Everton Transfer Thread - Summer 2020

[toffeejack]

....the rumour of Juventus wanting Digne in a swap deal for Rabiot is odd. Saying that, I wonder if player exchange could be a feature of this window given the impact of Lockdown.

yeah, i think it would be, sadly it's not an option we can explore, because the only players teams would want to swap with us would be the players we don't want to get rid of and the only teams we'd be able to deal with all have crap players.

 

[Nymzee]

Since when could Stones not defend? He was brilliant for us at times and could completely dominate some of the top strikers in the league. Yes he’s had a few rocky periods under Guardiola with injury and playing next to some less than great partners. Let’s not pretend though he’s not an absolute league above Michael Keane.

A whole 8 minutes discussing how crap he is.

 

[Saint Domingo]

A whole 8 minutes discussing how crap he is.

you could make a highlights reel like that of any defender in the world.

 

[Nymzee]

you could make a highlights reel like that of any defender in the world.

But there aren’t them, because they’re not as big a part of their careers.

 

[Goat]

....the rumour of Juventus wanting Digne in a swap deal for Rabiot is odd. Saying that, I wonder if player exchange could be a feature of this window given the impact of Lockdown.

Can see a LOT of player trading happening this window myself.

Every single club is utterly skint.

 

[Stephenlloyd]

Can see a LOT of player trading happening this window myself.

Every single club is utterly skint.

Sell Digne for 60, buy Rabiot for 40. Nice little carve up of FFP. Should work out at about a 45mil profit on the books.

 

[Blue Juice]

I hope we dont have to rely too much on player swapping as our surplus of talent is absolutely 0

 

[carolinablue232]

I hope we dont have to rely too much on player swapping as our surplus of talent is absolutely 0

Exactly. We’d just be potentially fixing one problem by creating a new one. Loans, yes. Swaps, no.

 

[chrismpw]

you could make a highlights reel like that of any defender in the world.

not me.

nobody has ever filmed me.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

As much as I dislike Davies - Delph should be the next CM out the door.

Offers us nothing, bad attitude, never fit for selection, on higher wages - get him booted to WBA or the like.

 

[billyblue80]

If we have limited money then we have to prioritise midfield for me.

 

[rochdaleblue]

If we have limited money then we have to prioritise midfield for me.

Agreed. Ancelotti (bar the Chelsea and Arsenal games) has shown he can set up a team to defend. You can’t control a game if you don’t have a midfield.

 

[riddick]

People saying "we need CM-RW-RB-CB" or whatever are really missing the biggest issue. It's really more along the lines of "CM-CM-RW-CM-RB-CB"

We are absolutely terrible in CM. We need a MASSIVE overhaul. Rabiot is talented as hell but it shouldn't be an either/or with him, it should be someone like him AND another CM and even maybe ANOTHER CM. I cannot express how awful we are there. There are teams in the Championship who have a considerably better midfield than us.

 

[billybeeru]

The Stones thing feels like pure media speculation to me - just them guessing at what could make sense.

Regardless, I wouldn’t want him back. My rule is that if a player leaves for a “bigger” club and more riches, then when they fail they can’t come crawling back here.

 

[orly]

Can see a LOT of player trading happening this window myself.

Every single club is utterly skint.

We will spend £100m NET