Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread


Could give Gary a ring
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Goat said:
He didnt say he was moving for free, nor did he say he was taking a pay cut.
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Neither did I. I laid this out in another post, but the details are all here as to why it makes no sense. The finances don't add up for anyone.

Leeds need to turn a profit or at least cut their losses, so at least a few million pounds. Jack needs to agree to personal terms, and doesn't deserve what's being paid. His attacking contributions are nil, and below par for people earning even half his current wage. If Everton like his work rate and want to cross their collective fingers that he can start doing something, then they'd need to negotiate a fee with Leeds that avoids a loss and preferably for them records a profit for PSR, and negotiate a wage reduction with performance incentives for Harrison.

There's no way we're guaranteeing £90k a week for three years to someone no matter how much we appreciated him working hard when there was no one else available. What I posited as a best case was a fee around £5 million and wages slashed in half with performance bonuses that could bring up to or past his current guaranteed earnings. It'd be a hard sell to a player who is contracted for £90k a week for three years. But if the relationship at Leeds is sour enough, and he sees Everton as his best chance, then maybe.

In this scenario, over the length of the contract, he would cost us a minimum of £12 million to run around and not score. You'd be a lot better off spending that money elsewhere, e.g., on a player who can contribute to scoring and who is young enough to have resale value.

I think Ernest Nuamah is a real option now that Lyon are relegated, and if we have money to spend, I'd rather spend a little more where it makes sense than too much where it doesn't.
 

den said:
Neither did I. I laid this out in another post, but the details are all here as to why it makes no sense. The finances don't add up for anyone.

Leeds need to turn a profit or at least cut their losses, so at least a few million pounds. Jack needs to agree to personal terms, and doesn't deserve what's being paid. His attacking contributions are nil, and below par for people earning even half his current wage. If Everton like his work rate and want to cross their collective fingers that he can start doing something, then they'd need to negotiate a fee with Leeds that avoids a loss and preferably for them records a profit for PSR, and negotiate a wage reduction with performance incentives for Harrison.

There's no way we're guaranteeing £90k a week for three years to someone no matter how much we appreciated him working hard when there was no one else available. What I posited as a best case was a fee around £5 million and wages slashed in half with performance bonuses that could bring up to or past his current guaranteed earnings. It'd be a hard sell to a player who is contracted for £90k a week for three years. But if the relationship at Leeds is sour enough, and he sees Everton as his best chance, then maybe.

In this scenario, over the length of the contract, he would cost us a minimum of £12 million to run around and not score. You'd be a lot better off spending that money elsewhere, e.g., on a player who can contribute to scoring and who is young enough to have resale value.

I think Ernest Nuamah is a real option now that Lyon are relegated, and if we have money to spend, I'd rather spend a little more where it makes sense than too much where it doesn't.
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I mean you arent wrong, it would be utterly stupid for us to buy Jack Harrison and then pay him 90k a week, but I honestly dont share your view that we wont do it, currently.
 
f.t.r.s said:
Probably sevilla then, better weather. Similar league position, maybe a few more quid if he came here
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Not sure about better weather...I take the uk weather before sevilla...summer there is just unbearable and is getting worst every year whilst our summers are getting better. Oviedo is an interesting shout. They have rich owners and want to ensure they build a team to stay up.
 
Goat said:
I mean you arent wrong, it would be utterly stupid for us to buy Jack Harrison and then pay him 90k a week, but I honestly dont share your view that we wont do it, currently.
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Honestly, it makes me reconsider the Doak rumors. Doak could probably be gotten for not much more than a deal like this would realistically cost given the financial constraints. And even though I don't think Doak is as exciting as others do, it would make 1000 times more financial sense to spend on Doak than on Harrison because of his potential. If Harrison were on a reasonable wage, I could see it, the same as resigning Keane. But here, you need three parties to come to an agreement, or one party to take a massive gamble and severely overpay.
 

I have no idea what's the total budget. We have spent a bit more than 40m so far on Alcaraz and Barry and my guess is we have another 50-60 to go.

Still we need about 8 players, so despite Gallagher is a good player and probably worth the price, I'd say no in the current situation.
 

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