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Everton January transfer window 2021

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I'll be honest mate, I'm not sure Iwobi was the same, or at least the same process.

Iwobi has very good "numbers" and a lot of the recruitment guys were always very big on him. To some extent he's probably a player whereby you see the limitations of data. I can't imagine he was on a list though.

Niasse looks the opposite way. No prep but a "gut" feeling of a manager. I suppose you see the relative judgements of messers Ancelotti/Martinez when one goes out on a limb for Rodriguez, and the other for Niasse.

Its strange though. You look at Liverpool across the road, who are often held up for their diligence, signing a lad who's nearly 26 and has never played above the championship. I mean nobody could tell me he was top of any list before a week ago. People just panic in football, and make poor calls.

Iwobi would have been on a "list" we went down in a panic when Zaha didn't come off. Probably somewhere near the bottom of the list too.

You normally get some idea when a transfer happens between two Prem clubs a few weeks before it does - not always, but Iwobi was completely left field and all indications where Arsenal received first approach within the last 24 hours of the window if I remember right.
 

Of course not.

But if we could have got £5m in for a player getting no game time, plus his wages off the books, it's surely better than sending him up to Scotland and then, when he comes back, he's only got 12 months on his deal anyway so you're not likely to get much more for him.
We don’t know what was offered. It was Burnley, so think next to nothing.
 

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