Everton Summer 2024 Transfer Thread

[JimmyJeffers]

What time do call this?

I have had some very important meetings with high level operatives discussing whether freezer pictures can be accepted in the fridge thread.

 

[Moderatelywarmwater]

We kept Branthwaite. The window has gone far better than feared

 

[Curtis]

Hey at least che Adam's made an early move this window so we don't have that as an additional stressor going into the last day

 

[Goat]

We kept Branthwaite. The window has gone far better than feared

Yep, I honestly thought there was nothing that would prevent Branners leaving.

 

[MichaelEFC96]

Yet again the club have allowed another transfer window to pass by without addressing the pace issue. Complete negligence on our part. Come on EFC, surprise me for once today.

 

[navidson]

Yep, I honestly thought there was nothing that would prevent Branners leaving.

Injury did the trick

 

[Jimishorts]

high level operatives

If you're talking about @john jako , I think you mean high level degenerate.

 

[Goat]

Injury did the trick

I actually did say an injury would be 1 thing, but I dont think its serious enough to prevent a move.

Only really United came in and they wanted him cheap.

 

[Raino85]

We kept Branthwaite. The window has gone far better than feared

Pretty good point this one.

This was probably most people's priority and biggest possible wet the bed moment.

As the window has gone on, this has been forgotten

 

[Raino85]

Yet again the club have allowed another transfer window to pass by without addressing the pace issue. Complete negligence on our part. Come on EFC, surprise me for once today.

Lindstum/NDiaye

 

[john jako]

If you're talking about @john jako , I think you mean high level degenerate.

Borderline bullying this now from JJ. Feel like Megan Markle over here

 

[CielosGrises]

Look after your mental health today everybody.

So, when is this pacey winger signing ?

 

[Eggs]

We kept Branthwaite. The window has gone far better than feared

…I had a little bet on that outcome at the beginning of the window as I thought he’d stay and 6/4 was the wrong price. Fingers crossed.

 

[davek]

Circumstances have worked against us with him

He spent the best part of 2 years injured and you couldn't have found a buyer for him then, equally we would have been stupid to extend his contract.

Then you get to last summer and Newcastle opted (wisely) for Isak over him, but no other solid interest that we know of until this summer and he's finally managed a season injury free, but now he has a year left on the deal and won't sign an new one. We would have been daft to offer him a new one until recently, but things have worked out against us. He's a tad deluded about his actual worth if I'm honest, but that's his business.

Everton never encouraged him to go by signing better forwards to come in and demonstrating to DCL that his game time was limited here and that, with a couple of seasons on his contract, he should be shifting out. Beto, unfortunately, wasn't quite that player (although I still say he's better than DCL).

Well run clubs do that: they get an obvious successor in and then the player demoted gets the picture and is willing to leave.

 

[Delargeinho]

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.

Good long-time view and not forgetting to add our more than solid allrounder option in defense Ben Godfrey was sold in the last year of his contract.

Can discuss whether these 16m were a bit high, but that we got someone is good. I mean we could have gotten someone for free like Hummels, Matip, Hermoso for example on pretty high wage that would have worked for 1-2 seasons, but in the end we would only delay that spending.