January Transfer Window 2026

[TheBigIguana]

We need to be keeping Garner and buying better. That’s how we improve. Against United it was McNeil coming off the bench once Grealish and Ndiaye went off. Last few seasons he was a nailed on starter.

We need to buy competition for Garner Rohl Armstrong Iroegbunam KDH and Alcaraz as the group of central midfielders.

You have to find the money and the minutes for the guys you’re buying though!

 

[preposterousvelios]

The only player that we should build around is Ndiaye and we probably won’t be able to keep him unfortunately. This squad is highly expendable right now. We need some wheeler dealers.

Lol so Branthwaite, Pickford, Garner, KDH are expendable. Barry, Rohl, Armstrong, Aznou, Dibling are already written off and should be moved on.

Sorry to say you have genuinely no idea what you're talking about, and if the club was being run in the way that you think it should be then we would be in the championship within 2 years.

 

[Zatara]

Love the start of the response..

I would say if your looking at his contract length now, than you probably wouldn’t get a higher offer come the summer.

If you took the contract situation out of it, who could you replace Garner with for £30mil.

You would have to take a massive gamble on a young player that would still then take time to adapt.

Just get his signature back on a contract slip.

For what he provides at 24 years of age and his improvements this season I dont think its worth considering a sale.

Sure, I'm certain there will be another player we could bring in who may be better or potentially better but thats a conversation for a couple of seasons time, if at all.

This is how you get better when you’re a club like ours right now.

Who do you replace Garner with for the £30mil that was thrown out?

If Garner was black Big Ig would want £50m for him.

@TheBigIguana how much would you expect we get for McNeil and Beto?

We need to be keeping Garner and buying better. That’s how we improve. Against United it was McNeil coming off the bench once Grealish and Ndiaye went off. Last few seasons he was a nailed on starter.

We need to buy competition for Garner Rohl Armstrong Iroegbunam KDH and Alcaraz as the group of central midfielders.

Dont forget the sneaky extension Moyes may give Gana

Garner, Rohl, Armstrong, Iroegbunam, KDH, Gana and Alcaraz would give us 7 central midfielders.

This is overkill for a squad without european competition.

I would say this needs to be pruned down to 5 players and then one more player - either a starter or another young player like Armstrong added.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Lol so Branthwaite, Pickford, Garner, KDH are expendable. Barry, Rohl, Armstrong, Aznou, Dibling are already written off and should be moved on.

Sorry to say you have genuinely no idea what you're talking about, and if the club was being run in the way that you think it should be then we would be in the championship within 2 years.

You can’t build the team around players who aren’t reliable, aren’t hitting their prime, or are massively unproven which applies to everyone you’ve listed, save for maybe Pickford if you give him some grace age wise because he’s a keeper. But even then he’s a keeper, and so you can’t really build a side around that.

Yes everyone there is expendable for the right money imo. Obviously some of the deals aren’t going to happen and so we’re better off trying to develop the player or find a role for them, but at the same time if for some reason someone did send us 50m for Dibling we should do it as an example.

 

[hetion]

Dont forget the sneaky extension Moyes may give Gana

Garner, Rohl, Armstrong, Iroegbunam, KDH, Gana and Alcaraz would give us 7 central midfielders.

This is overkill for a squad without european competition.

I would say this needs to be pruned down to 5 players and then one more player - either a starter or another young player like Armstrong added.

One of the reasons I find the purchase of Rohl baffling.

7 midfielders (I'm not sure I'd count Alcaraz) and only one can play DM:

DM: Garner
CM: Rohl, Armstrong, Iroegbunam, Gana
AM: KDH, Alcaraz

Even Garner I feel like more of an in-between 6/8 rather than a real specialist.

So next summer let Gana go, sell whichever of Tim or Rohl we think has less of a future here, buy a specialist 6, and even then we have to hope Rohl or Armstrong is starting quality by then

The midfield is more of a mess than people think imo

 

[Swartzy]

We might be 13th instead of 11th.

The thing we’re going to have to accept here at some point is our players are largely average. Again I like Garner, his versatility is helpful (he’s played fullback sparingly though this year) but he’s not a difference maker. The money is too good to pass up for him imo.

Who is a difference maker in your eyes.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Who is a difference maker in your eyes.

For us? Ndiaye, Grealish, Pickford as much as a GK can be. That’s probably it.

Historically in midfield for us Gueye was. It’s been bleak otherwise. There are dozens of PL midfielders at Garner’s level.

 

[Zatara]

Lol so Branthwaite, Pickford, Garner, KDH are expendable. Barry, Rohl, Armstrong, Aznou, Dibling are already written off and should be moved on.

Sorry to say you have genuinely no idea what you're talking about, and if the club was being run in the way that you think it should be then we would be in the championship within 2 years.

I think the last sentence is wrong simply because we've seen both Forest and Sunderland add so many players and do well from it.

Branthwaite & Rohl having so many injuries now is a concern and there should be a sensible case for selling both if the 'right' bids came in.

Pickford is a very difficult one. A couple of years ago i would have sold him for a big fee and signed Verbruggen (who ended up going to Brighton) at under £20mil.

Now, Pickford is probably the leagues best keeper or around that level. He's also a talisman really and so how to quantify that into a value - which I dont see anyone paying anyway.

Barry, Armstrong, Aznou and Dibling we can develop and their values should increase so we shouldnt sell them of course.

KDH & Garner playing centrally as a pairing (together with another) is so well balanced that you wouldnt want to break them up - with my caveat that KDH (or even Garner) playing as a 10 would mean he should be sold.

I think the likes of Mykolenko, McNeil, Patterson, Gana, Coleman, Beto will be the ideal ones to move on for fees and to remove wages from the books.

I also wonder why we have so many goalkeepers

You can’t build the team around players who aren’t reliable, aren’t hitting their prime, or are massively unproven which applies to everyone you’ve listed, save for maybe Pickford if you give him some grace age wise because he’s a keeper. But even then he’s a keeper, and so you can’t really build a side around that.

Yes everyone there is expendable for the right money imo. Obviously some of the deals aren’t going to happen and so we’re better off trying to develop the player or find a role for them, but at the same time if for some reason someone did send us 50m for Dibling we should do it as an example.

Dibling has been signed as a future star to develop. Everton could have sold Ndiaye to Inter Milan for £40mil last summer which would have been just as mad.

These players can be the catalysts for a new Everton. Just as hopefully Aznou and Armstrong will be as well.

 

[COYBL25]

Who is a difference maker in your eyes.

I hope you`ve got a stockpile of speed, because you`ll still be here in 36 hrs, with him arguing the same points and you pulling your eye balls out.

 

[preposterousvelios]

You can’t build the team around players who aren’t reliable, aren’t hitting their prime, or are massively unproven which applies to everyone you’ve listed, save for maybe Pickford if you give him some grace age wise because he’s a keeper. But even then he’s a keeper, and so you can’t really build a side around that.

Yes everyone there is expendable for the right money imo. Obviously some of the deals aren’t going to happen and so we’re better off trying to develop the player or find a role for them, but at the same time if for some reason someone did send us 50m for Dibling we should do it as an example.

Mate, you don't understand ball I'm so sorry.

You don't build a team by having players for 5 minutes and then moving them on. Pickford, Branthwaite and Garner represent a strong spine of a team. Dibling and Armstrong are very high potential players that will be allowed to properly develop by playing alongside like Branthwaite and Garner who ARE consistent, reliable performers.

We are clearly trying to put together a group of young players who will grow and develop together. That only works if you back your signings, and trust that they will reach their potential. The idea that (before him even playing a full 90 for us) we sell Dibling for the price we bought him and reinvest that money into another 19 year old expecting them to immediately have the impact of Ndiaye is laughable.

 

[Swartzy]

For us? Ndiaye, Grealish, Pickford as much as a GK can be. That’s probably it.

Historically in midfield for us Gueye was. It’s been bleak otherwise. There are dozens of PL midfielders at Garner’s level.

This isn't a personal attack on you, before you take it offensively.

Take yourself away from Fifa and look at how real football works.

You seem to think everything falls into place overnight, the amount of posters that have to keep explaining these things to you is ridiculous.
But you either pay no attention, or dont understand how football clubs work..

 

[preposterousvelios]

I think the last sentence is wrong simply because we've seen both Forest and Sunderland add so many players and do well from it.

Branthwaite & Rohl having so many injuries now is a concern and there should be a sensible case for selling both if the 'right' bids came in.

Pickford is a very difficult one. A couple of years ago i would have sold him for a big fee and signed Verbruggen (who ended up going to Brighton) at under £20mil.

Now, Pickford is probably the leagues best keeper or around that level. He's also a talisman really and so how to quantify that into a value - which I dont see anyone paying anyway.

Barry, Armstrong, Aznou and Dibling we can develop and their values should increase so we shouldnt sell them of course.

KDH & Garner playing centrally as a pairing (together with another) is so well balanced that you wouldnt want to break them up - with my caveat that KDH (or even Garner) playing as a 10 would mean he should be sold.

I think the likes of Mykolenko, McNeil, Patterson, Gana, Coleman, Beto will be the ideal ones to move on for fees and to remove wages from the books.

I also wonder why we have so many goalkeepers



Dibling has been signed as a future star to develop. Everton could have sold Ndiaye to Inter Milan for £40mil last summer which would have been just as mad.

These players can be the catalysts for a new Everton. Just as hopefully Aznou and Armstrong will be as well.

They both did that because they had squads full of championship players and basically had to. It's not remotely the same as looking at our current squad and saying everyone bar Ndiaye should be sold and replaced.

I can categorically say that I don't want to be run like Forest and am confident that sooner rather than later the way they've done business is going to come back to haunt them.

 

[Swartzy]

I hope you`ve got a stockpile of speed, because you`ll still be here in 36 hrs, with him arguing the same points and you pulling your eye balls out.

I'll gladly hold my hands up to him.

He will destroy me, and I happily admit that.

Already need a break and thats with just him, he's full on with about 10 posters.

 

[ElGato]

Accurate is still one we should take!

I like Garner, but I don’t think he’s got the type of upside that means we should resist an offer.

I would have agreed with you last year. Technically proficient but lacking tactical nous/reading of a game. But he has shown a side to his game that I thought was beyond him; which is growing understanding of the game and ability to control the tempo.

Shows the difference playing with more technically capable players can have. He is having more time on the ball and in better areas. I'd keep him for another year at least to see if he can't improve at the same rate.

 

[COYBL25]

I'll gladly hold my hands up to him.

He will destroy me, and I happily admit that.

Already need a break and thats with just him, he's full on with about 10 posters.

He’s obviously got a new crystal meth dealer.