Everton Summer 2024 Transfer Thread

[mccole]

Holgate move to Lyon has fallen through what the hell

Utter balls from his agent to gain traction for some other Championship move later tonight

 

[Raino85]

In all seriousness, would be a decent move for the lad. Armstrong is comfortably ahead of him at this point, so a loan into mens footy makes sense.

League 2 loans at that age usually become the beginning of the end for Premier League academy players at that age.
When i mean the end, i mean the end of them playing for said PL club

 

[billyblue80]

The Nuamah link has gone very quiet either being worked on or it's not happening

 

[john jako]

The Nuamah link has gone very quiet either being worked on or it's not happening

Like bobble said. Nothings happening apart form mangala

 

[ForeverEverton]

The Nuamah link has gone very quiet either being worked on or it's not happening

@The Bobble did say this was very unlikely last night...

 

[billyblue80]

I'd be surprised if we didn't use that last domestic loan

 

[Raino85]

Bill may have left us, but his Everton playbook lives on!

Realistically, what do you expect from a deadline day?
Any signing that's not already in the pipeline is usually a punt, and more often than not its a back up full back on a loan or free transfer. At most its a gamble on a young lad who goes straight back to there club on loan.
Mangala will be a decent squad signing.

The Lukaku window was more than 10 years ago now and the way teams recruit has changed since then.

 

[billyblue80]

@The Bobble did say this was very unlikely last night...

Yeah they want 30m which we don't have but who knows when you get close to deadline. Must be a winger we can get on loan

 

[yorkiebarkidmark3]

Lash a bid in for Gnonto.

Even if we can't afford him. Just bid anyway, just to wind Leeds up.

they would probably tell us that we cheated them out the league and that for that they want cheese on toast that isn’t moldy. an since we are everton and don’t have a pot to wee in 110% it’d be moldy

 

[Curtis]

Panic buy time like someone scrambling to get a anniversary present at 10pm for a significant other

 

[toffeeblue9]

I'd be surprised if we didn't use that last domestic loan

I wouldn't be.

Loans aren't free - usually a loan fee involved and wages to cover, so I'd expect the only way we'd do anything would be if Holgate left

 

[Curtis]

They do as players but the manner of it was mad. Looked like we were signing nobody on deadline day as usual, then about 12.30am it emerged we had signed this not very well known Belgian for 20million.

We initially got him on loan because mirallas talked us up while they were both away on international duty with Belgium

 

[Tree13]

My point is that, of all the issues we have in the squad, CB was one of the areas that required the least attention. We have the absolute worst, slowest, least clinical front 3-4 players in the Premier League for the 2nd or 3rd season running.

If Dyche knew he had a pot of £20-30m this summer, a new CB would not have been one of the areas to prioritise. Branthwaite and Tarkowski, if fit, are a reliable partnership. Keane is a liability but he has been better than Tarks in the opening games of this season.

Most teams barely play their 4th choice CB so Holgate would hardly ever be required unless we hit a major injury crisis. We needed goals, pace and energy up top and (yet again) we haven't got it.

Disagree with almost everything you've written there.

First: the CB group required attention. Why? Branthwaite injured (and widely rumoured to be leaving), Tarkowski in the twilight of his career, Keane and Holgate both awful and overpaid. Bringing in O'Brien now was the right call, and will only become an even better call if we can sell one of Keane and Holgate before the window closes.

Second: Keane has absolutely NOT been better than Tarkowski. That's simply wild.

Third: We are, if Tarkowski is indeed carrying an injury, facing a potential absence of both our starting CBs. In that scenario, the 4th CB has to play. When your 3rd CB is Keane and your 4th is Holgate, you don't EVER want them playing together - you don't even want ONE of them playing, if you can help it.

Buying O'Brien was a good use of funds. You're right in saying we're short of cash, but in that situation you can't always get everything you want, which is why selling is so important: if we can get a Maupay-lite deal for one of Holgate or Keane, then we have improved the CB room and lowered the payroll for that group AND recouped some of the transfer fee.

The alternative is getting to next July with Tarkowski a year older, Keane and Holgate out of contract (having both sucked another year's salary each from the club) and Branthwaite being sold, with no succession strategy in place. That's when magically the price of CBs would go through the roof every time we tried to buy one. Not remotely sensible.

 

[billyblue80]

We initially got him on loan because mirallas talked us up while they were both away on international duty with Belgium

Are you sure I remember it as a cash purchase? I could be wrong, but it really was out of nowhere

 

[MikeH72]

I'd be surprised if we didn't use that last domestic loan

Get ready to be surprised.