but that didn't happen either.
As for Mata and Hart, only time will tell.
So what does that tell you that I seem to be missing? If players don't want to come to Everton, we can't force them. We made bids, they decided otherwise.
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