2023/24 Dele

[Bedfordblue]

Has a player ever returned from 2 years out of the game to perform to anything like an acceptable standard before?

Ericsson was brown bread and came back to similar level if that counts?

 

[blue61]

Has a player ever returned from 2 years out of the game to perform to anything like an acceptable standard before?

Maccabi Tel Aviv player Lazarus.

 

[MikeH72]

Ericsson was brown bread and came back to similar level if that counts?

Was only out for about 6 months in the end wasn’t he?

 

[Blue peter]

There must some end date to any agreement and as DA’s existing contract expired on 30 June 2024 then it can’t be extended as such?
If say DA signed a one year contact with Roma and was there for a year then surely if we signed him after that then Spurs couldn’t insist on us paying them anything?

I guess the watertight part of the contract would just be consecutive signings unbroken by another club. At that point no one would have envisaged us becoming part of a multi club model so if Roma did sign him, as someone stated here, they could do so and loan him back to us (this is not happen anyway) I would imagine that would technically circumvent any contractual clause, therefore I guess we would be acting outside the ‘spirit’ of the agreement but I care anyway….cant stand Spurs

 

[NeilMorepies]

He’s like a new signing!

 

[Blue peter]

Do they have thread awards? I’d like to see this one nominated for something….not sure what category.

 

[Blue peter]

I say we do it.

Hes a quality player who has something to offer.

Its not our money.

I also ask that if we do sign him…does it go down on this years accounts or the year of the transfer agreement for PSR purposes. We may as well have an issue ‘free for all’ in one thread

 

[goldfinchmule]

Do they have thread awards? I’d like to see this one nominated for something….not sure what category.

Pointless threads?

 

[Street end man]

From the article I read it wasn't clear if he was simply being allowed to train at Finch Farm and receive ongoing treatment or actually on the payroll. He is out of contract isn't he?

 

[Blue peter]

From the article I read it wasn't clear if he was simply being allowed to train at Finch Farm and receive ongoing treatment or actually on the payroll. He is out of contract isn't he?

I think he works in ‘back office’ now doing some sort of filing and general administrative work

 

[Damo_1878]

Damo bruh you chat bubbles about Naismith who was a horrific player who played us for about 15 years ago.

Dele Alli has something to offer this football club, if he can get fit.

A nominal fee is just the cost of doing business.

If he signs, it is what it is, if he doesnt, oh well.

I can't roll my eyes enough at this.

It isn't a "nominal fee". It's millions of pounds.

He shouldn't be anywhere near Everton

 

[Marius57]

You guys are the ones trying to perform mental gymnastics to try and sign him

I'm saying his original transfer agreement precludes this. It's too expensive. Too much of a risk to Everton Football Club and he needs to be let go

Everton would have to pay millions to Spurs and unless they waive those fees there is no chance to sign him for free (why would they allow that to potentially strengthen a competitor for Europe without a benefit to them?)

He needs letting go

For Everton Football Club's sake

Also I see some on here + in the fanbase engaging in delusional over sentimentality in there thinking here. We're a business and we need to look after the business.

I don’t care if we sign him or not. As I’ve said, if Dyche and thelwell want to then I back them with it.

thought you had said it all for a final time…….

 

[Damo_1878]

I don’t care if we sign him or not. As I’ve said if Dyche and thelwell want to then I back them with it.

thought you had said it all for a final time…….

Other people keep chatting "it was a loan" and other nonsense. It wasn't. They keep repeating the same stuff.

He's too expensive for what we would get out of it.

Which isn't Everton Football Club standard.

 

[Marius57]

Other people keep chatting "it was a loan" and other nonsense. It wasn't. They keep repeating the same stuff.

He's too expensive for what we would get out of it.

Which isn't Everton Football Club standard.

So today is not the day you finally get the joke.

 

[Damo_1878]

So today is not the day you finally get the joke

It's a joke people keep repeating the same "loan" nonsense, so that people come in the thread and think that was true!

Or that Dele Alli will cost Everton nothing, also untrue