I would imagine that this thread would get a massive amount of interest from the large amount of American supporters, so I would like to say "Howdy".
Anyway, back to the point.
A lot has been said in the last 2 years about the possibility of bringing the USA captain to Goodison on a permenant basis.
His two loan spells have been fantastic and I love to watch him play in the Royal Blue Everton shirt in the future.
However at 30 I think we should be incredibly cautious in how we go about doing it.
The fee which has been touted is £9m. Now for me I think this is an extremelly expensive signing in Everton's case, seeing as we don't have 3p to scratch our arse with.
I wouldn't want the club to spend such a massive amount on a player who may or may not do well, it's all well and good saying that after the impressive loan spells he's had he'll be ace. (Remember McBride? Jo!? FFS)
And because of his style of play he'd probably be pretty useless by 33 as he starts to lose his pace and isn't as fit as he once was.
If we can get him for under £5m then we should do it, otherwise I think we should just opt for the loans in January.
That's all.
Anyway, back to the point.
A lot has been said in the last 2 years about the possibility of bringing the USA captain to Goodison on a permenant basis.
His two loan spells have been fantastic and I love to watch him play in the Royal Blue Everton shirt in the future.
However at 30 I think we should be incredibly cautious in how we go about doing it.
The fee which has been touted is £9m. Now for me I think this is an extremelly expensive signing in Everton's case, seeing as we don't have 3p to scratch our arse with.
I wouldn't want the club to spend such a massive amount on a player who may or may not do well, it's all well and good saying that after the impressive loan spells he's had he'll be ace. (Remember McBride? Jo!? FFS)
And because of his style of play he'd probably be pretty useless by 33 as he starts to lose his pace and isn't as fit as he once was.
If we can get him for under £5m then we should do it, otherwise I think we should just opt for the loans in January.
That's all.
