Everton January 2025 Transfer Thread

[hallamblue]

But no, they don’t?

If they didn't Sky and BBC wouldn't have a transfer deadline show. They only do that because so much business takes place on deadline day.

 

[MikeH72]

If they didn't Sky and BBC wouldn't have a transfer deadline show. They only do that because so much business takes place on deadline day.

I think you’re about 10 years behind here if I’m honest.

Competent football clubs do not do their main business on deadline day.

 

[hallamblue]

I don’t disagree with that but sadly I think the majority of modern players only care about 2 things - how good a team is right now and how much they will be paid.

The new stadium has to be a pull but whether we like it or not, we are classed as “perennial relegation strugglers” by today’s short-sighted, biased media. The only way we change the narrative is to start winning games.

The way we change the narrative is keeping players like Branthwaite and buying players like McAtee.

 

[billyblue80]

Really decent Right Back, for the kind of fee mentioned. But, I'm not convinced at LB. Fairly certain I've never seen him have a top game at LB.

I think it makes sense in the summer I would be giving Patterson a run right now and trying to find another left back. issue is unless its a back three Moyes may not trust Patto's defensive skills same as Dyche. Issue is if we never play him he will never improve that side.

 

[hallamblue]

I think you’re about 10 years behind here if I’m honest.

Competent football clubs do not do their main business on deadline day.

Ok so that rules out 2 or 3 clubs then, the other 17 incompetent ones definitely do

 

[CielosGrises]

The way we change the narrative is keeping players like Branthwaite and buying players like McAtee.

Having a team of good players is kind of a good starting point, isn't it ?

I mean, if you sold the stadium now and spent it on the best players in the world - things would improve on the pitch.

The stadiu is a long term investment for the club and area, which is great.

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

Are you forgetting we're currently having to field a 39 year old right back? Young should be a handy squad player to bring off the bench for the last ten minutes of games not a regular. Get KWP in and we'd finally have pace on the right side and a quick covering defender to stop teams breaking on us so we can move ten yards further up the pitch against the lower teams.

I think we need to give Patterson a run. Plus we have Dixon for the future. Young and Coleman to fill in at times this season.

I like Walker-Peters, but he ain't the solution at LB and we would have to make promises for game time, which the cause blockages at RB.

Personally, would much rather we go out and buy/loan an actual LB.

And, for the record again, Walker-Peters is a really good RB. It's just my personal opinion, but I think we need a left footed specialist LB who can get forward. And money is really tight. Supposedly have around the £10m mark for down-payments this Jan and Southampton want pretty much the full £5m up front for KWP.

 

[MikeH72]

Ok so that rules out 2 or 3 clubs then, the other 17 incompetent ones definitely do

But 17 clubs don’t do their important business on deadline day? I think you might be living on a different plain of reality.

 

[Aries]

I think you’re about 10 years behind here if I’m honest.

Competent football clubs do not do their main business on deadline day.

Swap competent for Wealthy. Unfortunately a lot don’t have much choice and will leave it until the last minute in the hope of getting one or two bargains they can actually afford when the selling clubs reduce their demands to shift players.

 

[blueblood]

I think you’re about 10 years behind here if I’m honest.

Competent football clubs do not do their main business on deadline day.

Let’s just all meet up back here on deadline day then!

 

[MikeH72]

Swap competent for Wealthy. Unfortunately a lot don’t have much choice and will leave it until the last minute in the hope of getting one or two bargains they can actually afford when the selling clubs reduce their demands to shift players.

No competent clubs do their priority business on deadline day. That’s not to say they don’t sometimes bring in a squad filler or a loan. We are a shambolically run football club, that’s why we are always left scrambling around trying to get multiple players in on deadline day.

 

[Librarian]

It would seem the obvious thing to do is negotiate the return of Broja and take a different player from Chelsea as part of the agreement

 

[Clarky cat]

The way we change the narrative is keeping players like Branthwaite and buying players like McAtee.

 

[Marc bolan]

It’s just going to be a last 48 hour frenzy isn’t it. All 3 signings coming through on deadline day

And you just know at least two of the signings will be carrying a injury and won't be ready for few weeks

 

[Clarky cat]

It would seem the obvious thing to do is negotiate the return of Broja and take a different player from Chelsea as part of the agreement

But not (insert player name here) …