Everton January 2022 Transfer Thread

[alwaysblue]

Mate, you do get my point, you've just explained it. He was injured, he was going to be out for months, so the transfer was delayed, by which time he only had six months left on his contract so his value had decreased. I don't believe that Chelsea were gagging to sign an injured player that was going to be out for half a season, only for Barkley to put a stop to it.

This is where text can be misinterpreted and I don't know if what I'm saying is coming across correctly.
Chelsea knew about his injury and then bid £35m to officially talk to him. Barkley turned down the move. He then decided to do the same move for £15m six months later. Do you not see anything fishy in that? I'm no Bill Gates microchip under the skin theorist at all, this one is plain as the nose on your face.
Come to us in January and we'll sort you out...... paraphrasing btw and I'm sure said to his agent too.

 

[Tree13]

We won’t sign St Maximin of course but it’s funny that people say he’s rubbish yet make out Townsend to be a great signing.

St. Maximin would cost what, £30m? Townsend was a free transfer.

One of them is good value for money... The other is not.

 

[Tree13]

St Maximin is a very good player and will move for a fortune when he does go (unless there is not much time on his contract).

I have seen the comments on here but they are ridiculous. He is in the same sort of category of player as Richarlison I think.

Bed.

 

[TheSlumpDog]

St. Maximin would cost what, £30m? Townsend was a free transfer.

One of them is good value for money... The other is not.

Newcastle would want a lot more for him

 

[Marius57]

Ironic if we now go on to sign the RB that Brands identified but the manager said no to before getting Brands sacked.

 

[Dymak]

This is where text can be misinterpreted and I don't know if what I'm saying is coming across correctly.
Chelsea knew about his injury and then bid £35m to officially talk to him. Barkley turned down the move. He then decided to do the same move for £15m six months later. Do you not see anything fishy in that? I'm no Bill Gates microchip under the skin theorist at all, this one is plain as the nose on your face.
Come to us in January and we'll sort you out...... paraphrasing btw and I'm sure said to his agent too.

Moshiri's quote said the deal was agreed prior to a medical, and that he 'thought' but was uncertain that personal terms were agreed. Barkley's quote denies a medical took place at all. Either way, I don't think you can expect any club to pay 35 million for a player that has 12 months left on his contract and is due to be out with an injury for the next six months. I don't believe that Chelsea were willing to pay 35 million for an injured Ross Barkley.

 

[Tree13]

Newcastle would want a lot more for him

Which would only reinforce the point.

Townsend isn't great by any stretch of the imagination, and his "price" reflected that. Is St. Maximin so much better that a fee of £30m, or £40m or even £50m is justified?

Nope.

I'd contend that £20m for St. Maximin would still qualify as overpaying.

 

[sageyefc]

Boxhead couldn’t even hold down a place in villas side

 

[NeilA1878]

If you look at how many minutes he's played each season (Saint Maximin), no big clubs are going to take a big risk on a player that has not really threatened to make an impact near the top of any assist or goal charts, or have the capacity to play more than 30 games per season (mostly a lot less). In short, he is injury prone, doesn't work at all defensively and doesn't produce enough offensively over the course of a season. Hence why he is in his third year at Newcastle without any real whispers of him leaving.

 

[NeilA1878]

Boxhead couldn’t even hold down a place in villas side

They chose to spend 40M on Buendía rather than 15M on him...

 

[andy4efc]

Ironic if we now go on to sign the RB that Brands identified but the manager said no to before getting Brands sacked.

Benitez said no To Dumfries. Patterson we never got past getting a deal sorted.

 

[MACCA75]

St. Maximin would cost what, £30m? Townsend was a free transfer.

One of them is good value for money... The other is not.

It’s about who you would prefer in your team. Or are we just accountants now?

 

[Tree13]

It’s about who you would prefer in your team. Or are we just accountants now?

It's obviously more nuanced than a simple case of "who you would prefer in your team". For instance, I'd prefer to have Kalvin Philips than Andre Gomes, and Declan Rice rather than Gbamin.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

Mate, you do get my point, you've just explained it. He was injured, he was going to be out for months, so the transfer was delayed, by which time he only had six months left on his contract so his value had decreased. I don't believe that Chelsea were gagging to sign an injured player that was going to be out for half a season, only for Barkley to put a stop to it.

Yet that is what happened , it was reported as so at the time by independent journalists,
Moshiri’s statement shortly after sounded well hacked off with ratboy.
To be honest I doubt Moshiri would have him back but you never know with that balloonhead.

 

[Stephenlloyd]

They chose to spend 40M on Buendía rather than 15M on him...

And that’s looking like a disaster,
I remember a number of our fans screaming we weren’t in for Buendia, after his 7 goals in the championship. Looking like a poor signing,
Early days I know