Confirmed Signing André Gomes

[Prevenger17]

I really like the look of this kid. Great turn of pace, an eye for goal, can really spot a pass

 

[Kurt.]

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.

Sell his body parts off or as a whole corpse ?


Drat....your edit beat me to it

 

[The_Street_End]

Can't say I've seen him play other than the highlights. Reminds me Arteta tbh, maybe a little less cute on the ball.
He also looks very strong as well.

 

[chrismpw]

Sell his body parts off or as a whole corpse ?


Drat....your edit beat me to it

lol
I give up with my phone keyboard. Might as well stop checking what I write entirely, it'll be funnier.

 

[Jokerdan]

Like the look of this lad...on the pitch! Seems to be able to stick his foot in and nick the ball and then retains it before setting up FORWARD moves. Good control and busy with it and doesn't seem confined to just the one area of the field, looking to help out in defence as well as attack. Think, as some others have said, that if he lives up to his hype we should be just a little excited. Can see him doing a job on the Egyptian from across the dark side of the park...here's hoping.

And he does look like he is genuinely happy to be coming here although (with apologies) Bernie, Richy and Diggers also seem positively beaming. Mina (the 'big bird') I am sure is also inwardly pleased. If we get Zouma (Zorro) over the line then Everton will be a whole new animal to the one from the past few seasons. So excited (but tempering this with the usual caveat i.e. 'Everton that!').

 

[Dutch Toffee]

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.

We'll just go out and destroy the transfer window again, if that's the case

 

[FTY]

A certified Spice

 

[fandjango]

Did you want their first teamers?

No
They just want to find the down side of everything in the vain hope they apoear wise
Merts

 

[twoblue]

That's the article from Sid Lowe late last season.

Hopefully he will be so relieved to be out of the situation that it will give him an instant boost but this is defo a risky signing and people getting excited about this are jumping the gun.

There was more reason to believe Klassen Keane and Sandro would be a success and would improve us when signed than there currently is to to believe in this one.

However I can only imagine Silva believes he can help him and get the best out of him again. Fingers crossed.

Christ, good luck

 

[MACCA75]

Really see this lad and Zouma as ‘sticking plasters’ over our problems until next summer. Not really convinced, but he just has to bring something more to the party than Tom Davies has recently, and that’s a fairly low bar.

 

[blueloon]

There’s talk that Barca saw him as a sweetener for the Mina deal, but looks win win for both clubs . Competition for our players at the least, a fixture in our team at best and maybe somewhere in the middle he does just enough for Barcelona to sell him to us at the end of the season. If not back he goes.

 

[bicycleheader]

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.

Yeah, it will be a good test of our new coach to show clearly he has something the last two tossers didnt have. The ability to encourage and improve players rather than immediately looking for the chequebook. (Not including the original cull thats happened, which was badly needed)

Hopefully we get Euro Championship winning, Valencia Gomes and not the shell of a player he has been.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Is there an option to buy?

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

He needs to play well enough that we want him back but not too well that he gets better offers.

Not actually I hope he smashes it but his Barca career is probably done regardless

 

[Sir Alan]

Really see this lad and Zouma as ‘sticking plasters’ over our problems until next summer. Not really convinced, but he just has to bring something more to the party than Tom Davies has recently, and that’s a fairly low bar.

Kind of see what you’re saying

 

[Connor]

Really see this lad and Zouma as ‘sticking plasters’ over our problems until next summer. Not really convinced, but he just has to bring something more to the party than Tom Davies has recently, and that’s a fairly low bar.

Considering how it was looking on Monday, papering over the problems with players who should be better than what we’ve got isn’t awful.

They’ll give us 6-12 months to evaluate and see if themselves or similar players to themselves are what we need or if we need to look elsewhere.