Diego Simeone

[Brennan]

No. I mean right now.

Man City can't even sell out Wembley now, I've also seen them in League One.

Money has made them big clubs.

Are you suggesting Man City and Chelsea were bigger than Everton pre-takeover?

Money changes everything.

Are you suggesting we didn’t have money when we were successful ?

 

[bol-uk]

Have an update on this

Go'ed then

 

[neil999]

Go'ed then

Sorry wrong thread

 

[The binman chronicles]

Fixed that for you mate.

We were better than them up to 2009.

 

[DualityNSNO]

No. I mean right now.

Man City can't even sell out Wembley now, I've also seen them in League One.

Money has made them big clubs.

Are you suggesting Man City and Chelsea were bigger than Everton pre-takeover?

Money changes everything.

No, I'm suggesting that the second they had more money than us (and all of the PL combined) - they became the biggest, most lucrative teams to play for (save from Man United I guess, but that ship has sailed imo).

Giving you a hypothetical question here - you're a player, a star in, say, Spain, playing for Atletico. Two teams come in with serious offers, one of them is Everton, one of them is City. Who do you pick? You're not a fan of either.

One is currently flirting with relegation and has won nothing since 1995.
The other is in the CL, with a chance to win everything they enter, have the best players and manager, have won titles in the last 2-3 years, including the league.

 

[bol-uk]

Sorry wrong thread

What was it anyway? I'm bored.

I will walk the dog and hope to have the "update" when I return.

 

[DualityNSNO]

What was it anyway? I'm bored.

I will walk the dog and hope to have the "update" when I return.

As long as you update us on what dog you have.

 

[Eggs]

...i’d have thought there would’ve been a quote coming out of the Simeone camp by now, something along the lines of ‘flattered but I have a contract at Athletico that I intend to honour’.

 

[DualityNSNO]

...i’d have thought there would’ve been a quote coming out of the Simeone camp by now, something along the lines of ‘flattered but I have a contract at Athletico that I intend to honour’.

@neil999 can you confirm or deny the existence of such quote?

I'd be quite surprised if/when he leaves Atletico tbh - he's an Atleti at heart after all. Be great if he comes to us but honestly can't see that happening right now.

 

[neil999]

@neil999 can you confirm or deny the existence of such quote?

I'd be quite surprised if/when he leaves Atletico tbh - he's an Atleti at heart after all. Be great if he comes to us but honestly can't see that happening right now.

I think we will get a quote soon once he finds out what an 'everton' is...

 

[Donald Twain]

...i’d have thought there would’ve been a quote coming out of the Simeone camp by now, something along the lines of ‘flattered but I have a contract at Athletico that I intend to honour’.

Or even a " ha ha ha ha ha ha er no"

 

[bluestevon]

You are normally spot on with most things Steve, and by no means a pessimist. I share your view which is this is a diversion tactic (if it is it could be big mistake from Moshiri by the way).

However for a moment think it's not. Consider Usmanov will be formally on board by the summer (which is far from unrealistic) possibly alongside heavy Chinese investment. Could you see a possibility in that world, a huge wage for Simeone and an enormous transfer pot that he would come? Is there any offer we could make him that might tempt him?

In all honesty mate I dint think even in that scenario we could, the next tier down maybe initially but even city and Chelsea didn't jump right to the very top bracket of manager straight away.

I think there's only a handful of teams in the world who could actually get him, and the likes of arsenal, Liverpool, Dortmund etc I think wouldn't even be able to

 

[bol-uk]

As long as you update us on what dog you have.

You can guess, the standard, got to, family dog of the decade, at least here in fluffy Bath.

 

[DualityNSNO]

You can guess, the standard, got to, family dog of the decade, at least here in fluffy Bath.

Pics mate.

 

[toffeeblue9]

No. I mean right now.

Man City can't even sell out Wembley now, I've also seen them in League One.

Money has made them big clubs.

Are you suggesting Man City and Chelsea were bigger than Everton pre-takeover?

Money changes everything.

Certainly not Man City

Chelsea is debatable though - before Abramovich took over, they had attracted the likes of Vialli, Zola, Gullit etc

In the 7 years preceeding the Russian takeover, Chelsea finished 4th, 6th, 6th, 5th, 3rd, 4th and 6th - during this period they won The FA Cup twice, The League Cup, The European Cup Winners Cup, The European Super Cup and The Charity Shield

Granted, Abramovich's money took them to another level, but in those 7 years before he took over, Chelsea won as many trophies as we did in the mid 80s.