Everton Transfer Thread - Summer 2020

[DanEFC92]

Longstaff is a hard pass from me, brother.

 

[Carloblues]

According to the web Longstaff is only on £1k p/w currently too.

Which means we'll offer him about 80k a week

 

[JLW]

What this club DOESN'T know about is making profit... which is one of the reasons we're currently so hamstrung in the transfer market. It's not a lack of funds, it's a lack of ability to spend them because of FFP and the fact we lost over £100m last year.

One of the reasons Chelsea were able to go on spending a fortune for years was their constantly making small to medium profits by selling on young players who were either developed in house or brought in for very cheap/free.

Bringing in someone like Longstaff (who is fairly highly thought of and certainly has potential to improve) for free and (probably) on relatively modest wages is a bit of a no brainer. Cleverly made good profit in terms of transfer fee, but probably isn't a great comparison as I'd imagine his wages were relatively high, as he was already well established, and coming from Man Utd.

Highly thought off by who?? He had one good game against the mancs last season. If he had anything about him Newcastle wouldn’t be letting him go on a free.

 

[Jebus_lives]

According to the web Longstaff is only on £1k p/w currently too.

We should just go all out and offer to double his wages...

 

[JLW]

We should just go all out and offer to double his wages...

Then throw him in the U23s for Unsworth to develop him with crabitis

 

[Ring master]

According to the web Longstaff is only on £1k p/w currently too.

Yeah that what he was reported to be on, and Newcastle were offering him 30k a week for the new deal he didnt take

 

[orly]

Yeah that what he was reported to be on, and Newcastle were offering him 30k a week for the new deal he didnt take

I would suggest he has been very, very badly advised.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Then throw him in the U23s for Unsworth to develop him with crabitis

Not sure why Unsworth gets such a bad press on here. Barkley looked potent when he came out of the academy. So did Davies. Gordon is currently looking very good. Maybe the problem is the first team training which just seems to take all aggression away from any player.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Highly thought off by who?? He had one good game against the mancs last season. If he had anything about him Newcastle wouldn’t be letting him go on a free.

Don't think they're "letting him go" are they? Think he's just decided not to sign a new deal?

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Not sure why Unsworth gets such a bad press on here. Barkley looked potent when he came out of the academy. So did Davies. Gordon is currently looking very good. Maybe the problem is the first team training which just seems to take all aggression away from any player.

Which would make sense, except we've changed managers like most people change channels.

The only constant on the coaching staff across that time has been Ferguson... and well I kind of doubt, whatever you think of him as a coach, that he's responsible for reducing players' aggression

 

[Nymzee]

This highlight reel ffs. Just him getting fouled in slow mo

 

[TheSecondComing]

Ancelotti gone from working with Allan and Fabian Ruiz to a Geordie who looks like simple jack out of Tropic Thunder.

 

[JLW]

This highlight reel ffs. Just him getting fouled in slow mo

Hahahahaha oh my god!!

 

[Arteta10]

Not sure why Unsworth gets such a bad press on here. Barkley looked potent when he came out of the academy. So did Davies. Gordon is currently looking very good. Maybe the problem is the first team training which just seems to take all aggression away from any player.

Proper boring line that people trot out without any proper evidence.

As you say, we've had Barkley Davies and Gordon come out the u23s and step up to prem football in the last few years (maybe not so much Davies like)

What do people expect? Every player who comes through the u23s to make it at prem level??

It just doesnt happen, at any football club.

If a player is good enough they make it to the prem, but a huge majority of academy players at any club never play prem football

 

[JLW]

Not sure why Unsworth gets such a bad press on here. Barkley looked potent when he came out of the academy. So did Davies. Gordon is currently looking very good. Maybe the problem is the first team training which just seems to take all aggression away from any player.

Aggression is not the only issue it’s footballing ability, touch, reading of the game, tactical awareness etc...