Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[GrandOldTeam]

Liverpool were actually interested because he done a job on Gerrard in CL.

I think we where more interested in Defour at the time and had 12.5 mil bid turned down,The Felliani deal for whatever reason was easier to do.

People often think that was the case, but he had 32 scouts at that match - all just for Fellaini.

People forget/don't realise how sought after Fellaini was - we paid a club record fee for him. We didn't do it on a whim because we couldn't sign Defour. We paid more for Fellaini.

Liege themselves confirmed our interest in Fellaini, the March before we signed him.

 

[Saint Domingo]

That's the one. One of the biggest skinnings of any player I've seen that

Di Maria v whoever was playing full back that night was pretty bad. Was it a young Coleman playing left back?

 

[bluestevon]

Good point about O'Bs pace and coupled with Moyes trusting the player too. Suppose it also depends how strong Tarky comes back from his injury too.

Yeah Tarks is now 33 coming back from pretty much his first real injury of his career and a pretty bad one too. Last year of a big contract as well, common sense kinda must be looking at transitioning over to O'Brien at some point

 

[bluestevon]

Di Maria v whoever was playing full back that night was pretty bad. Was it a young Coleman playing left back?

Struggling to remember but think Hibbert played RB, Lescott definitely was playing left back though, think Baines started the next game in the league afterwards and the rest is history.

 

[FinchFarmBlue]

Yeah Tarks is now 33 coming back from pretty much his first real injury of his career and a pretty bad one too. Last year of a big contract as well, common sense kinda must be looking at transitioning over to O'Brien at some point

Yep, you never know he may also be saying to Moyes he doesn't think he can do the 38 games either. The hamstrings going at that age when they haven't previously is obv bad for JT but perfect timing for Jake maybe?

 

[Saint Domingo]

Struggling to remember but think Hibbert played RB, Lescott definitely was playing left back though, think Baines started the next game in the league afterwards and the rest is history.

Benfica 5 Everton 0

Back 4 that night was Gosling Hibbert Distin Coleman (making his debut)

Christ

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Benfica 5 Everton 0

Back 4 that night was Gosling Hibbert Distin Coleman (making his debut)

Christ

Remember Benfica getting clapped off at GP in the return leg.

Some team that.

 

[Raino85]

Good point about O'Bs pace and coupled with Moyes trusting the player too. Suppose it also depends how strong Tarky comes back from his injury too.

Tarky's a big guy, i reckon it takes him a while to get up to full pace after an injury

 

[Bungle]

when are we signing Delap?

Here he comes for his debut after Everton consider making offer, intensify efforts and mull things over

 

[FinchFarmBlue]

Struggling to remember but think Hibbert played RB, Lescott definitely was playing left back though, think Baines started the next game in the league afterwards and the rest is history.

I might be getting mixed up myself with Hibbert but did Coleman bizarrely play CB in a European game too that we got trounced in?

 

[toffeeblue9]

Remember Benfica getting clapped off of at GP in the return leg.

Some team that.

Yeah, that team they had was Champions League standard

Di Maria, Saviola, Ramires, Pablo Aimar, David Luiz, Javi Garcia who ended up at City I think, Luisao who played 40 odd times for Brazil, Fabio Coentrao who went on to play for Real Madrid - weakest player in the team was probably the current Man Utd manager

And then you look at that back 4 we had out. Miracle we only shipped 5 really

 

[Bluebonic]

Moyes for certain wouldn't have signed Klassen, Bolassie, Sigurdson, Williams, Sandro or Bernard.

I'm pretty confident saying that too.

I think he’d have signed Williams tnh, at the time he was boss for Swansea, its just that we Everton’d him

 

[MikeH72]

22nd July and we’re reminiscing about old games we got battered in while our squad of 16 senior players plus a gang of kids jets out on a pre season tour tomorrow. Lovely stuff.

 

[DanB90]

Here he comes for his debut after Everton consider making offer, intensify efforts and mull things over

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More like Delapidated am I right?

 

[orchard]

People often think that was the case, but he had 32 scouts at that match - all just for Fellaini.

People forget/don't realise how sought after Fellaini was - we paid a club record fee for him. We didn't do it on a whim because we couldn't sign Defour. We paid more for Fellaini.

Liege themselves confirmed our interest in Fellaini, the March before we signed him.

So Woltemade's on?