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Premier League 2016 summer transfer window: club-by-club verdicts via The Guardian

The lowdown on the business conducted by England’s top-flight clubs before the close of the deadline
It has taken two summers but Arsène Wenger has finally bought to strengthen the spine of his squad. Coming in after Petr Cech last season are players to address key positions that have needed bolstering for some time. Wenger hopes Shkodran Mustafi quickly forms a great partnership with Laurent Koscielny, while Granit Xhaka has already inspired comparisons to Emmanuel Petit in midfield. The wildcard is the 27-year-old Lucas Pérez up front. Arsenal fans craving a dream striker are hoping for the best from an unfamiliar name with a reputation as a late developer, a Spanish Jamie Vardy. Jack Wilshere’s loan move to Bournemouth stands out among the departures. Amy Lawrence

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Valencia Joins On Loan via Official EFC

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Ecuador striker Enner Valencia has joined the Club on a season-long loan from West Ham United with an option to make the deal permanent and will return from international duty following World Cup qual…
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Niasse’s wife negates loan move back to Russia via Royal Blue Mersey

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Forward remains at Everton in limbo

Oumar Niasse’s career seems stuck in limbo. The player has not been assigned a squad number for the 2016-17 season, failed to move anywhere else during the just-closed transfer window, and is not in manager Ronald Koeman’s good graces at Everton.

So what happens now?

It’s not like there has been no interest in the player, reportedly. A couple of weeks ago we heard that some Premier League clubs were looking at him, but nothing came out of that.

Koeman has been quite brutal at times with his assessments of the player, and letting him know that he is not needed at the Toffees.

And today we heard that there were three Russian clubs that would be glad to take him on loan, but apparently his wife negated the move.


CSKA, Lokomotiv and Spartak wanted to sign Everton's Oumar Niasse on loan, but his wife rejected a comeback to Russia. (via @ANobelito)

— Stefano Conforti (@confortistefano) August 31, 2016
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His wife, who has been quite prominent on Twitter, had proclaimed yesterday on the same media –


Be strong, for it may be stormy now, but it can't rain forever.

— ❤pookie❤ (@mizzyjohn) August 30, 2016
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Not sure what that means in the context of his staying at Everton, but time will tell.

We’ll wait to see what Koeman says tomorrow when asked about the striker’s future, but it’ll be pretty awkward if the Dutchman is forced to redact his previous statements and assign the player a squad number now.


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Disappointing end to a Deadline Day filled with hope via Royal Blue Mersey

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Everton activity at the end quite underwhelming

Everton fans will be disappointed with the club’s activity on Transfer Deadline Day, with the summer window closing with only one addition to the senior squad.

The day started off hot with most of the earliest chatter coming around winger Yacine Brahimi, but that never came through with Porto upping their demands at the last minute to cover for their 50% ownership of the player’s rights.

Manchester City forward Wilfried Bony then went off to Stoke City, taking him off the market. With Genoa also insisting that Leonardo Pavoletti was off the market, that meant both of Napoli’s replacement ideas for Manolo Gabbiadini were gone, and they refused to sell.

Then the first news of a player headed to Finch Farm for a medical, however, it was for David Unsworth’s youth team. Dominic Cavert-Lewin played for Sheffield United, and the starlet was just called up for his first England cap.

He became the first signing of the day for the Blues, with Unsworth very happy with the day’s work from his perspective.

In the meantime, two players left the club, both on loan, and some Premier League clubs were sniffing around one other player. Shani Tarashaj went off on loan to Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany, while Aiden McGeady was loaned to Preston North End, also for the season.

There was plenty of interest in midfielder James McCarthy, but the Blues were insistent that he would not be moved, and they held firm despite mounting interest.

Arouna Kone and Oumar Niasse somehow remained Everton players at the end of the day in a big surprise as manager Ronald Koeman was known to be looking for someone to backup and play alongside Romelu Lukaku. There was even some interest in Niasse, but that fell through too.

It was only later in the day when the drama started building as fans’ patience was wearing paper thin. Everton were linked with Newcastle United’s wantaway midfielder Moussa Sissoko. The Toon had said all along that they wouldn’t negotiate below £35 million for the France international.

For most of the day though, it looked like it was Tottenham Hotspur who would end up signing the player at £30 million, but on and off we also heard that the Blues were keeping up to date.

Then just a couple of hours before the window closed, it was reported that the Toffees were the only club to make a bid. The next move was Spurs’ to make, and they matched the Everton bid, and that’s when the situation took off.

Koeman was trying desperately to call the player and his camp, but it appears Sissoko shut off his phone and went off to London for a medical at Spurs. Meanwhile Everton had prepared a room at Finch Farm for the medical as well as having a jet on standby to fly the player over.

Frustrated by his behavior, Everton withdrew their bid and off Sissoko went to North London where he wanted to go anyway for Champions League football.

With just minutes left in the window, it was too late to salvage a wreck of a day, and even the loan signing of Enner Valencia from West Ham United for forward depth was met with widespread discord among the fanbase.

While the way the transfer window ended was deeply disappointing especially after Koeman had boldly said that he needed 3-4 more players, the overall transfer period should give fans some hope.

Maarten Stekelenburg and Idrissa Gana Gueye have been better than advertised, while Ashley Williams has already been showing some defensive steel that the team needed so desperately. Yannick Bolasie has been a pretty exciting prospect in the limited time he has seen so far.

The Blues sold John Stones with the player seemingly desperate for a fresh start elsewhere, while Luke Garbutt and Brendan Galloway went off on loan. Everton might not necessarily be more skilled than before, but they definitely are taking on the mark of their new manager and we will wait to see how the next few months play out.

What did you think of the deadline day shenanigans, and the transfer window overall?


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Transfer window winners and losers: Manchester United spent big while Sunderland made a mess of it via Daily Mail

The transfer window closed on Wednesday night with Premier League clubs having spent in excess of £1billion for the first time. Sportsmail assesses who got it right and who got it wrong…
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CONFIRMED: Everton sign Enner Valencia on season-long loan via Royal Blue Mersey

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Hammers player completes forward quartet

Everton are now confirming what we’d heard a few hours ago, that Enner Valencia from West Ham United is going to be joining the Blues on loan for the rest of the season.


✏️ | DEAL DONE: @EnnerValencia14 arrives from @WestHamUtd on a season-long loan. #WelcomeEnner pic.twitter.com/UW6a1bs9o8

— Everton (@everton) August 31, 2016
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Having been rebuffed in multiple efforts in finding a backup for Romelu Lukaku in the strike force, it’s now looking like the Ecuador international will be joining Arouna Kone and Oumar Niasse who are still with the club.

The media were reporting this a few minutes before the window closed.


BREAKING: Everton have completed the signing of Enner Valencia on a season long loan: https://t.co/qbefjHOocT #DeadlineDay

— Sky Sports News HQ (@SkySportsNewsHQ) August 31, 2016
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Here’s what we had to say about the player earlier –


The Toffees are apparently interested in bringing the Ecuadorian striker to Goodison Park on a loan this year, with an option to make the move permanent for 14.5 million pounds.

Valencia's career at West Ham has been rocky to say the least. In 64 appearances with the club since the start of the 2014-15 season, Valencia has only 10 goals. After playing 37 matches in all competitions in his first season with the Hammers, injury and poor form allowed him to play only 23 matches in all competitions last season.

So far this season, he has appeared in only one of West Ham's three league matches, despite the fact that the Hammers are currently missing Andy Carroll and Dmitri Payet.

Easily the best year of Valencia's career was 2014, in which he scored 10 international goals in 10 appearances for Ecuador and 18 goals in 25 appearances with Pachuca of Mexico's Liga MX. Since putting up 28 goals in those 12 months, he has scored only 15 for club and country in 2015 and 2016.
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This is by far a very underwhelming end to the transfer window especially considering the calibre of player that the Blues had been linked with all summer long. More to come on this.


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