2025/26 Tyrique George

[blueblue]

If 'nobody has any idea', you're just assuming it's hard. It might be really easy.

It might be, but when you think of how competitive and cut throat it is I don't think there is anything easy about it.

 

[RobYoung]

Agreed. Am hoping, due to accounting shenanigans that we want to count the purchase from 1st July rather than June, so the deal may be agreed, but will be timed so its simultaneous with the expiry of his loan.

Doesn't the window only open 1 July?
We can't sign anyone before that date.

Could announce them in some way, I guess, but nothing can be finalised before that date?

 

[Jebus_lives]

It might be, but when you think of how competitive and cut throat it is I don't think there is anything easy about it.

Interestingly though, football had rarely drawn on coaching or managerial experience outside of the game. Coaching and management are a bit of a closed loop and networking clearly counts for a lot. It's changing, but there is still a bias.

 

[Brisan123]

He's a contracted Chelsea player until June 2027, with a club option for a further year.

He's technically on loan at Everton until end of June 2026, and we negotiated an option to purchase him outright within that time if he wishes to also make it permanent.

Nobody can outbid us during this time as we have already negotiated a fee, which nobody seems to know but is rumoured to be around £20m; it's just whether Everton want to gamble on driving it down, the time running out, and another club coming in for him in July when we have no advantage any more.

The only advantage we may have is if George says he only wants to go to Everton
The same way Hackney says he only wants to sign for Everton
These things can change though

 

[Brisan123]

Doesn't the window only open 1 July?
We can't sign anyone before that date.

Could announce them in some way, I guess, but nothing can be finalised before that date?

Window opens in June sometime
We can agree to sign the player and pay the fee but can’t register them till the window opens
We could agree terms with Chelsea for George and agree terms with player but not sign anything officially till July 1st ie the new accounting year
Problem is Chelsea may need the money in before June 30th ie this years accounts
They have no more hotels or women s teams to sell to themselves

 

[Moomin]

The only advantage we may have is if George says he only wants to go to Everton
The same way Hackney says he only wants to sign for Everton
These things can change though

He left Chelsea to get minutes playing first team football. He sits on the bench 95% of the time.

Chelsea gets a new manager, does he stay and try to win a place in the Chelsea team or fight for a move to come back to Everton and see a player that we wanted to sell in January get picked ahead of me.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

He left Chelsea to get minutes playing first team football. He sits on the bench 95% of the time.

Chelsea gets a new manager, does he stay and try to win a place in the Chelsea team or fight for a move to come back to Everton and see a player that we wanted to sell in January get picked ahead of me.

Indeed.

Reckon he'd be a bit mad to want to stay.

 

[Moomin]

Indeed.

Reckon he'd be a bit mad to want to stay.

A new manager who played young players in Germany when they won the league.

It's a tough choice between Alonso and Moyes.

 

[Swartzy]

He left Chelsea to get minutes playing first team football. He sits on the bench 95% of the time.

Chelsea gets a new manager, does he stay and try to win a place in the Chelsea team or fight for a move to come back to Everton and see a player that we wanted to sell in January get picked ahead of me.

He doesn't have to fight for a move, that parts already sorted if he wants it. Have we shown him enough, from the outside looking in, No.

But I do still hope we do our best to convince him.

 

[Brisan123]

A new manager who played young players in Germany when they won the league.

It's a tough choice between Alonso and Moyes.

I think there will be better than Tyrique lined up to play up front at Chelsea. Alonso will have a non negotiable mandate of CL football at the end of the season and I don’t see Tyrique getting into a team with that mandate