Morning all, wee bit later today due to work commitments etc. Absolute meltdown on the forum last night which is great to see! Hang in there Bloos! It’s not like we’re going to sign Rosco, Winks and Gimore on deadline day is it?……..
Lads…..??
Everton are currently being “raided” by the Financial Fair Play rules this summer, according to Chief Daily Mail writer
Martin Samuel. The journalist has written in the
print edition of the newspaper [August 23, pg. 70] that it appears as though the Toffees cannot spend again during this window.
Yet, Chelsea will be in a position where they can raid Goodison Park themselves to sign Anthony Gordon if they so please, despite the claim that club can grow organically within FFP.
“Some will disapprove,” he said. “They will cite the source of Newcastle’s new-found wealth as they once did that of Manchester City. Yet, what is the alternative? Leicester, Everton.
“Clubs that are currently being raided due to the inequalities of FFP. Leicester cannot spend, it seems. Nor Everton. Yet Chelsea can raid them for Wesley Fofana or Anthony Gordon, maybe both. That’s how FFP works……
Everton boss
Frank Lampard is ‘very concerned’ with the make-up of his squad and eyeing ‘significant’ changes at Goodison Park, according to transfer insider
Dean Jones. Jones told GIVEMESPORT: “I know Lampard and his staff are currently very concerned about how the squad looks.
“They know something significant has to change by deadline day.”
Jones has previously
told GIVEMESPORT that the final stages of the transfer window could play a crucial role over whether Lampard will have a long-term future at Everton, while he is also clashing with the hierarchy over targets
Everton are one of several clubs interested in Tottenham defender
Japhet Tanganga, according to
Tutto Mercato. The Toffees are alongside Leeds and Newcastle, as well as a host of Serie A sides in their admiration for the 23-year-old who has fallen down the pecking order under Antonio Conte and was not in the squad for their opening day win at Southampton - he was an unused substitute for the other two games.
Everton have set their sights on signing Brighton's
Leandro Trossard, according toFootball Insider. Toffees boss Frank Lampard sees the 27-year-old as a potential replacement for Anthony Gordon, with the boyhood Evertonian attracting serious interest from Chelsea and two bids already worth up to £45million.
According to the Mirror: Chelsea’s reported £60m interest in
Anthony Gordon may still not be enough to derail Tottenham’s interest in the 21-year-old Everton striker Despite Sky Sports trumpeting an imminent £60m from
Chelsea for Gordon, Football Insider reports that Tottenham have done a lot of behind-the-scenes groundwork to bring him to the opposite side of the capital.
And
C
helsea are increasingly confident of sealing deals for
Anthony Gordon and
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang before the transfer window closes. The Blues are said to be prepared to pay up to £60million to sign Gordon from Everton. Talks are continuing over a move for Aubameyang, while Chelsea are also interested in AC Milan forward Rafael Leao as they bid to bolster their frontline.
And
The Times now claim that Chelsea are confident of signing
Anthony Gordon this week, offering a deal that will go beyond £50million including add-ons. Sky Sports even suggest that the deal may now be worth around £60million. Everton have stood firm so far and rejected Chelsea’s offers, the last one totalling around £45million.
This comes after Football London reported that Tottenham do still fancy signing Gordon after failing with a move earlier this summer.
Everton are considering a late loan move for Chelsea striker
Armando Broja. Ben Jacobs has tweeted about this today. The report also claims that Everton hold an interest in
Che Adams, but with Lampard having worked with Broja during his time at Chelsea, you’d expect a move to sign Broja to be more likely.
And
According to Inside Futbol: It has been claimed that Everton are weighing up making a move to sign
Broja on loan in the final days of the transfer window. Broja wants to play regular football after spending last season on loan at Southampton but has only made two substitute appearances for Chelsea in the ongoing campaign.
Signing Amadou Onana from Lille for a fee potentially reaching €40m, Everton got the midfielder they wanted, but that hasn’t stopped them from trying to also get
Idrissa Gueye.
L’Equipe on Tuesday that ‘negotiations with Everton should take off again after a few days of silence’ between the two clubs.
Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, West Ham and Bournemouth all face European competition for the signing of
Ben Brereton Diaz. According to
Teamtalk, the English quartet of clubs are all looking to sign the Chile international this summer.
Everton are competing with three clubs for the signature of Wolfsburg midfielder
Aster Vranckx, according to
Voetbalkrant.com, as the youngster has gone missing from his current team’s plans. The
report states that AC Milan have now joined the race to sign Vranckx, having been impressed by his breakthrough campaign last term.
Everton are one of the teams interested in signing Brentford’s star striker
Ivan Toney this summer, according to the
Daily Mirror. As per the latest report, the Merseyside club are competing with the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United to sign the former Newcastle United striker in the ongoing transfer window.
According to
The Daily Mail, Everton are interested in signing PSV Eindhoven forward
Cody Gakpo this summer. As per the report, the Toffees will need to compete with Manchester United to secure the signature of the £38m player, as the Red Devils are stepping up their pursuit of the player after struggling to sign Antony from Ajax.