Everton Summer Transfer Thread - 2022

[davids]

We only signed 3 players that summer.
Marcus Bent 23 June
Tim Cahill 23 July
Eddy Bosnar 4th August

James Beattie then arrived on 4th Jan
Mikel Arteta on 1st Feb

It was summer 2003 when it happened. McFadden, Kilbane and Jeffers all joined on 1st Sep. Nigel Martyn joined the day before.

We finished 17th

Bosnar,what a player.

 

[ToffeeDevil]

"judge us after the transfer window"




TICKTOCK SIR

 

[ToffeeTim]

Agreed on Townsend but Tarkowski replaces Mina who I think will be gone before September.

I think it would be a mistake not to sell him at this point. We need to stop losing players on free transfers, and his injury issues make a new contract a pretty risky move.

 

[catcherintherye]

I think it would be a mistake not to sell him at this point. We need to stop losing players on free transfers, and his injury issues make a new contract a pretty risky move.

The issue is, who is going to buy him, and at what price with 12 months on a deal?

 

[Trublue12]

Let me look see.


England Marcus Bent - England Ipswich Town, £450,000, 23 June
Australia Tim Cahill - England Millwall, undisclosed (estimated £2,000,000), 23 July
Australia Eddy Bosnar - Austria Sturm Graz, free, 4 August
I'd settle for another Cahill type.

I think we'd all be made up of we found a new Tim Cahill. Moyes had a very good habits of finding gems, for small fee's.

 

[ToffeeTim]

The issue is, who is going to buy him, and at what price with 12 months on a deal?

I'm sure there would be clubs interested, but at lower prices than we'd like. I'd expect something between £5m and £10m for him to be honest.

 

[davids]

I think we'd all be made up of we found a new Tim Cahill. Moyes had a very good habits of finding gems, for small fee's.

For every Cahill he bought a Bosnar or an Andy van.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

For every Cahill he bought a Bosnar or an Andy van.

That cross though??

 

[davids]

That cross though??

And the scorer.?

 

[MACCA75]

For every Cahill he bought a Bosnar or an Andy van.

Will always be the case in the bargain bin, but in general he was excellent.

 

[ZissouBlue]

They were 3 poor and short-sighted signings.

Doucoure you could argue was a success I suppose. Allan has been a real disappointment for me. And James was fun, but totally unaffordable. About the only thing Benitez got right was moving him on to cut costs.

Agreed that we absolutely couldn't afford it given what we now know about our finances, but my goodness James really added something. I was recently watching some highlights from that excellent period at the beginning of that season, and everything went through him. I think I swept it under the rug on how hard he worked when he first arrived. He dropped deep, led attacks from the front, and pinged balls across the field. He elevated Richy, Digne, Gomes, Dom and others with his confidence and ability. Not surprisingly the good times did not last and we definitely needed to get rid of him, but we are missing that type of player so badly. It's remains such a shame that those performances weren't at a packed Goodison.

 

[davids]

Will always be the case in the bargain bin, but in general he was excellent.

It's when he had the money for the likes of Koldrop and Beattie he messed up.

 

[Colonel Getafe]

TICKTOCK SIR

isn't that what Lingard has insisted be printed on the back of his shirt next season?!?!?

 

[MACCA75]

It's when he had the money for the likes of Koldrop and Beattie he messed up.

I mean we are talking 4 and 6 million here.
That was buttons even then. Rio Ferdinand joined Leeds for 18 million 5 years earlier for example.

 

[Colonel Getafe]

It's when he had the money for the likes of Koldrop and Beattie he messed up.

didn't Koldrop ask to be sold back to Fiorentina or somebody about a week after signing or something?!

I'm amazed BK didn't hail it a fantastic bit of out-going business tbh.