Surprised Maitland Niles is causing a stink among some. Perfectly solid right back, Moyes has specifically said he wants a couple of players over 25 with prem experience and that feels like a safe way to tick that box. Not the sexiest signing but...
Boyland will probably know about a lot of work being done that isn't at the reporting stage yet (it'll be very clear from the club what he is and isn't allowed to mention). If he's preaching calm and that there's lots going on behind the scenes...
It is darkly quite funny that Moyes is so well suited to Everton in so many ways, but we have such a pessimistic fanbase and he is also probably the single most outwardly pessimistic top level manager around. He's always been like this and will...
Oh I'm absolutely in favour of signing him, but I was just pointing out that looking at his stats on fbref and concluding that he's pretty much a defensive specialist who doesn't get forward is probably not accurate because the actual playing...
Reckon this will get done then. Assuming all reports are true, the player is keen and clubs are not far off in valuation, and this was our first bid which you'd never expect to have accepted. Blimey.
Depends on their squads - worth remembering Fofana is only *20*. Couple seasons first choice at a middle prem club can be equally as attractive as a couple seasons rotation option at a CL club at that age. He's not the finished article yet at all