Confirmed Signing André Gomes

[VentureBrosEFC]

Of the three interviews from the new signings, he somehow seems to be the most genuinely happy to come to us. Good luck to him.

He spoke recently about how his anxiety contributed to his sub par form for Barca so I think he was really looking for someone to put an arm around his shoulder and convince him he's great.

Silva as shown with Richarlison can be a bit of a father figure and he's seemed to have had a massive influence on this transfer along with all the others.

 

[gonetomorrow]

his eyes and beautiful face will act as a decoy to the opposition defence, they’ll stop in their tracks to admire him....then the little gnome can glide on through

Good tactics. Up till now the only devastatingly handsome chap we've had has been DCL but he's not very bright.

 

[bicycleheader]

What was his main issue at Barca btw?

Was he ace for Valencia or signed up by Barca like Delph / Drinkwater were to City / Chelsea?

Just check my posts in here.

Time to sleep

Night evertonians

 

[SixtyGrand]

Just check my posts in here.

Time to sleep

Night evertonians

One thing I will say is that Silva seem's to get a positive tune out of players so if anyone can help build the lads confidence up it is Silva.

Could be a bargain signing this if he stays fit.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Great signing this one. We badly needed a number 8 in the midfield.

Pickford

Coleman Mina X Digne

Gomes Siggy

Walcott Bernard Richy

Tosun

What a squad. Bench will look like meh but still not a bad XI at all.

 

[Verbal Kint]

Wont see him until end of September by the sounds of it. Hamstring injury for another month and probably 3 weeks to get fit I'd imagine

 

[toffee-L]

There's no getting away from the fact that he has been absolutely crap for Barca, whenever I saw him play for them in the Champions League he was God awful.

Having said that, this guy was at the centre of one of Europe's biggest transfer tug of wars when he was leaving Valencia, both Barca and Madrid were desperate to sign him. He showed elite potential at Benfica, looked like a world beater at Valencia and is a European champion with Portugal, all before he was 25.

If we can get him his self belief back then we may have a star on our hands. It's a shame that we don't have an option to buy him (that we know about) because if he re-discovers his form for us then keeping him for the long term could be difficult.

I'm really happy he's here though, hopefully Digne and Mina help him settle quickly.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Has the potential to be the sleeper signing of the bunch...and a good model for Davies T. to learn off of. Hope he smashes it.

 

[Ste2018]

What was his main issue at Barca btw?

Was he ace for Valencia or signed up by Barca like Delph / Drinkwater were to City / Chelsea?

His main issue at Barcelona seemed to be their style of play. Apparently signed as an eventual Iniesta replacement after having a great spell at Valencia.

 

[bluestevon]

Just check my posts in here.

Time to sleep

Night evertonians

Fir me it's a good signing, if he rediscovers his Valencia form he will prove to be the signing if the season, if he continues as he's been at Barca then we lost 2m

The context of why he failed is the curious one, as s club pressure wise we are much more Valencia than a Barca, we have s coach who personally stepped in to persuade him and who has form fir getting the most out of players on hard times - see Niasse etc, and also comes across as being someone who players identify with - Richarlison etc......

No option to buy sucks if he does perform, but given he's not gonna ever suceed at Barca realistically if he turns his career around here I bet he'd push for that move given his problems he's had before when moving to Barca.

 

[FCBarça]

 

[matty1878]

Hes coming with a point to prove I’m very excited

 

[ToffeeTim]

He looks genuinely delighted to be coming here which is always nice.

 

[chrismpw]

Fir me it's a good signing, if he rediscovers his Valencia form he will prove to be the signing if the season, if he continues as he's been at Barca then we lost 2m

The context of why he failed is the curious one, as s club pressure wise we are much more Valencia than a Barca, we have s coach who personally stepped in to persuade him and who has form fir getting the most out of players on hard times - see Niasse etc, and also comes across as being someone who players identify with - Richarlison etc......

No option to buy sucks if he does perform, but given he's not gonna ever suceed at Barca realistically if he turns his career around here I bet he'd push for that move given his problems he's had before when moving to Barca.

If he does well here then great. Even if Barca don't want him, if he dies well they'll take him back and sell to the highest bidder no doubt.

Hope we get a decent season from him though.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

Is there an option to buy?

*edit, just read there isn’t. We better make him fall in love with FC Sexy then.