2021/22 James Rodriguez

[ToffeeTim]

That doesn’t say we paid £20m for him; it’s a £20m fee which would be his wages.

C’mon Tim, read

Hmm... I'm gonna say no on that one

And if it's £20m wages on a 2 year contract... you do the maths!

 

[Papa Shango]

sat on his arse Twitching

That will be Keane in 2 weeks time once Ronaldo is finished with him.

 

[Brennan]

That doesn’t say we paid £20m for him; it’s a £20m fee which would be his wages.

C’mon Tim, read

Erm, what’s £20m divided by 104 weeks.

Maths isn’t your strongpoint is it.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Be relieved when he goes tbh. He's taking up far too much airtime.

 

[Encoder]

Big thanks to Marcel Brands for helping reduce the wage bill to bring in some new faces before the transfer deadline ends.

 

[Egil Olsen]

But he's travelled to go and have talks with a club in the UAE. He's been training for 4 weeks yet wasn't in the squad on Saturday. So it's very likely that Benitez was just coming up with a convenient story.

I'm not having a go at Benitez, but it's almost certain that he wasn't actually injured if he's signing for another club.

I need to open my eyes? My eyes are open, and they're not so partisan that I think Everton are run in any other way than a stinking pile of amateur crap.

Let me quote Benitez: "For this game, he was a little bit concerned about his muscle".

This does not imply that JR was injured, but that JR himself does not feel ready to play.

On the other hand, both player, club and manager probably knew about this deal and would not take any chances - which is quite reasonable.

 

[Groucho]

Mad to think if he just dropped his wage demands he could have been at Porto playing European football at a decent level. But obviously money talks.

But it don’t sing and dance or play football

 

[FrenchDarrenBent]

If Andros Townsend is a direct replacement for Rodriguez then Townsend would be sat on his arse Twitching and playing X Box. Difference is Townsend want to play for us, Rodriguez doesn't - simple really

Townsed & Gray (1.5million) already combine for the same amount of goals & assists Rodriguez has supplied.
1.5 million, that's about 8 weeks of paying Hamez his wages...

 

[diggerdestroyer]

Be relieved when he goes tbh. He's taking up far too much airtime.

No fear. That airtime will be replaced by talk of Anthony Gordon game changing displays off the bench

 

[livinginhope]

Yeah and we were stupid enough to appoint Benitez as manager, so that's where we are. I am never going to think it's sensible to keep players who a manager clearly will not use. Especially when the player doesn't want to play for the manager either.

There are some things that will never work out in football and Benitez and James Rodriguez is one of them.

Whats with the use of the word "we" .please replace it with"I". you certainly dont speak for me

 

[Papa Shango]

Once again a comment without any basis. How do you know that"any single one of them would be off at the drop of a hat if a "bigger"club showed interest." I am amazed at the assumptions people without any inside knowledge of what goes on behind the scenes at Everton Football Club decide to be absolute fact

Because it is true of most footballers unless you have an affiliation with the club.

It's just common sense. The sooner people realize that the better. That way its less messy when a player goes. We need to get into a position where that is not the case but even that is hard.

Also what do you mean "once again"? We have never interacted!

 

[nsno-chris]

Erm, what’s £20m divided by 104 weeks.

Maths isn’t your strongpoint is it.

2 year contract, 3rd year option is 14m and a bit. Signing on fees etc will push that £20m

carry on

 

[miff]

James ran plenty. He played in some of our best defensive performances last season and had quality on to go with it.

Could he do it to the intensity Benitez wants? Almost certainly not.

Should we be so desperate to punt a player when we can't strengthen our squad? Absolutely not.

He didn’t run a lot, let’s be honest and he’s not defensive.
He’s off, let’s move on

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Why are you linking that nonsense story about a 20m fee when RM literally have to report these things publically, and said it was a free.

Come on Chris

Not like Christopher to make lies up to suit an agenda but have the brass neck to call out others for "supposedly" telling fibs is it...

 

[ToffeeTim]

Whats with the use of the word "we" .please replace it with"I". you certainly dont speak for me

We = Everton

Fairly self explanatory I thought.

I'm not taking sides in this debate. I'm not a fan of the manager or the player.