Transfer Rumour Abdoulaye Doucoure

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CRIMHEAD said:
Zaha would be amazing, no doubt.

But I'm with Zat. The second Gana left I thought we need to go big and revamp the midfield. We need goals, Kean helps with that, but this type of move can push Siggy up top to mix in with Bernard. It'll help. It'll free up Gomes to be more of the player he was at Valencia. Our pressure could be devasting and we would also have a much better attack from wide because you'd have two midfielders that can defend instead of one.
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I see what ya saying mate, but unless we’re playing totally differently, we have cover for cm/dm etc and need a winger More. It’s opinions tho ;)
 

This is from that Jimmy Mcann on Twitter, sorry don’t know how to embed.

BREAKING:

Everton fans, I've just been told they have made a fresh approach for Watford midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure, a lot of work to be done here as Watford need a replacement but I've been told bid is upwards of £45m. May need to reach £55m for this deal to go through
 
Julius Geezer said:
This is from that Jimmy Mcann on Twitter, sorry don’t know how to embed.

BREAKING:

Everton fans, I've just been told they have made a fresh approach for Watford midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure, a lot of work to be done here as Watford need a replacement but I've been told bid is upwards of £45m. May need to reach £55m for this deal to go through
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All you need to do is copy and paste the url into your post and it will embed itself mate. :)

 
Julius Geezer said:
This is from that Jimmy Mcann on Twitter, sorry don’t know how to embed.

BREAKING:

Everton fans, I've just been told they have made a fresh approach for Watford midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure, a lot of work to be done here as Watford need a replacement but I've been told bid is upwards of £45m. May need to reach £55m for this deal to go through
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He has been wildly wrong with a few of our targets but we do appear to want this lad.

I can see the appeal in paying big money for Zaha, but I don't think spending £130m on Zaha and Doucoure is sound business.

Of course it is all about the team being more than the sum of its parts.

If they have both been identified as the absolute best fits for a top 4 / title push,
then so be it.

The money is completely insane in the game now.
 

CRIMHEAD said:
This is a mad thread. Just mad.

Gbamin is not coming here to be a backup CB. He's going to be a DM, holding or otherwise. He is not a CM. Please, please, please for the love of god stop with that nonsense. He was put there last season to accomodate Kunde and because Mainz sucked. They were TERRIBLE in possession. Gbamin could hold the ball a bit, that's what he was playing more advanced on the right. He's just good with the ball. In any legit side he's a DM.

Doucoure is not coming here to play as a 6. He RARELY played that role at Watford. Capoue played behind him. Sometimes as a pair, but almost always as an 8 in front of Capoue, who is more of a 6. He can play the position, but that's not where he's best.

I know we need goals, but our biggest issue is still central midfield. Gomes is a terrible defensive mid. He's lovely in the build up, he's critical to our team, not good enough without the ball. He can press high, but that's it. He's a turnstile, a post, he's too easily bypassed and is positionally clueless as a defensive mid. He DOES however have a prayer of settling in and being more productive in attack. There is some past evidence that he can do that.

So it's pretty simple - Doucoure/Gbamin behind Gomes, a true 4-3-3. Siggy can play one of the forward positions and rotate in with Bernard and Richy.

Doucoure/Gbamin would be awesome. It's what we've been missing for a LONG time. Gbamin can sit behind him or they can pair up as twin destroyers. Gomes can roam free. Doucoure and Gbamin can both support our FBs pushing high.

Kean, Siggy, Richy puts a lot of goal scorers closer to the net. Digne and Coleman attack wide, more aggressively supported by Doucoure and Gbamin. Gomes can roam free, push higher, Gbamin's distribution will help, Doucoure's ability to also carry the ball when teams try to mark Gomes will be key. Doucoure can also score.

Get another CB and that's a really good team.

Would I rather move for Sangare who is a lot cheaper? Sure. He's very similar to Doucoure. But this would dramatically improve and transform our squad.
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Have you got any stats and heat maps to back this post up
 

matty1878 said:
I see what ya saying mate, but unless we’re playing totally differently, we have cover for cm/dm etc and need a winger More. It’s opinions tho ;)
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True, but I would argue with acquiring Doucoure and shifting Sigurdsson, you've now created cover for winger as well. And again, it's not really a winger, it's more of an inside forward, so I'd think Siggy would be very effective.

Beyond that, the current CM/DM cover is just frankly bad. Sigurdsson/Gomes/Gbamin in the midfield could be positive in attack, but it's destined to be brutal in defense.
 
Julius Geezer said:
This is from that Jimmy Mcann on Twitter, sorry don’t know how to embed.

BREAKING:

Everton fans, I've just been told they have made a fresh approach for Watford midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure, a lot of work to be done here as Watford need a replacement but I've been told bid is upwards of £45m. May need to reach £55m for this deal to go through
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He knows nothing. He claims to be an agent or retired but can’t spell ‘paid’ - he spells it ‘payed’ - absolute balloon.
 
An upgrade of what we have, but not a need & would be a strange signing under the circumstances. Also way too much money for what he’s being, big swerve please
 

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