Everton January 2022 Transfer Thread

[ToffeeTim]

Honestly, last day activity on the buy side means that players don't really want to go to your club. Targets' agents have been instructed to get them the best destination/hold out for the best deal. On the sell side, it either means that you don't want to sell or that you think you have a hot enough commodity that someone might swoop in.

We fix that by becoming a destination. For all of his faults, Lampard did establish a reputation of playing the kids and sticking with them at Chelsea. That should help when it comes to attracting the young talent we need to rebuild.

Yeah yesterday was a random one really, because I hope we don't end up appointing managers on deadline day again. But there will be a pull for younger players to play for Lampard. It's just going to take some time for us to pull away from danger and back into the middle of the pack. Then we can hopefully start integrating younger players and being more organised with our transfer dealings. We also need a DOF going forward who can work on this sort of stuff.

 

[Nymzee]

For once you got something right here.

The two signings of Lampard's I'm a bit iffy with.

One’s a 6 month loan, one’s a free up to £10m. Think we’re safe on them even if they’re pants.

 

[aglee]

As an aside, what sort of players would Ferguson have brought in - in the unlikely event he'd got the job?

Nice try

 

[kenada_blue]

As an aside, what sort of players would Ferguson have brought in - in the unlikely event he'd got the job?

This did make me chuckle

 

[ToffeeTim]

Still think this should be the goal moving forwards.

Signing the best players in the championship is the best thing to do for a team at our level. If Forest don't come up, then I still want to see us sign Johnson in the summer. I know he will cost a lot, but he's almost risk free from what I can see.

 

[Pazu]

I remember when Ajax tore Chelsea apart in the champions league before Chelsea made a late comeback due to ajax getting 2 sendings off (in the 4 4) when Lampard was in charge.

That game Van de Beek played in a double pivot in front of defence and Ziyech as a 10. Lampard was obviously impressed enough to buy Ziyech in the following summer so might want to recreate that with Alli in the 10.

Not convinced it is Dvb's best position but we still don't have a lot of options.

 

[hallamblue]

For once you got something right here.

The two signings of Lampard's I'm a bit iffy with.

They're fine. 1 is a loan, and the other is only 25 and hasn't cost a transfer fee yet. Lampard will bring in young players for next season, but for now we have to try and steady the ship.

 

[Marius57]

It's just a bit of fun mate. Calm down.

Who isn't calm?

Just strange you are talking about someone who isn't our manager, and what signings he would have made, rather than reality and talking about the players we did sign for our actual manager.

Like I say, someems like a vendetta towards someone.

 

[Eagle Eye]

Patterson was 9, Mykolenko in the teens, El Ghazi and VDB loan, Alli free. They can’t add.

Completely agree. Honestly, the media really pee me off when it comes to our transfer business. Most of our deals get inflated and every year, someone cost a little more than we actually paid.

Iwobi wasn't 40 million, Richarlison wasn't 50 million (maybe that one is our fault due to the song!!), James wasn't 20 million, we currently haven't spent 40 million on Alli, it is a free. Yet you read and hear something different.

And the whole 'we have wasted 500 million' thing, well any established premier league club would need to spend ay least 250 million in the last 5 years just to stay still. That we have net spent less than Villa in the last 5 years and not much more than Wolves or Brighton (around 30 million) shows we have spent what we have because we have needed to.

We have also had to basically write off 130 million + due to injuries and alleged misdemeanours. (Bolasie, Gbamin, Gomes, Tosun, Iceland etc).

Check out this link for the truth. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/fuenfjahresvergleich/wettbewerb/GB1

The media are gaslighting us and this helps spread negativity through our club. Enough.

Times haven't been good, but not through a lack of effort and ambition in our hierarchy.

I feel really optimistic after yesterday and feel we are really starting to learn some lessons. Well done to everyone who stood up for the changes and got the spray paint out. It feels like it worked, but time will tell and there are never any guarantees.

They say it is always darkest before the dawn. I won't say 'Good morning' to everyone yet, but it feels like somewhere in the distance I can definitely hear the birds chirping.....

Viva La Revolution!!!

 

[davek]

They're fine. 1 is a loan, and the other is only 25 and hasn't cost a transfer fee yet. Lampard will bring in young players for next season, but for now we have to try and steady the ship.

I'm talking about their likely impact in the next 18 games.

 

[aglee]

To play second fiddle to our current academy keeper whos 2 years younger?

Fairly sure they normally have several keepers in the academy. No point assuming just one of them will come good / want to stay

 

[Lanolin]

Still think this should be the goal moving forwards.

Only one of them really came from 'the lower leagues' though to be fair. I agree with the idea that we need to look outside the box a bit but in a way the signings of Alli and Van de Beek are more in line with the Arteta, Pienaar etc type signings.

 

[kenada_blue]

Still think this should be the goal moving forwards.

Landscapes massively changed though.

Can't think of a championship player a team has bought cheap to turn out really good. They're going for £20-30mill a pop.

Same goes for abroad. If you look at Moyes at West Ham. Bowen, Soucek, Benrahma all £20mill each. Picked up Zouma and Vlasic for around £30mill each. So even he's having to spend.

Although the RS have pinched Fulham's academy products - even trying to get a 19 year old Carvalho for £10mill who's contract runs out end of the season anyway.

Wishful thinking but I think those buys are very few now. Yes Gray was £1.5mill for example but those types of deals aren't out there regularly.

 

[hallamblue]

I'm talking about their likely impact in the next 18 games.

Dele will score 4 goals. VDB will be steady if unspectacular.

 

[Cow kecks]

B

Still think this should be the goal moving forwards.

We never won anything with them player's.