Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[polish]

Not sure how that’s relevant to Soucek for £20m.

How many 30 year olds do the top clubs pay that kind of money for even though they have money to burn.

As horrible as they are Liverpool should be the template. Steal young kids 15/16 for pennies and spend your big money on players 23 and under. If they are what you expect great. If they flop you sell them on as you have probably got them on reasonable wages.

But they literally signed 30 years old midfielder for nearly 20m 2 years ago.

Wataru Endo.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

I’d kinda love it if we were just stringing them along.

Imagine if we gave them £20m and the £90k a week wages he’s on now at West Ham!

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

Supposedly West Ham looking for close to £20m.

David please stop this pursuit.

Old, slow, expensive.

Would be a stupid buy.

 

[Simon Buttle]

But they literally signed 30 years old midfielder for nearly 20m 2 years ago.

Wataru Endo.

They can afford to sign a player like that and let his contract burn down, we can't that's the difference. He is also the wrong profile of player we need. We need a midfielder who can do actual midfield stuff, that's not Soucek imo.

 

[caliblue]

Maitland-Niles still doesn't sound too bad for me for around 10m, still isn't the big RB we need, but much better than what we currently have and also give cover for the Gana role, we still need to add depth.

Strange one.

First to admit that I haven't seen him play for Lyon, but there are reasons why he play there. As far as I remember he was pretty poor for a relegated Southampton team last he played in England. Never much interest for him even as a free agent two years ago. Why he ended up in France.

But now he is much better than than those who played when Everton were one of the best defenses in Europe last season? What's in the water down in Lyon? Shame O'Brien didn't drink more of it....

O'Brien as a right back has been much better than anything Maitland-Niles have shown in Premier League. Arguably even Garner has been better.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

Always thought Soucek is more of CB than a midfielder.
Certainly his main attributes are better suited to an old style CB, even his ability to score occasionally. I think if we played Keane in the position Soucek would occupy you’d get similar results.
In fact I think Keane would be slightly better because he can occasionally find a decent pass out.

 

[AmericanBlue]

He is still class, so why wouldnt he?

He has had his time. He might not go.

 

[RichCee123]

But they literally signed 30 years old midfielder for nearly 20m 2 years ago.

Wataru Endo.

They knew their fans would be sad when ‘Endo left so they bought Endo hoping they weren’t clever enough to realise.

Bit like Gana and Garner really

 

[Fonzy]

Moyes continued: Whether we get anything over the line before Monday night, I couldn’t be sure of that. If we can do it great, if we can’t, we’ll go with what we’ve got.”

I’ve heard that before

 

[ToffeeScot]

20m on a 30 year old player would be steep if they were a good player, but the fact that they're not that good makes it a crazy fee.

 

[chippy1722]

David please stop this pursuit.

Old, slow, expensive.

Would be a stupid buy.

Heard similar stories for Gough, Barry and Martyn to be fair, all done excellent jobs. At least with this player Moyes knows better than any Everton fan what we would actually be getting.

 

[maccavennie]

We had Onyango and Campbell on the bench on Wednesday. If hes letting Patterson, Chermiti and Harrison go out on loan, then we need 3 absolute minimum.

We still haven't addressed the lack of pace in the squad, no one who can transition us at speed and we have a severe lack of energy and bite in midfield when Gueye isnt there.

PLUS A BLOODY RIGHT BACK!!!

 

[FTY]

Moyes continued: Whether we get anything over the line before Monday night, I couldn’t be sure of that. If we can do it great, if we can’t, we’ll go with what we’ve got.”

I’ve heard that before

Anyone can bolden words that completely misses out context:

Moyes continued: Whether we get anything over the line before Monday night, I couldn’t be sure of that. If we can do it great, if we can’t, we’ll go with what we’ve got.”

 

[blue to the bone]

Latest i am hearing from West ham sources is we have enquired for Trevor Brooking .

 

[buskwhi2]

Last Jan we took the stance not to get additional players in as we weren’t desperate and the right ones weren’t available. If Moyes and the board think better opportunities will come up in Jan than at this late stage, then I’ll accept that, given the work that has been done.