Everton Transfer Thread - Summer 2020

[KaiserEFC]

Feels like I’m banging the drum for Fraser (I’m not) but I imagine if he came on a 10-15M fee on 50k a week a lot of folks would be keen on it. Yet people are flipping over a free transfer for 100k a week.

Good squad player for me and Iwobi is a totally different type of player. Fraser can play on the right as well.

We’ve got plenty of bang average wingers, absolutely no one would want another one. Most people would be keen with us dropping a good amount of money on a winger with a bit of talent who can actually cross a ball.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Come on Uz take the risk - give Carlo the means to get top 4 next season.

Coutinho on loan
Koulibaly for a covid reduced special

 

[Stephenlloyd]

If we are going to primarily use 4 4 2, then we need to bring in a right sided midfielder.

If we are going use a number 10, then I can see bringing in Fraser on the left, with Bernard and Iwobi covering at 10 (and still bring in a right sided midfielder).

Last week Ancelotti spoke about Antony Gordon
And his ability to play left, number 10. And off the striker, like he did a lot for the 23’s. I doubt he will want to curb his progress. Unless a potentially world class player become available

 

[maccavennie]

Totally forgot they’re playing for free

I know mate, well I'm assuming you forgot like cos they must be playing for free as we haven't signed them yet have we. Or have we mate and we are paying them now?

 

[Hickson9]

Last week Ancelotti spoke about Antony Gordon
And his ability to play left, number 10. And off the striker, like he did a lot for the 23’s. I doubt he will want to curb his progress. Unless a potentially world class player become available

Good point.

We have Richarlison, Bernard, Iwobi, Gordon and Sigurdsson who can play in this position.

We really do need to focus on the right instead.

 

[Stephenlloyd]

Good point.

We have Richarlison, Bernard, Iwobi, Gordon and Sigurdsson who can play in this position.

We really do need to focus on the right instead.

I would sell Bernard & siggurdsson out of that lot, but that’s another discussion. And still think we could cope next season. As long as a quality right sided player was brought in.

 

[catcherintherye]

Well we don’t ‘know’ anything do we, but we can make educated guesses. I genuinely can’t remember a player in fraser’s situation - running his contract down rather than being released, linked to big clubs and certainly not likely to be moving downwards - actually becoming a free agent and just sitting round waiting for their phone to ring. They tend to be announced at a new club as soon as the season is over and it’s acceptable to admit. It’s possible he’s just winging it but I’d be very surprised.

Yes all fair. I do think in situations like this though it's hard to assume that much. I mean in normal times Bournemouth would want to keep him, but maybe his demands are just too much. I think again we can assume wage demands and wage payments will have gone down, quite substantially over the 3 months or so.

There seems to be growing momentum towards him wanting to go to Everton. I mean the logical part of me would ay he's using us to try and pressure Arsenal and Spurs. However I suspect their refusal to pay him will probably be more than just a negotiation ploy. I think both will have very difficult financial difficulties (perhaps beyond ours).

What you read into the situation beyond, is very much up to the individual person.

 

[catcherintherye]

If he was injured in one of the few games left it would spoil his big pay day,I've a feeling his next deal is done.

If a deals done, hard to see where the Everton links come from though?

 

[Hickson9]

I would sell Bernard & siggurdsson out of that lot, but that’s another discussion. And still think we could cope next season. As long as a quality right sided player was brought in.

I really like Bernard, especially at Goodison.

I think for certain matches he can run matches for us, and can be a cut above the opposition.

Sigurdsson has had a poor season. If we can't get a decent fee for him, I am going to consider him a decent option off the bench when teams are sitting deep against us, and he would have space to operate.

 

[Stephenlloyd]

I really like Bernard, especially at Goodison.

I think for certain matches he can run matches for us, and can be a cut above the opposition.

Sigurdsson has had a poor season. If we can't get a decent fee for him, I am going to consider him a decent option off the bench when teams are sitting deep against us, and he would have space to operate.

I would sell siggurdsson for peanuts, he’s been an awful buy. And has no future. You can’t just have Bernard for home games. And again he’s on a huge wage apparently. 28 at the start of next season with only 2yrs left.

 

[Hickson9]

I would sell siggurdsson for peanuts, he’s been an awful buy. And has no future. You can’t just have Bernard for home games. And again he’s on a huge wage apparently. 28 at the start of next season with only 2yrs left.

I think we can as a squad option. He is good enough.

It would be much more expensive to spend money replacing him.

 

[Stephenlloyd]

I think we can as a squad option. He is good enough.

It would be much more expensive to spend money replacing him.

Replacing who?

 

[toffeejack]

You just have to look at the utter cross we are linked with to understand why we will never break into the top 4

Totally agree, i mean, if we were linked with messi and Ronaldo things would be totally different. The top players would be begging to come here because of an article they read in the daily mail.
Oh no, theyvwouldn't because 99% of what you read is false.

 

[Hickson9]

Replacing who?

Bernard.

If we sell Sigurdsson I don't think we need a direct replacement (provided we get the right winger and central midfielder we need).

 

[Lanolin]

Yes all fair. I do think in situations like this though it's hard to assume that much. I mean in normal times Bournemouth would want to keep him, but maybe his demands are just too much. I think again we can assume wage demands and wage payments will have gone down, quite substantially over the 3 months or so.

There seems to be growing momentum towards him wanting to go to Everton. I mean the logical part of me would ay he's using us to try and pressure Arsenal and Spurs. However I suspect their refusal to pay him will probably be more than just a negotiation ploy. I think both will have very difficult financial difficulties (perhaps beyond ours).

What you read into the situation beyond, is very much up to the individual person.

Bournemouth do/did want to keep him. He wanted to go last summer and felt that they blocked it, which is where the stuff about not playing for the team came in and will be one of the reasons he probably has no qualms leaving them before the end of the season.

Again, I have no insight into his situation, but usually a deal for someone like him will have been thrashed our months in advance. The days of having a bid accepted for a player and them saying no thanks are long gone, agents sort these things out behind the scenes. It’s possible that a team has reneged due to covid but it’s hard to imagine spurs or arsenal being so badly affected that they can’t even honour a free transfer.

Usually the buying club will plant stories in the press about all the other teams that want him to make it sound like more of a coup when they finally announce they’ve got him. It’s all a game.