Everton Summer Transfer Thread - 2022

[Bluestar]

Sigi was on 140k a week Delph was on 120k

Delph was no nowhere near that. His salary was constantly massively over estimated. Eh signed a contract for £12m over three years, that’s circa £80kpw.

Sigurdssen earned £5.2m per year, that’s £100k per week.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

He sounds absolutely crap.

I don’t think he’s as bad as that, but from what I’ve read coupled with his stats and showreels he doesn’t seem like someone suited to the PL.
Very low key if it happens but who knows?
Definite swerve for me though.

 

[toffeemeister77]

Delph was no nowhere near that. His salary was constantly massively over estimated. Eh signed a contract for £12m over three years, that’s circa £80kpw.

Sigurdssen earned £5.2m per year, that’s £100k per week.

How do you know?

 

[MACCA75]

…I’m talking about a strategy, not something for the short-term but I still think there are diamonds out there even for this season.

I’d make use of Mina as I think he’s probably done as a footballer. Send him to South America to scout and get the Everton name out there.

 

[bluestevon]

Yes. I agree. He's hungry.

TBF, he did well enough against Leicester in the cup, although Leicester were a bit ropey last season. Has a free kick in him too, which helps.

For a 20yo lad to go into the championship and become the fulcrum for their team setting the tempo etc, job at think it's impressive.

Funnily enough he comes from an absolutely massive red family - but went the united academy and now would move to us. Shows he's got his career as the priority over other rubbish.

Reading up that he was aside from normal training prior to last season doing individual training sessions with Carrick to work on 'quickening up his decisions (taking in the half turn etc and his long range shooting')

Guy reminds me not a little bit of Barry, funnily enough a lot didn't see what he did until he played for us either same with Carrick st united tbh too.

 

[navidson]

Time to slap our balls on the table

Sell Gordon and go and lash a bid in for Gabriel Barbosa

 

[CairnsToffee]

Can see Gordon going on TdD with Broja, Gana and Pedro coming in

Pedro has already gone to Newcastle mate, even though he has been injured

 

[Moomin]

Bang out of order.

Anyone is free to have an initial opinion on any transfer - there is no sense at all in demanding unconditional support for every transfer made. Such blind obedience would verge on cultish behaviour.

I agree with @Gerbs on this particular transfer. It seems wasteful to me to spend £12m+ of our limited funds on a striker who is older, less effective and less of a fit for our system than our current staring striker: all the more so when Dominic Calvert-Lewin has current injury issues and a looming contract situation to deal with before next summer.

Additionally it's entirely valid to look at a transfer individually and form an opinion on it, but that doesn't mean a different opinion won't arise when the transfer is viewed in a wider context (such as alongside other transfers in the same window).

Do I hope Maupay thrives here? Definitely.

Does analysis of his career to date SUGGEST he will thrive here? No.

Given the choice of spending £12m+ on Maupay, £17m+ on BB Diaz or £25m+ on Che Adams (with our budget and current squad) I would prefer Diaz. But at least Maupay is a wiser choice than Adams I suppose.

The bigger issue arises from looking at transfers in combination. If we have £20m to buy McNeil and £12m to buy Maupay, I would have preferred to see us add another £3m or £4m to the kitty and buy Terrier from Rennes. Maybe we tried, maybe not. Who knows?

Hard to get excited about Maupay. I fear he'll underwhelm until Dominic Calvert-Lewin comes back, then just sit on the bench where he'll get 25 minutes every so often instead of Rondon.

Hope I'm wrong, and he slots 14 in all competitions this season for us... But did ANYONE honestly look at Brighton last year and envy them for having Neal Maupay in their squad?

TLDR

Anyone know what number Maupay will wear?

 

[davek]

For a 20yo lad to go into the championship and become the fulcrum for their team setting the tempo etc, job at think it's impressive.

Funnily enough he comes from an absolutely massive red family - but went the united academy and now would move to us. Shows he's got his career as the priority over other rubbish.

Reading up that he was aside from normal training prior to last season doing individual training sessions with Carrick to work on 'quickening up his decisions (taking in the half turn etc and his long range shooting')

Guy reminds me not a little bit of Barry, funnily enough a lot didn't see what he did until he played for us either same with Carrick st united tbh too.

Yeah, I'm warming to him tbh.

We need professional attitude, and bringing down the team average age is good too.

I wish I'd taken more notice of this lad last season.

 

[Bob Latchford]

Great work Bob, some really interesting comments from Lampard about Dele

Yeah mate, I thought it worth putting in purely on that basis.

It seems he’s trying to give him a break to see if he can find himself again but, reading between the lines it does seem to be purely down to professionalism/motivation for Dele.

 

[sladen90]

Pedro has already gone to Newcastle mate, even though he has been injured

Ey?

 

[Nymzee]

Pedro has already gone to Newcastle mate, even though he has been injured

He hasn't.

 

[turner]

That's possibly because most of the top teams don't really play with an out an out striker these days. They go with adaptable forwards who can interchange and can score around 10 goals (or more) a season rather than just rely on one 20 goal a season a man. We are still at the stage of thinking that banging crosses into a big man up front is going to get us places, that tactic died out the game years ago.

We've gone from 'we're going down because we don't have a striker' to 'no one plays with strikers anymore'

 

[JLW]

 

[Simon Buttle]

We've gone from 'we're going down because we don't have a striker' to 'no one plays with strikers anymore'

It's more a case of not relying on just one way of playing, which tbh I think we are doing but it's early so lets see after 10 games where we are.