Confirmed Signing James Rodriguez

[maccavennie]

would serve as an excellent mentor to Gordon. interesting option here. Get 2 good years out of him adn then hand the torch over to the young lad.

Would also be nice to finally have a player who doesn't hide from big moments and big games.

Might actually win us a big game as well

 

[Toffe3m4n]

I’m sorry but this reeks to me of a Moshiri/Uzmanov vanity project, if true.

I can’t see how this is a Brands type signing, maybe Ancelotti likes him but surely his injury record is a huge red flag. Why do we have a DoF at all….

Another player coming to Everton for their last big pay day.

Our record with this type of signing lately has been awful, Walcott, Siggy, Williams, etc

He is the type of player that you need to build a team around, but how can you build a team around a guy who is constantly injured?

I’d much prefer a young, exciting, hungry winger that easily fits into a 442 which clearly is Ancelotti’s preferred formation

You're actually comparing James Rodriguez with these three..........

Jesus wept.

 

[DaChunk]

All day without any real news since last night. Hopefully we get something soon.

 

[Mathieubleucoyb]

 

[collymcd]

3 years
£140k a week
Under £10m

If those are the figures that's very reasonable. Would suggest a contract heavily weighted with bonuses, which is no harm.

 

[carolinablue232]

Reports in Spain saying Madrid want a £7.7m fee.

200k wages could still be an issue though

Pay 12 mil, and have Real subsidize the wages with the overage we pay, and we won’t upset the wage bill.

 

[LocalNative]

On one of the 500 articles on the BBC about Messi they were saying Barca have just paid like €25 million for some Portuguese kid who has played 8 senior games or something daft. €7 million for someone like James is a bit of a steal in comparison.

Where has €7m come from? All press reports i've seen have it around €20-30m

 

[Azza]

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Fake! That kit is yellow not amber!!!

 

[MikeH72]

We are not paying €30m for a surplus to requirements player with one year left on his contract, so you can put that one to bed right now.

 

[navidson]

We are not paying €30m for a surplus to requirements player with one year left on his contract, so you can put that one to bed right now.

Everton would definitely never do something like that

 

[Barnfred 55]

File under when chatting ferret.

File under "another TV personality mate of Fat Sam who still can't get his head round the fact that Everton's ungrateful fans wanted him out because he played crap hoofball"

The usual suspect TV pundits will never forgive us. Like we give a flying one

 

[MikeH72]

Everton would definitely never do something like that

We haven’t done it yet anyway.

 

[navidson]

We haven’t done it yet anyway.

You're right - Iwobi had years left on his contract

 

[MikeH72]

You're right - Iwobi had years left on his contract

He did, and also played 51 games the previous season.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Where has €7m come from? All press reports i've seen have it around €20-30m

I'm ITK.