Because the selling club and/or player may have decided by that time that Everton is their best option. Or they may be unwilling to sell until they found a replacement. Or they may be on a tour of Japan. There are loads of reasons.
Agreed.
We have seen that in recent years, signing players was easy, unfortunately it meant throwing money at clubs.
We paid Swansea 45m for Sigurdsson because it was clear Koeman wanted him at any price.
We probably overpaid by at least 15m.
Robinson was very similar to Roman Dixon when he was with us. Rapid, quite powerful but awful positioning and not enough bite. I was glad when we sold him for £1M plus sell on. I was proven wrong but it was far from obvious that he would make it...
….you keep on saying this, but I absolutely guarantee the great Colin Harvey would’ve broken through in any era, it’s a bit like saying Rooney would be held back.
Make no mistake, I was very much connected to Bellefield back when Moyes and...
We don't need to know though...the managers and staff need to know, and they see these players play and train all of the time. Neither manager or the staff thought there was a better option than Lindstrom or Harrison.
In some ways that's sad...
Stockport are making a big push for promotion with new players and a strong base from last year. It’s a good move for Dixon , he’s likely to be involved in some key promotion battles and a chance to prove himself.