Everton January 2025 Transfer Thread

[Verbal Kint]

I really like the look of Leif Davis from Ipswich. I know he isn't available, but dare I say it ,reminded me of Baines tonight when I seen him bombing up and down the wing. If Ipswich went down I'd be all over his purchase. Much needed competition for Mykolenko.

 

[EuroTexan]

Kayode at Fiorentina for the RB position.
Hato at Ajax for left back.

I don't know so much about Kayode, but barring serious injury, Hato is moving to a top 3 team in either England, Spain or Italy within the next 18 months for big money. No way are Ajax or his agent going to allow anything to be done on the cheap in the interim. He's as likely a signing for us in January as Neymar is.

 

[mightymoyes]

I stand corrected apreciate the heads up, Is he a dual citizen?

Qualified through his father

 

[Tel001]

90k a week is a lot of money though for a full back.

It’s ok, we have a guy that can’t kick a ball playing number 10 and pay him 130k a week

We have a right mid that loses the ball constantly on 90k a week

And we have 2 fullbacks with a combined age 75 on 130k a week between them not to mention another full back that never plays who is probably on 30k?

We are currently paying around 159k a week for the rb position and it is still a massive concern for us

 

[Tel001]

Probably at some point, they already look at the fair market value thing in these trove of deals.

The problem for regulators in my opinion is if they over regulate the multi club thing, you just push it under ground.

Like some of the Chelsea and Newcastle covert Saudi deals.

At least if you are overt and accepting off it you have some chance of regulating it.

Well good thing about paying 25m for Beto is that a 20m sale would or should be perceived as fair value I guess

 

[Tel001]

I really like the look of Leif Davis from Ipswich. I know he isn't available, but dare I say it ,reminded me of Baines tonight when I seen him bombing up and down the wing. If Ipswich went down I'd be all over his purchase. Much needed competition for Mykolenko.

He was getting slaughtered for being caught to high up the pitch and causing his cb so come across and leaving massive holes for the opposition to exploit down the center …

Maybe he’s under instructions from the manager ?

Saying that, Dyche would have him not leaving the quadrant near the corner flag so that would solve that issue

 

[Zatara]

I don't know so much about Kayode, but barring serious injury, Hato is moving to a top 3 team in either England, Spain or Italy within the next 18 months for big money. No way are Ajax or his agent going to allow anything to be done on the cheap in the interim. He's as likely a signing for us in January as Neymar is.

Which teams are those? As in England he's not much going for him at City, Arsenal or Chelsea and RS have Robertson...even Newcastle have Hall and Bournemouth have Kerkez.

If a move is 18months away then there may be something to be done -- just like we saw with Palace going for Wharton in the Jan window.

Not sure what youre talking about "on the cheap".

Who would you suggest we go for?

 

[Eggs]

Which Premier League players could leave on a free in summer?

With out-of-contract players able to speak to clubs abroad from 1 January, which Premier League stars could be lining up a move?

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[NeilMorepies]

In many ways welcome to Everton Sean Longstaff.
On a free, Nailed on.

Wouldn’t bet against the ghost of Callum Wilson replacing DCL/Beto either.

This is what we have become, because this is what we can afford.

 

[jazzy]

I really like the look of Leif Davis from Ipswich. I know he isn't available, but dare I say it ,reminded me of Baines tonight when I seen him bombing up and down the wing. If Ipswich went down I'd be all over his purchase. Much needed competition for Mykolenko.

He's another Patterson. A full back who can't really defend and is far better going forward

 

[Neiler]

He's another Patterson. A full back who can't really defend and is far better going forward

Remember Alfie Doughty last season still at Luton.

 

[MisterJ]

In many ways welcome to Everton Sean Longstaff.
On a free, Nailed on.

Wouldn’t bet against the ghost of Callum Wilson replacing DCL/Beto either.

This is what we have become, because this is what we can afford.

Would stop Wilson always scoring against us

 

[Eggs]

Remember Alfie Doughty last season still at Luton.

…..he’d be fine if you could bring him on to take set plays then immediately take him off again.

 

[Neiler]

Think TFG approach to recruitment is going to be interesting.

I found the terms they used in their published overarching goals of strategic investment in recruitment in the men's team thoughtful. We are an oddly positioned club in the market in terms of attracting players that need to be combatted and we simply cant make the same mistakes we did in the past.

Strategic investment what does it mean?

Something to be avoided in my opinion - targeting established players at higher finishing clubs, who are attracted to come here just for a high paying salary - Minas, Gomes's, Schneiderlin's, the list goes on and on. Those players tore the guts out of this club on and off the filed on big contracts phoning in there careers here in the main getting contracts way beyond their worth. Our heads cant be turned by high profile names coming from Barca or whoever.

Secondly investment doesn't have to be in, in comings, what about investing in our own young players, in the course of the last 30 years we have sold players of the quality of Rooney, Ball, Jeffers, Stones, Barkley, Lookman, Robinson and Gordon. We still have Branithwaite - strategic investment for me also includes investing in the best of our youth. Id be targeting giving Branthwaite a bumper new long term deal. We need to get away from the mindset that our young players will be sold two years after breaking into the first tea, and being a transfer kitty.

Thirdly there needs to be a long term approach to recruitment, we cant be in a position we have been in most seasons were the squad is unbalanced, two seasons ago we didn't have a striker, last season we didn't have a right winger, this season we don't have a covering left back, there needs to be a five year plan to recruitment and positions - not just scrambling around planning for the year, doing deals we can do rather then players wed optimally want and hoping it all sticks and people settle quickly.

Lastly we have to invest in the academy, we have to produce more players then we need, we have to recruit and compete for the best at smaller clubs and bring here younger and cheaper, we have to over do this. We have to think of the academy as player production pipeline and revenue generator - in the same scope that City and Chelsea do.

 

[Eggs]

Think TFG approach to recruitment is going to be interesting.

I found the terms they used in their published overarching goals of strategic investment in recruitment in the men's team thoughtful. We are an oddly positioned club in the market in terms of attracting players that need to be combatted and we simply cant make the same mistakes we did in the past.

Strategic investment what does it mean?

Something to be avoided in my opinion - targeting established players at higher finishing clubs, who are attracted to come here just for a high paying salary - Minas, Gomes's, Schneiderlin's, the list goes on and on. Those players tore the guts out of this club on and off the filed on big contracts phoning in there careers here in the main getting contracts way beyond their worth. Our heads cant be turned by high profile names coming from Barca or whoever.

Secondly investment doesn't have to be in, in comings, what about investing in our own young players, in the course of the last 30 years we have sold players of the quality of Rooney, Ball, Jeffers, Stones, Barkley, Lookman, Robinson and Gordon. We still have Branithwaite - strategic investment for me also includes investing in the best of our youth. Id be targeting giving Branthwaite a bumper new long term deal. We need to get away from the mindset that our young players will be sold two years after breaking into the first tea, and being a transfer kitty.

Thirdly there needs to be a long term approach to recruitment, we cant be in a position we have been in most seasons were the squad is unbalanced, two seasons ago we didn't have a striker, last season we didn't have a right winger, this season we don't have a covering left back, there needs to be a five year plan to recruitment and positions - not just scrambling around planning for the year, doing deals we can do rather then players wed optimally want and hoping it all sticks and people settle quickly.

Lastly we have to invest in the academy, we have to produce more players then we need, we have to recruit and compete for the best at smaller clubs and bring here younger and cheaper, we have to over do this. We have to think of the academy as player production pipeline and revenue generator - in the same scope that City and Chelsea do.

….one thing to factor into ‘keeping your best youngsters’ is that it’s nigh on impossible these days to keep hold of any player if they want to leave, even with bumper contracts. Similarly, it’s difficult to sell a player on if he wants to sit on his current deal. Terrific time to be a top flight footballer, even a mediocre one.