As a Turkish guy who supports Besiktas and a club professional (lawyer) i got a few words about Cenk Tosun
He has been with us 4 four years, worked with 4 good strikers that have different specialiaties. Demba Ba, Mario Gomes, Aboubakar and Negredo.
But this year he is the first choice of the coach. He worked umbelievably hard last two years, even went holiday with his personal fitness coach. He became solid mentally and pyschically.
He has different abilities. Good at headache, despite the general opinion he has not, he has pace, he is strong (just watch the highlights os Besiktas-Porto champions league match that has ended 1-1, watch how he creates a goal from nowhere), he has long shots, clinical finishes.
His weak sides are first touches and cant holding and hiding the ball till his teammates take positions at opposite half side of the pitch.
On the other hand Everton is not a team that domiates most of the matchs, Tosun would be a great choice. He might get lost playing against swansea at home for instance, but he will satisfy you against liverpool or tottenham.
U cant cope the monsters, such as city or united, whoever your striker is.Thats bcoz after foreign capital involves in epl, the strenght difference between top teams and the mid teams ( such as everton) became enormous.
Also i want to say something who snubs turkish league and Besiktas; u might be right about the league, but definitely wrong about Besiktas.
Besiktas is far more better team than Everton. Won three away games in champions league this year, which is this success could be achieved not more 5 teams. Won against Porto, Monaco and Leipzig should not be underestimated, Everton couldnt get more than 2 points from these three away games.
The only Everton players could be first eleven in Besiktas is Davies and Barkley, not even Rooney. So b4 you think you are snapping a striker from an average team, just whatch few Besiktas matches.
Why is Besiktas keen on selling Tosun? Bcoz we desperately need money. Why does Tosun wants an Everton move, bcoz he knows he will be at first eleven, thats why he didnt choose moving to Tottenham, Napoli, Milan.
So the main reason Tosun keen on signing Everton, is the quality of epl and Everton could be a bounce point to bigger clubs in epl.
Finally about the rumours of the fee. Epl clubs has great economical advantages. Even a relagated epl team earns more money than spanish champion. So 25 million£ is understandable. For gods sake Andy Carol made a bigger fee move!
Ps: i poat this comment via my iphone, sorry 4 the missspells