Everton Summer transfers 2021

[TheBigIguana]

Rafael will have torn up all of Brands targets. he will want to spend the whole budget. And I don't blame him. Imagine where we'd have been if somebody other than kendall had been signing the players in the 80s. The whole thing of having two different people on coaching and recruitment is nuts.

It's literally how every sport aside from football and in the modern day at least half of football including most of the most successful clubs work but sure nuts

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

I can only see the White rumours being true if Mina has said he wants to get off.

Otherwise, I think it’s just one of them rumours that’s designed to tell us “don’t worry, we’ve got a few bob to spend” while also telling us “we haven’t got a clue who we’re going to buy”.

 

[Wizard]

He wasn't really good a couple of years ago same as Godfrey wasn't last year which we will all figure out as soon as a newer, shinier defender is in the door. Hopefully Ben White for 50m isn't that guy though. That's outrageous.

Your dislike of Godfrey is very strange. He's not perfect yet but how could he be, he was a young player coming into a new team that barely ever had a consistent defence that he was almost always a part of. But he was very good for a lot of the season, especially when he was playing out of position and at points having to take on more responsibility than he should have had to.

You constantly rail on him and have written him off already. I don't know how anyone that watched us last season can continue to pick on him as one of the issues

 

[mightymoyes]

2 young ones coming through? , Holgate is 24/25 and had a Very good half season in 5yrs

also with the link to Dumfries, who suits wing backs, maybe we’re going to 3 CB’s. And then we would need 5

he's talking about Branthwaite and welch as the young ones coming through I assume

 

[TheBigIguana]

Your dislike of Godfrey is very strange. He's not perfect yet but how could he be, he was a young player coming into a new team that barely ever had a consistent defence that he was almost always a part of. But he was very good for a lot of the season, especially when he was playing out of position and at points having to take on more responsibility than he should have had to.

You constantly rail on him and have written him off already. I don't know how anyone that watched us last season can continue to pick on him as one of the issues

I haven't written him off but I've seen nothing to suggest he's anything better than Keane or Mina and he's only an option at fullback if you're playing Carloball. Actual passing and he can't do it.

I basically saw the same thing I saw with players like Bernard and Gomes. An average to below average player that basically because of newness gets the benefit of the doubt on a lot of things. But as time goes on Bernard being pointless within 30 yards of goal or Gomes not having anything to his game out of possession start to get noticed. That's where Godfrey is heading. One day people will suddenly start seeing the times that he's out of position and conceding chances.

He's just young enough that I'll hold out hope he gets better though. But for me he's really got to get quite a bit better.

 

[witchdoc187]

He is good, potentially very good.

50M is a lot though. We really could do with some inspired bargains.

Bring back £60k for Seamus. £2m for Cahill etc.. please don't spend 50m on Ben White

 

[Wizard]

I haven't written him off but I've seen nothing to suggest he's anything better than Keane or Mina and he's only an option at fullback if you're playing Carloball. Actual passing and he can't do it.

I basically saw the same thing I saw with players like Bernard and Gomes. An average to below average player that basically because of newness gets the benefit of the doubt on a lot of things. But as time goes on Bernard being pointless within 30 yards of goal or Gomes not having anything to his game out of possession start to get noticed. That's where Godfrey is heading. One day people will suddenly start seeing the times that he's out of position and conceding chances.

He's just young enough that I'll hold out hope he gets better though. But for me he's really got to get quite a bit better.

Your final sentence betrays everything you've said about him before in that post. Your previous post said "which we will all figure out soon". That doesn't suggest someone holding out "hope" that he is going to get better. It suggests you have formed an opinion of him and you are sticking with it.

It's all opinions but I don't know how you can compare him to Gomes or especially Bernard. And by using that comparison in your own words you have described Godfrey as average or below average.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Your final sentence betrays everything you've said about him before in that post. Your previous post said "which we will all figure out soon". That doesn't suggest someone holding out "hope" that he is going to get better. It suggests you have formed an opinion of him and you are sticking with it.

It's all opinions but I don't know how you can compare him to Gomes or especially Bernard. And by using that comparison in your own words you have described Godfrey as average or below average.

I want him to get better because he's an Everton player. I'm realistic about where I think he is now. That's really all there is to it. I'm comparing him to those players because that is the level I see.

 

[Zatara]

Throwing a name out there...been called into the England squad with Godfrey...

Ben White at Brighton.

CB + DM

Looks a good player with alot of potential and same age as Godfrey at 23.

Think they asked Leeds for £35mil.

I paid a little bit of attention to him this season but not really an avid watcher of brighton and if i turned on then it was to see Lamptey charging down the right.

Just thought that hes a player who did well for Leeds, well for Brighton...can play different positions and is at a club who could perhaps do with the money.

No recollection of Webster at all @catcherintherye . Do you think White would be a decent signing for us at £35mil and if he did sign would he be a CB / DM or something else?

Looking forward to seeing how Ben White does at CB next to Godfrey at RB.

White seems to be the type of CB we need.

Brighton place £50m price-tag on Ben White after England call-up

EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL: White has gatecrashed the Euro squad, with Gareth Southgate confirming on Monday that White would replace Trent Alexander-Arnold in his 26-man party.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Test the waters with Keane + £20mil for him.

Morning Toffees

If true then i think Mina or Keane are out the door for £20-30mil which makes this a reasonable upgrade for the difference in fee.

I havent seen much of him but he 'fits the profile' of what I think we need:

u23
England International
Has come up the leagues
Hungry
Mobile
Good paaser
Can play multiple positions
We can switch from 4 to 3 at the back
Partner for Godfrey
Adds to Pickford, Godfrey, DCL in England squad.

Interesting to see if he would be seen as a CB or a DM by Benitez...

I think we need a CB, RB and DM...hopefully hes one of the 3.

Great player but £20m down and £30m over the next few years isn't completely daft however I'd be asking over Bissouma over White personally

That Ben White story is likely Brighton using us to hurry Arsenal up into striking a deal.

No chance we spend £50 million on a CB.

Please sign him just so we can all see Arsenal fans go into meltdown again lol

Have to say you would be pretty sorted for centre backs for the next 10 years with Godfrey and White (unless they get sold of course)

If it means Keane and or Holgate leaving then I'm all for it.

Give them Keane and 10m sorted. Would be going for bissouma if anyone at Brighton though

The only reason I would give it any credibility (which I don’t) is that he can also play DM and apparently quite well. So they might be thinking about it that way.

But I don’t think it’s true at all.

White thing feels like we may be being used to flush more money our of Arsenal.

Good player but not a priority this summer I'd have thought.

Holgate leaving then hopefully. Or Keane since he doesnt fit 5atb.

Still, on Twitter everyone is convinced we’ve got to sell Kean to get funds.

Yet here we are with £50m for white lol but sign me up, he’s not Michael Keane.

That Daily Mail article is akin to giving your mate some lube so things go more smoothly. Your mate is Arsenal in this analogy by the way.

If we spend £50m on "White" it had better just better be a codeword for cocaine

White would be a good addition but as others have said spending £50m on a centre back shouldn’t be a priority this summer. Unless we bring in the funds from selling Keane and Mina (or Holgate) or we are going to spend an absolute fortune which I don’t see happening.

Much bigger holes in our squad than CB

We may be looking to go to three at the back.
He's versatile
Maybe Mina or Holgate going.

He’s an improvement on Holgate, Keane and Mina and no doubt one or even two of them may be sold in order to fund White, to which i have no issue with.

£20m with £30m split over a few years of which we’d make at least £20-30m off selling 2 of the 3 players mentioned isnt bad business at all.

Ben White would be an unreal signing if possible.

Exactly the type of purchase we’d need to make. Right profile, right age, brilliant player.

Holgate, Kenny and £30m for White would be a good deal if it were true, I suspect the Heil are putting it out there to flush Arsenal out though

50m on Ben White would be a pretty bad use of 50m imo

Good player but thats double his value.

As others have said, I bet we're just being used to make Arsenal slam more money on the table for White.

But to be honest, I would love it. And I say that as someone who rates both Mina and Godfrey highly. White is a totally different profile - a modern, versatile CB who is a tremendous passer. He'll be a part of the England set up for years and could be a great fit alongside Godfrey. I don't think that price is crazy at all. But at this point we haven't been given any indication that this club is ready to start splashing cash on positions where we're well stocked.

We may be well stocked in numbers but Godfrey aside, our CBs are fragile and always have been.

Keane and Holgate hugely erratic. I don't think they are good enough to get us top four solely due to the fact they always have a mistake in them.

Mina is different in that he is a warrior and whilst is combative, again prone to mistakes.

I think signing a CB is perfectly reasonable as I wouldn't want any of those three (maybe Mina) in my team if I'm a team looking to get European football.

Surely Benitez wouldn’t be coming and torching his RS rep without a huge chunk to spend. I’d be surprised if we are looking to buy a cb before strengthening other areas but if we’re planning three or four big moves we could do a lot worse than White, very good up and comer.

Ben White yeah?

Always liked this Benitez fella...

I don't understand the Ben White link at all, we've got 4 CBs in thd squad and 2 younger ones coming through. Maybe it's the agent, trying to get Arsenal to up their bid. Only other thing I could see is we are selling 2 CBs.

is Ben White even any good?

ballsy move to make a Brghton CB a record signing

He wasn't really good a couple of years ago same as Godfrey wasn't last year which we will all figure out as soon as a newer, shinier defender is in the door. Hopefully Ben White for 50m isn't that guy though. That's outrageous.

Ben White is class.

£50m is outrageous.

Just imagine for one second spending £50m on a centre back when we essentially don’t have a professional standard right back at the club.

2 young ones coming through? , Holgate is 24/25 and had a Very good half season in 5yrs

also with the link to Dumfries, who suits wing backs, maybe we’re going to 3 CB’s. And then we would need 5

50m is a lot but given that's what Arsenal were close to clearly its the going rate. If hes the man we want then go for it

I can only see the White rumours being true if Mina has said he wants to get off.

Otherwise, I think it’s just one of them rumours that’s designed to tell us “don’t worry, we’ve got a few bob to spend” while also telling us “we haven’t got a clue who we’re going to buy”.

he's talking about Branthwaite and welch as the young ones coming through I assume

 

[billyblue80]

I haven't written him off but I've seen nothing to suggest he's anything better than Keane or Mina and he's only an option at fullback if you're playing Carloball. Actual passing and he can't do it.

I basically saw the same thing I saw with players like Bernard and Gomes. An average to below average player that basically because of newness gets the benefit of the doubt on a lot of things. But as time goes on Bernard being pointless within 30 yards of goal or Gomes not having anything to his game out of possession start to get noticed. That's where Godfrey is heading. One day people will suddenly start seeing the times that he's out of position and conceding chances.

He's just young enough that I'll hold out hope he gets better though. But for me he's really got to get quite a bit better.

He was brilliant defensively in an unnatural position of left back. He has great physicality and pace there are things he can work on such as not shutting off and following runners at times but his composure and quality are potentially immense. You wouldn't expect him to be the finished article at his age. Also his fee he was only 25m which was a relative decent fee in this market. When leaves us it will for at least treble his fee.. He will only improve too. Our issues are finding more Been Gofreys.

 

[billyblue80]

50m is over priced for White for me I think we are just being mentioned to push the fee to Arsenal up. If we aren't selling Mina its not a priority if we are I am not sure White is the dominant leader type we need alongside Godfrey. Right back, right wing and midfield are higher priorities than CB.

 

[Daytripper]

White would be a good signing imo , if the report is genuine or not is up for questioning.

Brighton do have some promising players, I like Bissouma and Lamptey in particular.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Morning Toffees

If true then i think Mina or Keane are out the door for £20-30mil which makes this a reasonable upgrade for the difference in fee.

I havent seen much of him but he 'fits the profile' of what I think we need:

u23
England International
Has come up the leagues
Hungry
Mobile
Good paaser
Can play multiple positions
We can switch from 4 to 3 at the back
Partner for Godfrey
Adds to Pickford, Godfrey, DCL in England squad.

Interesting to see if he would be seen as a CB or a DM by Benitez...

I think we need a CB, RB and DM...hopefully hes one of the 3.

Good God, man...

 

[TheBigIguana]

He was brilliant defensively in an unnatural position of left back. He has great physicality and pace there are things he can work on such as not shutting off and following runners at times but his composure and quality are potentially immense. You wouldn't expect him to be the finished article at his age. Also his fee he was only 25m which was a relative decent fee in this market. When leaves us it will for at least treble his fee.. He will only improve too. Our issues are finding more Been Gofreys.

I certainly would expect him to be more finished than he is at this age.

Treble his fee is at least 60m. Go check how many CBs cost that. Let's at least be reasonable.

His time at LB showed me he's not a LB. It told me nothing about his ability to play CB. I think using his defending at LB as proof he's going to be able to defend centrally is a bad idea.

I sort of agree, we need more signings like Godfrey, but I think better value exists.

 

[Nymzee]

That Zat multi quote almost broke my browser.