29 is not old
29 is definitely not old for a goalkeeper
Pickford is a top keeper and anyone we signed for £30m or less would be worse in the short term
They might be a young keeper who becomes as good or maybe even better long term but I don’t think we can afford to weaken ourselves next season in any position after staying up in the last half hour of the season!
De Gea is 32. Both players are reliant on their reflexes.
We wouldnt 'weaken', there would need to be an attacker signed as well as a keeper.
30 has to be a wind up. do they still make money on premium rate phone calls?
i’d hate to see him go, even if he went for 60m we could improve the squad but we’ll be weaker at GK and he’s kept us up past two seasons so that would really worry me
but also i wouldnt begrudge him wanting to leave to play for Man U in the Champions League
£60m + Henderson and we can talk
Where does Henderson appear from? Ive never seen the stardust.
This narrative he kept us up is mad, like me saying Tarkowski kept us up with all the headers and blocks he did or Coady did because he cleared one of the line v Bournemouth.
He’s a goal Keeper it’s his jobs to make saves, he’s good at it, but he’s not one of the worlds best imo. I still never feel comfortable with him on a high ball coming into his box and he tries to punch everything and never catches shots even comfortable ones, he parries them in front of him and dives on them.
We’d be mad not to sell for 60mil in the situation we’re in.
£50mil imo. But youre right, and ive been a 'fan' of his since before we signed him.
There is nothing stopping us signing a younger replacement. That player could do onto become the worlds best, there arent many top tier sides looking for a new keeper....ours could be the best.
Don’t know much about toe sucking but can’t agree that 50m for Pickford would be “exceptional “ he’s coming into his prime , englands number one and is on a 5 year contract
As above, De Gea is 32.
What if Pickford starts going downhill in 2 seasons? Who buys him on £100k+ a week on the way down?
Need to get them on the way up.
I’d want a world record fee for a keeper. He’s better than Kepa who went for that amount. We probably won’t get it but that’s what I’d want for us to part with Pickford. If it’s 40 mill then we may as well just have found another quick kid like Gordon and mugged Newcastle off again for that amount.
£50mil+ for a 29 year old keeper can go a long way.
Remember, when Richarlison went we had more money to use due to FFP rules and book values etc
Id expect £50mil brings in £75mil which covers 2 signings -- who are better than Gordon. If they both double in value then happy days.
That £30m thing is probably a plant by another club. They say hey, my man, post this for us will ya?
Then 1 of several things happen.
It's ignored
The club say not for sale.
Or you see another similar tweet or whatever saying, sources say everton will listen to offers of £70m
We see it all the time. For us, look what happened with Gordon and Richarlison.
We are seeing it with Kane and Rice now.
It seems to be the new negotiating tactics without actually negotiating. Random figure is leaked, club then leaks how much they are looking for, other clubs leak how much they are willing to pay. Etc etc
I will only worry if we start seeing, Everton source say not a penny below £70m.
Then you know we are open to selling.
I mean for what its worth, how much would we get Henderson for? £30m, if he was for sale right now? On that basis, it would have to be a big figure or say £30-40m plus Henderson.
As i mentioned above, why Henderson?
Makes no sense to me at all.
