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Confirmed Signing Confirmed: Davy Klaassen -

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Made up with this signing. Delighted to have a player with a fighting mentality, and a real leader on the pitch. Reminds me of Cahill, and not just because he scores a lot of headed goals from midfield.
 
I think most Evertonians (realistically) would hope for:

- A trophy (any trophy, but preferably Europa League because of the Champs League place)
- Finishing closer to (possibly challenge for) top 4 in terms of points and positions
- Progression of our talented youth by giving them more first team exposure, possibly see one or two make the same move as Davies to be considered established in first team squad.

- europe League is more difficult than you think. I know you britts see it as a second rate trophy but a lot of clubs think of it as a real high prestige. From the quarter finals it's quitte tricky to advance to the next round
- top 5 should be possible, no doubt. Top 4 would rock
- nice goal, we share the same goal back at ajax.
 
Loving this signing, dynamic, busy, tackles, scores, I think he has a great football brain, the one thing Ross doesn't have, conducts the midfield for pace and slowing it down when needed. With Schniederlin and Gueye sitting behind, Davies will learn a lot from this lad, two similar players in my opinion except Klassen is more experienced.
 
How much would Leon Osman in his prime be worth these days I wonder?

Reminds me of him a bit. Works hard, near and tidy, great team player. I imagine he'll have his moments of inspirational play but he's lacking in pace and doesn't look the biggest.

I've no doubt he'll make a big contribution (just like Ossie was fantastic for us) but I'm not sure he's going to take us to the next level.
 

How much would Leon Osman in his prime be worth these days I wonder?

Reminds me of him a bit. Works hard, near and tidy, great team player. I imagine he'll have his moments of inspirational play but he's lacking in pace and doesn't look the biggest.

I've no doubt he'll make a big contribution (just like Ossie was fantastic for us) but I'm not sure he's going to take us to the next level.

Hes nothing like Pea Roller.
 
Like the swiftest arrow
Whizzin from a bow
Like a mighty cannonball he seems to fly
You'll hear about him everywhere you go
The time will come when everyone will know the name of Hakan Calhanoglu
Hakan Calhanoglu
 
- europe League is more difficult than you think. I know you britts see it as a second rate trophy but a lot of clubs think of it as a real high prestige. From the quarter finals it's quitte tricky to advance to the next round
- top 5 should be possible, no doubt. Top 4 would rock
- nice goal, we share the same goal back at ajax.

I don't understand why people look down their noses at the Europa League.It's a european competition and i see it as a very prestigious trophy.At the end of the day all Everton supporters would be delighted to win the Europa League.No matter how much some of our supporters look down their noses at the competition.
 

Influence - Klaassen 9.2/10 Barkley 7.9/10
Passing - Klaassen 9.4/10 Barkley 8.0/10
Finishing - Klaassen 8.8/10 Barkley 7.4/10
Tackling - Klaassen 7.2/10 Barkley 5.2/10
First-touch - Klaassen 8.9/10 Barkley 7.2/10
Heading - Klaassen 8.2/10 Barkley 4.8/10
Reading of the Game - Klaassen - 8.9/10 Barkley 6.0/10
Two-footedness - Klaassen 9.2/10 Barkley 8.1/10
Dribbling - Klaassen 6.7/10 Barkley 7.8/10
Defensive Positioning - Klaassen 9.1/10 Barkley 5.8/10
Shooting - Klaassen 7.6/10 Barkley 7.9/10
Pace - Klaassen 6.3/10 Barkley 7.7/10
Tenacity - Klaassen 8.0/10 Barkley 6.8/10
Offensive Positioning - Klaassen 8.8/10 Barkley 7.1/10
Captain material - Klaassen 9.6/10 Barkley 5.9/10
Quickness of feet - Klaassen 7.0/10 Barkley 7.7/10
Quickness of thought - Klaassen 8.9/10 Barkley 7.1/10
Free-kicks - Klaassen 6.1/10 Barkley 7.2/10
Keeps possession - Klaassen 9.4/10 Barkley 7.0/10
Wants to play for Koeman and Everton - Klaassen 10/10 Barkley 6.66/10
LOL
 
As an Ajacied I can tell you that in my view this is the right move at the right time.
He has won the title mutiple times at Ajax, been captain, best player of the Eredivisie, played a European final and is loved by most of the fans. He deserves to make a nice move to a top-league and Everton seems like a good match. Koeman will know him well and wont bench him very quickly, which is probably a big reason for him to choose Everton. A top 3 club would have been too big a step I think, as he isnt a specialist and isnt the most physically imposing guy out there.
However he does excell at being very allround, decent and has a good footballbrain, fantastic mentality and team-spirit. He could play every position in midfield and would allways get a 7 at least. The very critical and sceptical might find him boring or average, but they arent looking at the full picture. He is the kind of player that looks average and does ridiculously effective things that you dont expect, almost like a german haha. As oppposed to a player who looks sensational but always seems to dissapoint and is busy with other things in head, like a Depay for example.
At Ajax we are very spoiled with technically gifted players, I wont have to name names, because everybody who follows football a bit knows them. He did get some citicism because of that, but he proved himself to be a great player for Ajax and most people who criticized him had to admit they underestimated him.
I think he is a safe choice to make if you know what you are doing. He also often scores the decisive goals, or the equaliser, not the 4-0. In that respect he was our most important player of the last couple years for sure! I also love how sometimes he seems to be everywhere at the right moment, whether its defensive or attacking.
People who compare him to other Eredivisie-players, Dont! Ajax is in a league of their own when it comes to scouting, developing and maturing talent and every player that left for a big sum has turned out to be great! Maybe except for Babel and 1 or 2 I cant think of right now.
I expect him to succeed, unless he gets ridiculous injuries ( which he isnt prone to) or if the coach leaves and some dumb cnut comes in.
ill keep checking in on him, I hope you guys will be nice for him the first few months, give him some confidence, then he cant really fail.
 

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