Everton Transfer Thread 2016

[Dithering Dougie]

I'm not arsed how the payment of Lukaku is structured, we still have to pay them 28 million pound, and we wouldn't have been able to do so without the sale of Fellaini.

Why not? Didn't we make a £28m profit the same year we bought Lukaku?

 

[orly]

Think we've had our first meltdown of the transfer thread here lads

@Dymak in

 

[neil999]

I'm not arsed how the payment of Lukaku is structured, we still have to pay them 28 million pound, and we wouldn't have been able to do so without the sale of Fellaini.

but last season you wanted to replace lukaku with rudy gestede and gabby abonlahor

 

[Dymak]

Why not? Didn't we make a £28m profit the same year we bought Lukaku?

Er, that 28 million pound 'profit' may have had something to do with the sale of Fellaini.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Imagine how good Barcelona would be if they sold Messi; how many wunderkinder could they bring in what that load of cash

 

[Dithering Dougie]

Er, that 28 million pound 'profit' may have had something to do with the sale of Fellaini.

Right then how did we buy Lukaku before it was posted?

 

[neil999]

tbh im still waiting for us to sell howard to the MLS for 20 mill

come on cinccinatti cilly socks, get that bid in!

 

[Joey66]

I feel it will be all about stones and Lukaku being pursued I dont think we will buy anyone!

 

[Saint Domingo]

Once again @Dymak preaching the common sense some of you just don't want to hear.

How was the recruitment of Stones, the integration of Barkley, the loaning of Deulofeu anything to do with the TV money? Equally Cleverley and Besic for minimal funds? It wasn't.

We have our best squad (apparently) through the culmination of two managers long term work in player trading and youth acquisition and development. The bulk of it was brought in before the new to deal anyway. All the tv deal has done has removed the financial necessity to sell to service the debt. It has not, as of yet allowed us to pull out huge transfers from our own capital without player trading. If you think it will prevent the sales of Stones and Lukaku you are most probably mistaken.

Martinez sold Anichebe Jelavic Fellaini and Heitinga in his first season to free up funds for the players he wanted. No sales, no McCarthy or Lukaku on a perm deal.

Sensible player trading, youth acquisition and development will be just as important as ever in growing the value of the squad and hopefully seeing that translated into points.

 

[TheFinnFan]

so....rom to manu, rooney back to goodison.

 

[Dymak]

we bought better players with potential, you dont sell your better players and replace them with worse ones who arent gonna improve!

So when we eventually sell Stones, who do you want us to replace him with, another defender that will take 7 years to reach the level of a current Ryan Shawcross, who is a formidable defender by the way, and is far more difficult to play against than John Stones.

 

[Dymak]

Ok mate.

You are the one deluding yourself into thinking we could have signed Lukaku without the sale of Fellaini.

 

[SerenityNigh]

so....rom to manu, rooney back to goodison.

Sell Rom and Stones buy every kid on Zat's yewtree list and we're set for 4 years until those kids are sold for megabucks. It's a plan that can't fail. How much silver is actually possible to win in a single calendar year?

 

[neil999]

So when we eventually sell Stones, who do you want us to replace him with, another defender that will take 7 years to reach the level of a current Ryan Shawcross, who is a formidable defender by the way, and is far more difficult to play against than John Stones.

depends how much money we got and who was available

 

[Dymak]

Right then how did we buy Lukaku before it was posted?

The reporting of the so called profit may have been made after his purchase, but the accounting period being reported was one which ended before his purchase.