Homepage Update: Martinez on “the new era” for transfers

[GwladysBlue]

I have realized that football as a 'sport' is no more and is more to do with business and financial acumen. However I hope that the Everton motto Nil Satis Nissi Optimum means that because we have financial backing now , we are not going to buy a league title. We are the school of science, not a bank.
I want us to win because we are the best, not because we can buy the best.

Two of our former nicknames were 'The Bank of England' and 'The Mersey Millionaires'...

 

[JimEFC]

Pretty much all prem first choice keepers are off limits unless we spent truly stupid amounts

I dunno - Mignolet was only 9 million....

 

[GwladysBlue]

We've dropped the season tickets when we had absolutely no need to. It could have just been frozen and he still would have looked like a good guy.

I like the slogan 'Nothing will be the same'. It feels like something big is coming our way.

 

[TheFinnFan]

We've dropped the season tickets when we had absolutely no need to. It could have just been frozen and he still would have looked like a good guy.

I like the slogan 'Nothing will be the same'. It feels like something big is coming our way.

Pretty remarkable stuff this....

 

[kithnou]

I would love to keep giving young kids the opportunity at Everton. It's what makes us great.
But, nothing would please me more than coming out in the Summer and making a big statement of intent.
How would we all feel to hear we have made a £50m to Real bid for James for example ?

 

[andy4efc]

Imagine if MOyes was given this money to spend. We'd all be fretting. For how good Moyes was at churning out results steadily, some of his bigger money buys were very, very questionable... Seems to be quite the opposite for Martinez.

Alot of trust in Martinez to sign quality, his cheaper ones are the ones that are the questionable's (Kone, Cleverly, Robles).

 

[Efcjake]

The marketing side I get.

The football side I dont. Well, not as obviously. It would, for me, hinge on his attitude. Retirement home, or a chance to help Everton regain our stature in this new world. I would like to think the latter, but I would not want to pay him the sort of cash he is on, nor could get in the MLS or China.

Never mind Rooney, @roydo give us some news about Yarmolenko! I know you've got it!

 

[Efcjake]

Pretty much all prem first choice keepers are off limits unless we spent truly stupid amounts

There's mutterings that Pep might go after Neuer to City meaning Hart could move on which would be great. Think of all the Head and Shoulders money.

 

[sageyefc]

There's mutterings that Pep might go after Neuer to City meaning Hart could move on which would be great. Think of all the Head and Shoulders money.

Wouldn't want him purely because of that advert, proper gets on my swede

 

[zirc]

Clubs will want more money now from us

And more money they shall have

 

[Efcjake]

Wouldn't want him purely because of that advert, proper gets on my swede

Remember the Ginola one?

He was robbing a wage off us at the time as well wasn't he? His hair was the only bit of class he still had.

 

[zirc]

Imagine if MOyes was given this money to spend. We'd all be fretting. For how good Moyes was at churning out results steadily, some of his bigger money buys were very, very questionable... Seems to be quite the opposite for Martinez.

Alot of trust in Martinez to sign quality, his cheaper ones are the ones that are the questionable's (Kone, Cleverly, Robles).

Moyes didn't have any big money signings. The closest to what you're talking about was Bily, who cost 0.71 shane longs.

 

[tadpole]

"Clearly, the new era means we will have to extend the amount of players we can fit in our project. It hasn’t changed but what it has done is expanded the area we can look into.”

 

[kithnou]

Remember the Ginola one?

He was robbing a wage off us at the time as well wasn't he? His hair was the only bit of class he still had.

Can anyone truly say they wouldn't?

http://www.culturepub.fr/videos/l-oreal-elvive-david-ginola/

 

[dandydan]

Ooh a flimsy pretext for a kopite antagonising Simpsons gif.
Seriously though we now have the money club premium attached to any transfer dealings.