Summer transfer window 2023

[GoodisonRoadSupperBarWool]

I don't watch all the games, but I liked Connor Coady when he arrived.

From what I saw, he could be worth keeping. Won't cost much.

I realise I now face summary execution.

I am like this if it means having Coady and us ridding ourselves off Holgate only one winner.

 

[hktoffee]

Possibly because he has had an injury recently, but he should be getting a chance and he should have had game time by now, he is a right winger who scores goals something we have needed for years.

Ok I see.

 

[Nobby Nobbs]

For me good fullbacks are essential in the modern game, when our FB’s got injured the whole team suffered and hamstrung us massively, there’s a reason Pep bought 2 quality FB’s when he took over city. Hope Patterson kicks on, but we need a good quality left back Tierney would be great but highly doubtful we could get him.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

But do we have the budget for that?

I'm hearing yes.

I hope we use our noggin and offload a few squad players for a bit of coin like Simms & Holgate.

 

[Rudolf Hucker]

I can see Patterson coming good. I think he's shown signs.

A number of people talk about keeping Mina. Hasn't he informed the club of his intention to move on & played his last game?

I‘d be amazed if any other club will offer him the money he’s been on with us, so I’d hope we’re at least talking to him.

 

[GoodisonRoadSupperBarWool]

Wouid be good to get a good pre season in. Games in some sort of order to obtain good fitness and look more ready to start the season with new signings bedded in early. Whilst these jokers stick around tho I won’t be holding my breath.

 

[Milk]

Worrying that Dyche has been quoted as saying he doesn’t expect much of a war chest and Joyce says we will still have to sell to meet FFP.

Probably should condition ourselves to only a couple of signings (plus Coady) and loss of one or two of the better players - Pickford and Onana at a guess

What a mess

 

[tsubaki]

This doesn't make him not good enough. This is the manager.

we are in the position that kids have to be used, we don't have the money to fill all the gaps in the squad and turning to youth again will pay dividends for us - probably quite quickly

 

[Andy is the King]

Should we renew our interest in Viktor Gyokeres?

How much you make of statistics in the Championship I'm not sure. But he has a decent goal scoring record at Coventry.

 

[JLW]

Offload

Michael Keane
Holgate
Iwobi
DCL
Gray
Townsend
Coady (Dont take up the option of signing him)
Maupay

I guess Mina and Doucoure are gone also.
Possibly Onana too

Some of them will be hard to shift due to wages and there complete shitness but we need the biggest overhaul of the squad there's ever been, similar to Forest this year.

 

[MartinezBK]

Run on limited budget.

Ins:

Coady £4m
Gyökeres £17m
Richy (loan with option to buy)
Tierney loan with option to buy)

The Kean money is in. We should get fees from Holgate, Nkounkou, Maupay and Gomes.

Tierney? Are we paying his 110k a week wages? And you think Arsenal would rather loan him to us than sell him to Newcastle?

 

[Nymzee]

we are in the position that kids have to be used, we don't have the money to fill all the gaps in the squad and turning to youth again will pay dividends for us - probably quite quickly

Yup, has to be done. If not now, may as well just scrap the academy and save the money.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Might not be popular but if Onana moves on I’d fancy McTominay.

I wouldn’t mind Loftus-Cheek if he doesn’t break the bank

 

[Rudolf Hucker]

Just looking on Transfermarkt

Everton FC - Detailed squad 22/23 (Detailed view)

Everton at a glance: The detailed squad overview with all players and data in the season 22/23.

www.transfermarkt.co.uk

Some grim reading on there, like Keane, Holgate, Godfrey & Maupey all grossly overpaid & contracted for 2 more years…

Can‘t see Dele or Gbamin or Gomes on there. Aren’t they still on the books?

 

[Tony’s Carp]

Again though - what do you do when he is fit? Most strikers need game-time, especially at this level and whilst DCL is fit he will play.

With regards to January, I would urge everyone to actually look at what happened there. We didn't spend any money and we improved. None of the players we were linked with did anything to suggest they would have been better for us, and signing them or any other random could have had properly negative effects (would Simms' equalizer vs Chelsea have happened? Would Doucs have been played in the position he was which ultimately helped save us?). A big part of our financial mess is because of panic buys in January, and not doing it again should be seen as a positive.

If we are going to sign players in the financial mess we are in, they have to be upgrades on what we have at the club. Simms and Cannon are at the level of being OK forwards in the Championship now, and both can improve to be OK in the PL with time.

Whoever we bring in for money has to be a way above that level at a minimum - which basically means scouting and discovering someone before anyone else in the league or Europe does or taking a punt at someone like (edit) Langstaff, because we've got no money. It is possible, as Brighton have showed, but it will require us to be a lot better run than we are now.

The point about January is an interesting one. It was a massive gamble on the players we had and since we stayed up it now looks enormously positive: we pocketed 40m for an average young player and we didn’t piss it away on guys like Onuachu or Rutter who did nothing to save their teams and have increased the financial burden of relegation. With the benefit of hindsight we’ve now had one of the best windows in the league but bloody hell it was risky.

So we’ve got away with a massive gamble and probably greatly increased our financial position as a result of not making panic buys, but now we need to get it right in the summer so we’re never left in such a risky position again.