Christian Atsu

[andybaker]

Don't have any issue with the £8m buyout tbh.

If he turns into a superstar it's chump change regardless of what Chelsea paid. Young players will sign fir them as they are a global brand and throw money at them...then they realise they won't actually be plying for Chelsea so move on.

Who cares if chelsea make £5m? We paid £2.5m for stones - that's no reason for a club to not give us every penny we want for him in the future.

I'm not even bothered by the signing tbh. Don't think he's going to have a massive impact but hoping he proves me massively wrong.

 

[Mekias]

I think I prefer Atsu's speed, close control, vision, awareness, and passing ability moreso than GerryD's speed, trickery and good finishing. Atsu is more able to link up the offense and create opportunities for others while Gerard was always a bit selfish.

I don't get why loans are still being talked about as a bad thing. We blew our transfer kitty and were not going to be able to buy anyone else good. Loans allow up to pick up potentially valuable squad members with almost zero risk. If he does well, we look at buying him permanently. It's never a bad idea to try before you buy.

 

[CultHero]

@GregOK: Nothing finalised or signed RE #Christian Atsu loan yet but hopes now revived that #Everton can push through a deal after earlier hitch

 

[toffee matt]

WE've been o'keefed

 

[PhilM]

Sky Sports, quoting Chelsea sources, are saying otherwise. I wonder who is telling fibs this fine Friday afternoon.

 

[bluemangroup]

It'll happen when it happens. If we are confident enough to let O Keefe have that, then you'd suspect its a matter of thyme.

 

[Woolly Blue]

Boss us.
Splashing £28m on a striker and still smashing the loan market. The hate for Everton will be strong and i absolutely love it.

We need at least one loan signing otherwise we can't sing "so we signed some players on loan". I'm happy to ignore the fact that we've spent up to 28 million on Lukaka while singing "We had no money"

 

[COYB]

i feel like i should know this but ive never thought it out,

when a loan buy out clause is agreed, say Chelsea wanted too keep him
would the bid auto be accepted with the buy out clause? / get him too disagree too move anyway
if they wanted more

 

[Screech]

It'll happen when it happens. If we are confident enough to let O Keefe have that, then you'd suspect its a matter of thyme.

It's part and parsley of the window to be honest

 

[Fat Larry]

It's part and parsley of the window to be honest

I hope we don't have to wait sages for our next signing.

 

[bluemangroup]

It's part and parsley of the window to be honest

I'm just glad we seem to be closing in on the dill.

 

[LinekersLegs]

It's part and parsley of the window to be honest

I know we are all baying for more signings but think it is sage advice to take all rumours with a pinch of salt and not get caraway with things.

 

[emb]

We haven't just spent £28M on Lukaku. We've spent a fraction of that and agreed to pay the balance over 3 years provided certain conditions are met.

It's not a case of "we have £30M from Sky minus £28M, leaves £2M". If a player became available for £10-15M who would definitely improve the squad, the question wouldn't be "do we have the money?" but likely "can we afford the risk of putting that on one player". We're gambling against our ability to pay for players in future windows, not dancing with our overdraft.

The days of seeing a headline figure and being able to tot up exactly how much is left in the kitty right now are well past (if they ever existed to begin with).

 

[Mogwai]

i feel like i should know this but ive never thought it out,

when a loan buy out clause is agreed, say Chelsea wanted too keep him
would the bid auto be accepted with the buy out clause? / get him too disagree too move anyway
if they wanted more

We retain the right to exercise the predetermined amount if we want to make it permanent... However, there is a time limit in which that amount is no longer valid (usually when his loan contract ends)... If he doesn't want to move he doesn't have too

 

[Woolly Blue]

We haven't just spent £28M on Lukaku. We've spent a fraction of that and agreed to pay the balance over 3 years provided certain conditions are met.

It's not a case of "we have £30M from Sky minus £28M, leaves £2M". If a player became available for £10-15M who would definitely improve the squad, the question wouldn't be "do we have the money?" but likely "can we afford the risk of putting that on one player". We're gambling against our ability to pay for players in future windows, not dancing with our overdraft.

The days of seeing a headline figure and being able to tot up exactly how much is left in the kitty right now are well past (if they ever existed to begin with).

There's a very subtle herb reference in there that I'm missing isn't there ?