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Everton January 2025 Transfer Thread

£25m million seems almost like loose change for a player now but we've had to be so frugal that in Everton terms, it seems like a small fortune.

You want value for money on every signing and a resale value if possible. I don't expect we have much to actually spend this window but for Nuamah specifically, it seems a high fee and he has limited appearances and zero goals this season. I guess over a longer contact not so much.

Still doesn't seem worth the gamble to me. Also will be interesting to see how spending evolves under TFG stewardship. They will want to run a tight enough ship I imagine but we also have Thelwell and now Moyes that have been conditioned to operating under severely restricted budgets, though Moyes was backed at West Ham.

That should be a strength to a degree but you would also wonder what scars the past have left and if there is a chance that ultra caution turns into dithering and we miss out on some opportunities.
 

Did Moyes have a DOF in his time in charge of us? He seemed to like being in control of whatever players came in and he might prefer to look after that side himself.
No think Moyes basically ran the club along with his coaches and scouts. DOF wasn't really a think in English football then as far as I can remember
 
£25m million seems almost like loose change for a player now but we've had to be so frugal that in Everton terms, it seems like a small fortune.

You want value for money on every signing and a resale value if possible. I don't expect we have much to actually spend this window but for Nuamah specifically, it seems a high fee and he has limited appearances and zero goals this season. I guess over a longer contact not so much.

Still doesn't seem worth the gamble to me. Also will be interesting to see how spending evolves under TFG stewardship. They will want to run a tight enough ship I imagine but we also have Thelwell and now Moyes that have been conditioned to operating under severely restricted budgets, though Moyes was backed at West Ham.

That should be a strength to a degree but you would also wonder what scars the past have left and if there is a chance that ultra caution turns into dithering and we miss out on some opportunities.
I may be misguided but given our situation, I think for £25m the player should have clear evidence of having delivered goals/assists in their career. Even if it was at a lower level / league.
 

And you included 2 loan players that played a total of about 2 games between them for us and Heitenga who played in a back four including Distin and Coleman (so a quick back four overall) and was player of the year showing not every player needs to be quick. If you look at our back 4s through the 90s, 00s, 10s, and 20s the defenders signed by Moyes are all of the quickest players excluding Branthwaite.
I included centre backs that Moyes signed at Everton showing the profile. Again this was a point on pace, not quality.
 


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