Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[Nymzee]

KDH £28mil
Barry £27.5mil
Alcaraz £12.5mil
Grealish £12mil+
Aznou £9mil
Travers £4mil
King £undisclosed

= £93mil++

KDH was £25m

Grealish didn’t “cost” us a fee. That’s his wages.

 

[Zatara]

KDH was £25m

Not £28mil including add ons?

 

[Nymzee]

Not £28mil including add ons?

Why are you including addons not yet achieved in what we’ve spent?

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

KDH £28mil
Barry £27.5mil
Alcaraz £12.5mil
Grealish £12mil+
Aznou £9mil
Travers £4mil
King £undisclosed

= £93mil++

I do wonder given the amount spent ( as listed above ) whether Dibling would be our final purchase?
£150m has frequently been mooted as our spending limit for this round.
We would still have less expensive loan slots to use of course.

 

[Bally1989]

Grealish is wages you can’t add that to money spent

 

[Zatara]

Completely agree with all this. Drives me mad that we’ve ultimately ended up doing our transfer window in reverse - starting by tackling low (and in some cases no) priority needs and now desperately racing against time to recruit our high priority ones.

Years after we messed up a window of opportunity by ending it with three number tens, no wingers and little pace in the team, it’s crazy that we might do it again. Moyesy now has a couple of weeks to prove all doubters wrong and sign the players our season actually depends on - a fast and goal scoring right winger who will stretch the opposition and give us an outlet on that side of the pitch, a natural right back who can be relied on, and a strong number six who’s not there to push up or chase, but to screen the defence and link the team together.

I really really hope he does it because it’s all on him. He desperately wanted to be the top guy in our transfer set up - and he got it. Deliver Dave!

We've gone from this:
Pickford
Mykolenko
Branthwaite
Tarkowski
O'Brien
Ndiaye
Gana
Garner
McNeil
Alcaraz
Beto

To, I assume, this:
Pickford
Mykolenko
Branthwaite
Tarkowski
O'Brien
Ndiaye
Gana
KDH
Alcaraz
Grealish
Barry

For £93mil.

What a massive head scratcher this is.

Very disappointing.

 

[Nymzee]

We've gone from this:
Pickford
Mykolenko
Branthwaite
Tarkowski
O'Brien
Ndiaye
Gana
Garner
McNeil
Alcaraz
Beto

To, I assume, this:
Pickford
Mykolenko
Branthwaite
Tarkowski
O'Brien
Ndiaye
Gana
KDH
Alcaraz
Grealish
Barry

For £93mil.

What a massive head scratcher this is.

Very disappointing.

We’ve spent more than that mate. Add 12 months wages to every other player like you did for Grealish

 

[Zatara]

KDH was £25m

Grealish didn’t “cost” us a fee. That’s his wages.

Everton would typically pay a fee to City to cover the agreed amount of wages.

If KDH was £25mil then what was the upfront fee and what were the add ons as i cant find that online.

 

[Zatara]

Sorry that ive included the fee add ons for KDH & the fee we paid City for them to cover a % of Grealish's wages.

#reality
#£93mil
#rightback
#rightwing
#crapwindow

 

[Nymzee]

Everton would typically pay a fee to City to cover the agreed amount of wages.

If KDH was £25mil then what was the upfront fee and what were the add ons as i cant find that online.

You won’t find a single piece of info on the internet that breaks down addons on his transfer.

But until they’re triggered he cost £25m not £28m.

If you’re gonna be mad about the recruitment don’t warp numbers to suit your argument. We live in a world of information.

 

[ElGato]

RB: O'Brien
RW: McNeil

Whatever personal preferences you or I might have for certain players or areas to strengthen...

...we STILL have the same 2 players out of position.

IMO JOB is a better right back than centre back and will play there by default. My suspicion is Moyes agrees. Lots of CBs get converted to full backs these days. He is only 'out of position' in so far as his FIFA card still calls him a Centre Back.

What is McNeils position? Played LW, RW and 10 across his career. I suppose you might say his best position is LW, but he can do a job across the lot. He isn't starting for us anyway so its a moot point, he'll come off the bench and offer competition across the front line

And I would agree that on paper we didn't need Grealish (in so far as we need a natural RW) however I would argue that we needed better quality in that forward line, either winger or 10. McNeil, as much as I like him, is not good enough to be an Everton player in the long run.

We'll still get a natural RW (hopefully left footed) anyway but, if we assume that it's the most important target in the window, and will be our record transfer, I'm fine if it takes until the 11th hour to complete. Ndiyae will play out there in the meantime

 

[Rehnman]

We've gone from this:
Pickford
Mykolenko
Branthwaite
Tarkowski
O'Brien
Ndiaye
Gana
Garner
McNeil
Alcaraz
Beto

To, I assume, this:
Pickford
Mykolenko
Branthwaite
Tarkowski
O'Brien
Ndiaye
Gana
KDH
Alcaraz
Grealish
Barry

For £93mil.

What a massive head scratcher this is.

Very disappointing.

Yeah and the amazing thing to me is that he didn’t seem to want Alcaraz, doesn’t seem that impressed by Barry and doesn’t seem to think Aznou is anywhere near ready. Odd, given that he’s got the keys to recruitment that he’s craved for years.

 

[Nymzee]

Available on loan at RB. Great talent.

 

[Mr Happy]

Yeah and the amazing thing to me is that he didn’t seem to want Alcaraz, doesn’t seem that impressed by Barry and doesn’t seem to think Aznou is anywhere near ready. Odd, given that he’s got the keys to recruitment that he’s craved for years.

How can you even begin to suggest hes not impressed? Proper ridiculous statement. Only player he said needs to do more is Beto.

 

[ElGato]

Can we get that Canadian right back who plays for Celtic.

Always looked class when I've seen him play