The bid if any was always going to be late in the day once the ffp deadline had passed. Spurs got the bargain before the deadline, anyone else who fancied a bargain would leave it late. Now I can't see Newcastle bidding for DCL.
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Too many floppy angry dads fuming that he slots better than they ever could and makes their wives skirt look better on him than it ever would on her.
He must be protected at all costs!
Newcastle didn’t bid for DCL when he wasn’t injured. They don’t want him.
We definitely have needed a striker since the day Richarlison was sold, so I dont agree on that.
The squad currently has zero goals and that gets you relegated when you are starting from a base of under 40 points. How are we going to win matches with this front line? Rondon or Alli as a false 9? It wouldn't make the championship playoffs nevermind stay up in the top flight.
I cant see them wanting him now.
Atomic Calvert Lewin.
Newcastle were interested, it's not an invention. They put the feelers out through agencies, that's it. Nothing more. No bid, but he was asked about. Isac from Real Sociedad was their top one after Etekite, but Sociedad saw Saudi cash coming and asked for a ton, fairly so too.
But there's no way this is a 'smokescreen' like some people are suggesting. Loads of clubs do what Newcastle did, was no guarantee they were ever going to come back in for him. Personally, I think they might have done if they'd not got a striker in by the end of August. But that's a guess, albeit a slightly educated one.
They can do tests more or less straight away which gives a fair indication if it's done but can't be confirmed until the scan .
But id still take it with a large pinch of salt
Neither can I. I couldn’t see them wanting him before either, and they didn’t.
He had a demand prior to this.
I think they pretty swiftly moved on when we told them we wanted more than £25m for him.
The evidence suggests not.
Tim, read what I put please.
We do need a striker, I know this. But as of yesterday morning, before Dom's injury, or even this afternoon until we knew about it as fans, did Everton NEED a striker to go into the starting XI for the Chelsea game on Saturday?
Would you have been perfectly happy, for Saturday's game, if we'd signed Gana and gone into it with our squad as is, but with Gana, and the plan to sign more attacking options as the window progressed?
Of course we need a striker generally, and have done all summer, which is why we've been after one all summer... and so far failed (which is pathetic, and the reasons are of our own making).
There was never contact between the clubs or even anything like that
Was just made clear they were interested via an agency, not even a valuation. Happens all the time.
You don't rate Dom I guess, which is fine. I think he's decent and a fully fit Dom is worth a lot of money, but unfortunately he hasn't been fully fit for nearly a year now, and that's very bad for us in more ways than one atm.
If you are one injury away from this dire situation then the squad isn't fit for purpose and the DOF needs to fix it right now. Trying isn't good enough. This is about results.
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