Ademola Lookman

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So we’re actually looking for a fee? If we sell him, then anyone on that board can get out of this club.

If the player wants to leave, and this is a recurring theme I am not sure what the club can do apart from keeping an unhappy player, letting his contract run down and then losing him for nothing.
It reminds me of the Lukaku , Stones and Barkley scenarios where all were determined to leave and yet I read that they should have been kept and 165m pounds worth of transfer fees lost.

I hope Lookman stays, Brands has already said that he is an admirer and has already tried to sign him.
But, if he wants to leave then I am not sure what we can do.
I think that Leipzig are trying to unsettle the player and Brands/Silva are trying to settle him at Everton.... but, he must be worth a starting place in the team and cannot/won't be given any promises about starting.
 
For me personally it’s more what message are we sending to the world of football:

- Are we a club that nurtures potential into hopefully proven talent?
- Do we spend over the top on proven and sustain with hopeful potential?

Right now we’re a little bit in between. Brands makes me think it’ll be the former but if we sell Lookman for a paltry £20m and we don’t go sign some “stars” then I fail to see what the long term plan is for the club.

Lookman or one of Malcom, Lozano, Richarlison….which would you choose?
 
Please show me, I’ve not seen that? So are we expecting signings by lets say Saturday?

A few days is normally more than 2 IMO, anywhere between 3 and 5.

I personally cant see us doing much before Monday myself.


“Of course, we want a normal number in our squad and we are working on both sides,” Silva said.

“Of course, after the next weekend I will start taking some decisions as well because we will have finalised the third week of pre-season and that is the moment to take some important decisions about our players as well.

“And we expect in the next few days the new players we need will start to arrive.”

“I'm confident,” Silva added, on landing his targets.

“If you ask me, in a normal situation it is not the perfect situation because this season the market will close early, this is new for us.

“In a normal situation we have maybe already signed one or two players, we haven't signed anybody yet but we have until the end of the market to sign our targets and it is something we have to do because we need and we need to give a signal for our team and for our fans what we want for the season.”

verton are one of only three Premier League clubs yet to make a signing but the Blues boss added: “We know and it is clear for us what we need.

"It's clear for me as well, our board and our owner, it is clear they know what we need. It is clear what our targets are and where we want to improve our squad well.

“Of course, the boys are working well and are working really hard but, like all the other teams, we want to improve our squad and be more competitive as well.

“But now we are working and they know what we want and what we need.”
 
Malcom.

BUT I don’t see why it should ever be a case of choosing either/or.

Totally agree...but perhaps Lookman really does want to move (for whatever reason) and brands/silva are working down a list of replacements?
 
Malcom.

BUT I don’t see why it should ever be a case of choosing either/or.

This, really.

We shouldn't be enabling Lookman to leave.

I appreciate every player has his price, especially if the player wants out, but in this instance we should be setting it at no less than the £25m Leicester paid Norwich for Maddison. We should be making it clear to Lookman he's a big part of our plans whether we sign another winger/forward or not.
 
So you don't find it troubling that he didn't get even a second against Bury?

I don't know mate, that's worrying for me. Why would he not get a kick when even MARTINA came on at one point?
If he goes he goes, I’m not arsed.

Personally I don’t think there’s any chance of us selling though.
 
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