Confirmed Signing Amadou Onana

[PhilRegan]

Waiting for ouana fails medical but barkley signs on the dotted line.

 

[bluestevon]

I also wonder if that's a big chunk of the Everton attraction to him, too.

He's Senegalese by birth, a defensive mid, a Ligue 1 player who has seen Gana up close (I'm guessing)... the guy could well be one of his heroes.

Gana and him both came to England from Lille too

 

[Miked1e]

Where is it saying he is injured???

 

[bluestevon]

Ligue 1 to Premier League is nowhere near the same jump as Ukraine to England like. It's more that he's very raw as a player.

But Ligue 1 really isn't some tinpot league. The players that play there now are often a very good fit for the PL, much better than Serie A or the Bundesliga.

Agree though, he'll need time, which is why the Gana signing makes sense.

He honestly isn't that raw mate

 

[Wat Tyler]

Get in.

Credit to Thelwell and the team.

Super signing.

These signings are much more like it, young, massive potential, exciting, strong and instantly improves us.

 

[Tony’s Carp]

I think in terms of a signing, it’s a relatively risk free in terms of return.

We saw with Moise Kean, that a young hyped talent could actually fetch a profit.

We’re not talking a washed up Gomes, Bolasie, Sigurdsson here, we’ll actually make a return on him (even if he flops).

If he becomes the next hot commodity (see Cucurella etc) then you could turn a huge profit very quickly.

Look at Fofana: signed for about the same price, probably an overpayment but would’ve also been instalments etc (kind of the norm in France).

He’s coming off the back of missing most of the season injured and he’s still about to net Leicester a massive profit. The market for young guys with potential, especially it seems in defensive positions, is wild.

 

[bluestevon]

I think its close to 40m euros, not sterling. About a 7m difference in the exchange.

It's about 30m up front, so 6m pa roughly.

 

[edge]

If you wanna see our man belt out his tunes at 29min.

Really good interview that enjoyed it.
Good attitude and a good voice as well.
Can see him fitting in well.

 

[Tony’s Carp]

Really good interview that enjoyed it.
Good attitude and a good voice as well.
Can see him fitting in well.

The lad is going to be a superstar. Just hope for our sake it’s from playing football.

 

[Eggs]

Where is it saying he is injured???

…one of the West Ham outlets reckons he currently has a knee injury, I did post it some pages back but from what’s been said it doesn’t seem a concern.

 

[Aries]

Seems it’s 20% of whole fee, not profit. That’s a sizeable chunk off any future sale. That’s a pretty big investment and Lille have done well there to negotiate that.

 

[luuk_deventer]

I think in terms of a signing, it’s a relatively risk free in terms of return.

We saw with Moise Kean, that a young hyped talent could actually fetch a profit.

We’re not talking a washed up Gomes, Bolasie, Sigurdsson here, we’ll actually make a return on him (even if he flops).

If he becomes the next hot commodity (see Cucurella etc) then you could turn a huge profit very quickly.

You don't see risk with paying £35m for a player who only started 11 times for a team who finished 10th in France?

In his career, he has completed 90 minutes in the top flight five times.

 

[BNJ1878]

It's really rather fortunate for this lad that when he inevitably makes a mistake (that is usual for a young player) the Goodison crowd is notoriously understanding and will activity encourage him to move on.

No anger, only love.

 

[bluestevon]

…one of the West Ham outlets reckons he currently has a knee injury, I did post it some pages back but from what’s been said it doesn’t seem a concern.

Lille mansger I think said it, but could also be a way of explaining him being absent from training without saying its about him leaving

 

[Peter The Dog]

getting excited by the positivity this transfer is generating.

i'm guessing that the outlay means that we're bringing in a striker on loan.

would be wonderful if it were broja...