Beni Baningime - Now of Hearts

[AndyC]

I would say it’s not his it’s the clubs, why would we pay him for an extra year to settle his contract? That means we’re paying him to leave?

We're honouring the terms of his contract, he's entitled to it or whatever proportion thereof that was agreed between the club/player.

 

[Death]

I questioned that too.

It made me go down to the kitchen for a biscuit. But then I ended up opting for a reeses butter cup.

I don't know how to feel about all that. Transfer included.

 

[ilikecheese]

The Tom Davies of the Moyes era.

Tom Davies will be lucky to have a career like Osman had.

 

[mightymoyes]

Tom Davies will be lucky to have a career like Osman had.

Win nothing and have over 400 Everton appearances?
He's nearly half way there

 

[Timbucktoo]

…i’m not defending it, but it only takes one every now and then and the strategy to bring in promising youngsters has been a success (Stones, DCL, Holgate et al).

From a purist perspective & feeding lower leagues, there will be plenty of our Academy products who have had lengthy careers in the game.

Stones and Holgate bought from Barnsley where they was developed, DCL from Sheffield United.
Surely the point of investing so much in underage players coaching is to produce players for your first team squad and not to produce League on and League two standard players. I get frustrated hearing about how great players are that are coming through from the youth teams only for them to fall short of even getting a first team slot.

 

[JLW]

We're honouring the terms of his contract, he's entitled to it or whatever proportion thereof that was agreed between the club/player.

You could be right mate but it makes no sense to me. If it’s to get him off the wage bill albeit small, the we might as well keep him because we’re basically paying him for next seasons services, so we gain or save nothing from it but just lose a player.

 

[Eggs]

Stones and Holgate bought from Barnsley where they was developed, DCL from Sheffield United.
Surely the point of investing so much in underage players coaching is to produce players for your first team squad and not to produce League on and League two standard players. I get frustrated hearing about how great players are that are coming through from the youth teams only for them to fall short of even getting a first team slot.

…if you read my post, that’s what I said; the strategy of buying the best young talent from elsewhere is productive.

I spent years watching our Academy teams, I can honestly say there’s only Rooney and to a lesser extent Osman that I saw at 15/16 & thought they would make it. I’ve seen lots of outstanding kids who I thought had a chance and I still see them now (I don’t watch nearly so much these days).

In the 60s so many local lads came through but that stream has been a trickle for a long time. I don’t think it’s coaching, I think it’s recruitment. Young talent is harder to find, kids don’t play footy to the extent we did. Not sure many top clubs are bringing kids through these days.

 

[Nyhus]

Win nothing and have over 400 Everton appearances?
He's nearly half way there

Osman was 100x the player Davis is.

 

[mightymoyes]

Osman was 100x the player Davis is.

No one said he wasn't

 

[oglop44]

On the topic of the 400k fee, does anybody have a source for it?

The official site lists the fee as Undisclosed so it looks like the club received something at least. Can only assume this theory that the fee went to Beni has just come from a poorly written article/tweet so would be good to find that original source.

 

[ilikecheese]

Win nothing and have over 400 Everton appearances?
He's nearly half way there

When Davies can add Senior English International player to his CV we can talk.

 

[oglop44]

On the topic of the 400k fee, does anybody have a source for it?

The official site lists the fee as Undisclosed so it looks like the club received something at least. Can only assume this theory that the fee went to Beni has just come from a poorly written article/tweet so would be good to find that original source.

Bit of research led me to this tweet:


And this from Kirkbride's article:

Pretty sure the tweet has misunderstood Kirkbride's article, although I'm not really sure what he's trying to say either.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Farewell Bang em in(although you didn't )and good luck lad.

 

[Sphinn]

Good to him up there in Scotland!

(did we get a few quid for him, or at least a pack of Cadbury mini-eggs?)

 

[The binman chronicles]

He'll look like prime Makelele up there and we'll lose our heads until we realise he plays in Scotland.