Confirmed Signing Cenk Tosun

[ijjysmith]

Failed his medical

 

[Michaelcoyb]

We used to have a sell to loan policy. The windows of selling first team stars and getting Stracqualursi on loan were not that long ago. Now we’re paying big money for international strikers from CL clubs and the default response is ‘waste of money, not good enough, embarassing and desperate chucking money about’.

Who exactly do you want us to buy? Anyone British would be written off immediately as ‘Fat Sam couldn’t look past the prem etc.’. Any youngunknown would be ‘Everton doing it on the cheap when everyone else is spending, need a player for now not the future’. If we went for a top player ‘phantom bid, won’t happen’.

So we target a player in his prime, experienced at the top level, wants to play for us and we can actually get him and people are still fuming.

They haven’t seen him play mate.
I am putting my neck out on this one and saying this lad will be class for us and if he is not, it’s because we are turd.

 

[Dalacam]

Hey everyone! Big Besiktas Fan here.

I just read your comments and criticisms about Cenk and i would like to give you some info about Cenk's journey to Everton.
First of all, as a loyal Besiktas fan i am happy about Cenk's transfer to Everton. I am happy for Cenk, for Besiktas (for financial issues, we have financial fair play restrictions on our arses for last two years) adn for you Everton Fans. Let me explain why if you care;

Cenk Tosun came to besiktas 4 years ago as 21 years old young striker from local low profile club Gaziantepspor. At the very first year on Besiktas only good thing about him was his finishing strikes with right foot, noting else, seriously. We had Demba Ba as first team striker then another turkish guy then Cenk as third choice. He didn't mind being third. next year we had Mario Gomez as first team striker and Cenk as second striker. Cenk scored very critical goals when we run to championship. He scored heading goals which we did not see year before. After Mario Gomez we had Aboubakar as first team striker but Cenk played same amount games with Abou and scored over 20 goals. what we saw, he grew strength, and left foot. at the beginning of this year, summer time, we saw him training with personal coaches on social media while other players having vacation. and these works paid of now he can dribble, shoot over dribbling and makes assists. He is now top at his performance for Turkish league and fair enough for CL.

Why i told you these story? Because probably Cenk will join you and play rest of the season at EPL. I am not saying that he will be carrying your front line starting from first game. But i can guarantee you that he will learn how he supposed to play at EPL and train himself according to this league. then you will watch him shine as we did here. Whatever happens this season, i am sure that you will see different Cenk next year. Because that's what he is all about, hard working and improving.

İ also saw some posts that compares his goal statistics with other players. I am sure that non of you watch any Besiktas game on Turkish League. (it is logical since you have the best league in the world) Besiktas is the champion of last two years and other teams play against Besiktas in very defensive approach (like 11 man on penalty area) and they do not think about scoring goals because it is a win for them if they can get 1 point. As a quality of players, Turkish league may look not bad. but as a football mentality, we are just very bad. (pls see turkish league statistics like how much time ball played, number of fouls per games, how many times game stops, etc.) ı am just trying to say he will be better at better league.

When besiktas signs new player i am making researches like this. I hope it helps you.

Sorry for very long post..

 

[danielsen]

How old was he though? Tosun is 26!

He was 23 - just the first example I could think of. What about Cahill - he was 25

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Can't actually believe what I'm reading..

We've needed strikers since the dawn of time and no sooner do we look close to buying one early in the January window he's being completely written off already lol lol lol

 

[Nymzee]

He’s had one good season scoring wise, last season. He’s playing in a poor standard of league and is statistically at the age when strikers performance starts declining. It stinks of another average player who we are paying far too much money for to add to the 100 plus million we’ve already wasted this season. To say nothing of the fact that we shouldn’t be letting a stop gap manager spend big money.

Do we know if this is an Allardyce purchase or a DoF Everton club purchase? I still don't really know which direction the club is going in that regards.

Are we signing players as a club that any manager can coach or are we letting managers sign their players that may not work under another?

Wait, that last statement sounds horrendously accurate right now.

 

[orly]

Failed his medical

Shame, I thought he'd be decent for us

 

[ijjysmith]

Shame, I thought he'd be decent for us

lollollollol

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Not optimistic at all, very little low expectation.

Basically the entire opposite to Sandro, so hopefully he turns out great.

Either way, I think his transfer should determine whether Steve Walsh is here after the final game of the season.

 

[miff]

If anything, the club should actually pull out of the deal before the financial damage is done.

Oh dear.....you should be a scout

 

[Jebus_lives]

Our transfer policy is simply to pay gold prices for the mud.

It isn't though is it....

We've bought a player with 13 assists and 9 goals in a no mark team, playing in the 'best league in the world'. Using that logic what's their value...

We bought an England International CB playing in the 'best league in the world' for a 'no mark team'. Must be ace!

We bought an England International goalkeeper that was shortlisted for young player of the year award in 'the best league in the world' is 23, and was playing for a Relegated team.

All shining stars playing for 'awful' teams in the best league in the world.

You want to buy in England you pay the price...

 

[Nymzee]

So did O.G. Solskjær - it might just happen that he will be good.......maybe very good

Can't believe we turned him down for £1.2m.

 

[ijjysmith]

Not optimistic at all, very little low expectation.

Basically the entire opposite to Sandro, so hopefully he turns out great.

Either way, I think his transfer should determine whether Steve Walsh is here after the final game of the season.

It's a Big Sam move though isn't it? But that last sentence could still apply to him too!

 

[Tony1985]

Not in any way happy with how the deal has panned out, we are not a top 6 club with top 6 revenue, it begs the question how long we can sustain these fees and finish mid table. Just think we bought Lukaku and city signed Jesus for the same money just a few years ago.
He’s not the right choice of striker either, everything we do screams big grock bullying defenders target man and yet Tosun seems reasonably week.

Anyway he’s a blue now so I’ll fully get behind the lad and hope he does well.

 

[Frang]

Failed his medical

just heard the same on twitter