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Everton Summer 2024 Transfer Thread

Dymak said:
Palace are not a better option than Everton in my view. They finished one point ahead of us last season.

We had all this years ago, with Palace claiming to be better than Everton, only for them to start crying when Cahill chose us over them. We then went and bought their best player off them (Andy Johnson) a few years after that.

I can remember Robbie Savage making the ridiculous decision to stay at Birmingham when he had the opportunity to join Everton. A decision that he now says he deeply regrets.
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Can’t agree based on the current position and perception of each club.

At the moment Palace is a good stepping stone for young talent, whereas we are a graveyard for young talent.

You also have to factor in the media coverage of each club - pretty much all Everton coverage has been negative for about 3 years.

This will take 5+ years to fix.
 
Dymak said:
Palace are not a better option than Everton in my view. They finished one point ahead of us last season.

We had all this years ago, with Palace claiming to be better than Everton, only for them to start crying when Cahill chose us over them. We then went and bought their best player off them (Andy Johnson) a few years after that.

I can remember Robbie Savage making the ridiculous decision to stay at Birmingham when he had the opportunity to join Everton. A decision that he now says he deeply regrets.
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100 agree maybe a little bit better but if everton is run correctly we can get above them. Is more money and potential here. A couple of the right players in and we can see a massive improvement here. I can see him going to them but i also think as you say is something he would regret not coming here
 
Bob Elstone said:
No way in hell a Turkish club is paying 300k a week for zaha. And some of you believe it. Amazing
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Think Gala is 1 of those clubs that have to make things public.

Dunno, just found this.



Wilfried Zaha has made an unconventional choice of moving to Galatasaray. Zaha, 30, has joined the Turkish club as a free agent on a three-year deal.

Galatasaray have revealed the details of the contract. Zaha will be paid a net signing-on fee of €2,330,000 and will earn €4,350,000 annually.

Surprisingly, this is less money than what Crystal Palace offered for an extension. According to various reports, Palace were ready to give their top star between £6m and £8m per year: even if it's the lowest amount, it's a lot more than at Galatasaray.

www.bbc.co.uk

Wilfried Zaha: Galatasaray sign former Crystal Palace forward

Former Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha joins Turkish side Galatasaray after leaving the Eagles at the end of his contract.
www.bbc.co.uk

Better source.
 
14_dollars said:
Can’t agree based on the current position and perception of each club.

At the moment Palace is a good stepping stone for young talent, whereas we are a graveyard for young talent.

You also have to factor in the media coverage of each club - pretty much all Everton coverage has been negative for about 3 years.

This will take 5+ years to fix.
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5 years would not take that long imo, could see improvement in 2/3. Only takes one good season
 

14_dollars said:
Can’t agree based on the current position and perception of each club.

At the moment Palace is a good stepping stone for young talent, whereas we are a graveyard for young talent.

You also have to factor in the media coverage of each club - pretty much all Everton coverage has been negative for about 3 years.

This will take 5+ years to fix.
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A graveyard for what young talent? Branthwaite? Onana? Garner? McNeil? Total tosh.
 

Titus Shambles said:
No sadly I am not a professional football player, but if I was, I can assure you the building I go to work in every other week would not play a part in the thinking of what my ideal career path would look like.

I can't recall a long list of players who have made it clear that they decided to join Club A over Club B/C/D because the stadium is new, or a really nice new ground sealed the deal. It certainly doesn't hurt of course, but any realist would accept 99/100 a player is making decisions based on money/financial security, a chance to win trophies, location/family life, how they'll develop, who they'll play with and under, how it fits their plans etc etc.
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That explains it. You going to work is different to a professional athlete doing his thing in a stadium. BMD is more than Double Selhurst Park.

Even if you go from your other priorities, which I agree with BTW are more important, I think Everton tick those boxes over Crystal Palace anyway, apart from the Location. He's a Southern lad so I expect London to be his thing.

Hope we sign a right back.
 
14_dollars said:
Can’t agree based on the current position and perception of each club.

At the moment Palace is a good stepping stone for young talent, whereas we are a graveyard for young talent.

You also have to factor in the media coverage of each club - pretty much all Everton coverage has been negative for about 3 years.

This will take 5+ years to fix.
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We are just as much as a ‘stepping stone’ as Palace will ever be. See John Stones for recent history, and see Branthwaite and Onana for the here and now.

That perception stuff is just a load of nonsense, which leads to the likes of Swansea thinking they were a better option than Everton just because they won a trophy and finished above Everton a couple of times. In reality, Swansea were never a better option, regardless of any BS media ‘perception’.

As for the five year timeline for improvement, this type of nonsense wrecks my head. Football does not work that way, and if you try to adhere to some kind of five year plan of incremental improvement it will be doomed to failure.

The game changes way too quickly for five year plans. Newcastle went from a relegation battle to European qualification within a season, so have West Ham and Villa in recent seasons.

Football is littered with stories like this, we did it ourselves under Moyes and Royle, and wasn’t there some bloke call Kevin Brock that did a back pass that instigated Kendal’s turnaround from bottom half strugglers to winning European trophies within about 18 months?

It’s not gona take five years to ‘fix’ Everton. If the takeover goes ahead we are already fixed imo.
 
Salt & Pepper Toffee said:
That explains it. You going to work is different to a professional athlete doing his thing in a stadium. BMD is more than Double Selhurst Park.

Even if you go from your other priorities, which I agree with BTW are more important, I think Everton tick those boxes over Crystal Palace anyway, apart from the Location. He's a Southern lad so I expect London to be his thing.

Hope we sign a right back.
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Maybe he comes here maybe he doesn't, I doubt the seat count will matter. West Ham's place has more seats than PSG but if I was thinking about money and trophies and working with top players etc, I know which one I'd prefer.

Who knows about a RB. Between Coleman, Young and Patterson it's not the most urgent position in the team (not that I see Patterson ever kicking a ball under Dyche if even Godfrey was ahead of him last season).
 

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