Everton January 2022 Transfer Thread

[CielosGrises]

1 win and 8 losses in 12 games

It's starting to remind me of that movie 'Don't Look Up' - how can that sort of form be acceptable or defended because of ancient glories ?

If we'd been grinding our draws and wins like Allardyce whilst we make personnel changes I'd accept it.

For the clubs sake I hope he turns it around - he owes us big time for that patience.

But he has to at least be on a warning at this point.

 

[tsubaki]

Rondon….Longstaff….:when will this all end. Dwight Gayle anyone?

I just love how his extensive contacts and knowledge of world football basically equate to a dog returning to its own vomit.

 

[Tree13]

I’d keep Davo. I like him at the 6 with legs either side.

I seem to recall Ancelotti playing Davies as the 6 in a midfield three a few times last season, with mixed results. At this stage I'd be ok with giving it another try and having Gomes come on with 30 minutes left.

 

[Noble Savage]

Rondon….Longstaff….:when will this all end.

With Shelvey's bald head .

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Rondon….Longstaff….:when will this all end. Dwight Gayle anyone?

Yawn

 

[fuko~]

I have been watching. Digne hasn't been playing. And before that, it's well known he was asked not to be getting forward. Taking out possibility to get assists. Has been poor this season, but so has our whole defence. In a way that they weren't as bad last season. That's on the manager and his tactics.

Do you really believe what the media said?
Did you see the last match? Coleman played more attacking in the left side compared with Digne.The rumours between Benitez and Digne probably was not true.
Digne was sold because of our financial problem. We cant give extra fund to Benitez to strenghten the squad. And Digne is the most suitable one to be funded.
To be honest, if we can recruit rightly, I dont think the sales of Digne is wrong.

 

[Nymzee]

Knee injury, ankle injury, hamstring injury.

Sounds like he meets the Everton requirements.

 

[tsubaki]

Do you really believe what the media said?
Did you see the last match? Coleman played more attacking in the left side compared with Digne.The rumours between Benitez and Digne probably was not true.
Digne was sold because of our financial problem. We cant give extra fund to Benitez to strenghten the squad. And Digne is the most suitable one to be funded.
To be honest, if we can recruit rightly, I dont think the sales of Digne is wrong.

did you see the last match?

 

[twoblue]

Rondon….Longstaff….:when will this all end. Dwight Gayle anyone?

Dwight gale would have done more than rondon.

 

[Stephenlloyd]

From an accounting and FFP point of view, the £30m spent on Mykolenko and Patterson gets spread over the entire lengths of their contracts, believed to be 4.5 years each. Therefore we only "spend" about £6.75m combined on them in this year's accounts.

When a player is sold however, the entire value of the transfer fee gets added to the accounts in the current year. So if/when Digne goes for £25m or whatever, we will easily cover this year's share of the outlay on Mykolenko and Patterson, and we will make the accounts look healthier by wiping out much of the existing deficit.

There were reports that we were at -£35m (for FFP, or whatever the relevant rule is) coming into the January window...

Buying Mykolenko and Patterson will put us at around -£42m (the £6.75m I mentioned above)...

But selling Digne will bring us back to around -£17m (assuming he goes for £25m).

These are the sort of sales we need to make in our current situation. We are not short of cash, but we are right on the edge of the rules relating to accountancy in terms of how much we have spent at certain times. If we can sell Holgate or Mina in this window I suspect we will, and if a decent offer for Gomes, Davies or Gbamin is made then they'll be sold too - these sales will further assist our accounting.

The two I'd dearly LOVE to see leave are Tosun and Delph, but they both have six months left and are not even vaguely in form so no-one will buy them now when they'll be free in the summer.

Spot on
Regarding this minus -35mil I heard that Everton had said this was rubbish.

Just out of interest and maybe a question for a financial expert lol . I’m sure I read on that list( can’t find it anymore) that Brighton could spend. I can’t work this out, we have a debt on spending since Moshiri come in of 270mi including the 30 we’ve just spent, brightons is 207. I get we have a higher wage bill

But we finished higher every season, will make more money from TV, gates, sponsorship. And there isn’t a massive difference in debt on spending

 

[JimmyK]

Do you really believe what the media said?
Did you see the last match? Coleman played more attacking in the left side compared with Digne.The rumours between Benitez and Digne probably was not true.
Digne was sold because of our financial problem. We cant give extra fund to Benitez to strenghten the squad. And Digne is the most suitable one to be funded.
To be honest, if we can recruit rightly, I dont think the sales of Digne is wrong.

There's no way Digne is going to let his name be dragged through the mud as being difficult to work with just so that we can raise some money for this fat idiot to waste so yes I fully believe what the media said and so should you.

 

[sd_1992]

Honestly this place is utterly bipolar.

Everyone moans for years that we never sell a player for profit/ decent money.

That we should follow other clubs ‘success’ of player trading and/ or unearth some gems/ young players with potential

Thst we end up giving away ageing players who we spent decent money on for nothing.

Whether we like it or not (and I’d still prefer to keep our good players) in Digne we have a rare opportunity to do what most moan about on a daily basis.

Sell a player approaching 29 for a profit, and use the money to re invest in young/ hungry potential.

What’s the alternative? Sell for half his current value in a years time, or worst watch him naturally decline then moan about having yet another ageing player on the books on high wages we can’t shift?!

Make up your mind what you want

All of that is great. Except by bombing Digne out in public Benitez has made sure we will get nothing like a good deal for Digne.

 

[davek]

Mate, we played a fella who has been past it at right back for two years at LB. This has nothing to do with ability and everything to do with the cult of personality a fat toad has introduced to the club whilst simultaneously acquiring our lowest points total for decades. Digne is a quality fullback, Benitez is a past it troll, Digne will tear up the league at his new club while we languish in the lower reaches and tools like @davek, @Saint Domingo and @ForeverBlue92 cheer our decline.

I can see inside your head. It's empty.

Lol.

 

[davek]

You utter numpty

Stop the personal abuse.

 

[davek]

Honestly this place is utterly bipolar.

Everyone moans for years that we never sell a player for profit/ decent money.

That we should follow other clubs ‘success’ of player trading and/ or unearth some gems/ young players with potential

Thst we end up giving away ageing players who we spent decent money on for nothing.

Whether we like it or not (and I’d still prefer to keep our good players) in Digne we have a rare opportunity to do what most moan about on a daily basis.

Sell a player approaching 29 for a profit, and use the money to re invest in young/ hungry potential.

What’s the alternative? Sell for half his current value in a years time, or worst watch him naturally decline then moan about having yet another ageing player on the books on high wages we can’t shift?!

Make up your mind what you want

It's not about the quality of football / business decisons made - everything for the barmy army of Benitez haters is all about the manager and how it strengthens or weakens him.

It's 'kin tragic.

They cant bare to see him wheeling and dealing in the transfer market as they know it cements him in his position.


Anyway, let's hope we get a new CB. That for me has taken precedence now.