I would love it if we get Grealish on a permanent deal this summer. I agree there is a risk in signing aging players but Jack simply has a surplus of quality compaired to most others in the squad. Just get a good LB and he will prosper even more. And the guy seems to understand the Everton-spirit. He has heart.
But even more important signing someone like Grealish is the statement of intent. If all the rumors/messages are true, we were turned down by quite some players last summer. Sadly we have fallen down the pecking order because of the last few seasons. Signing one or two bigname players might attract younger promising players, who otherwise wouldn't be interested.
We just have to make sure we don't overpay to get mediocre players in. No more Klaassen, Tosun, Iwobi, Beto, Gbamin etc etc.
"Signing one or two bigname players might attract younger promising players, who otherwise wouldn't be interested".
I'd actually say that signing one or two more
Dibling's would attract that age bracket, high potential players.
Im sure a young English player may think "I'll be in the squad with 30 year old
Jack Grealish". But to lock them into a 5 year deal, is that enough?
If we can develop Armstrong and
Dibling into top players then it will be a showcase for the best English talent.
Look at Arsenal. Myles-Skelly and Nwaneri were flying last season and now they're subs on a good day.
I bet those two would love to get regular games for us. I'm sure they know Dibling and Armstrong and would be in our 11 very quickly due to their quality.
Rather than signing big top players, we could also go after the future top English players and build our core.