Everton Summer transfers 2021

[Theoneandonly]

Any of the finance bods know what it means for our spending if we get bernard off for say £8m amd his wages gone?

Essentially Bernard's wages equal Townsend, Begovic and Gray. 3 players for the price of 1.

 

[granter79]

Announce Rondon

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Rondon would be a steady eddie back up forward we've needed for a while tbh. Strong, good hold up play, decent in the air - Giroud Lite really to be thrown off the bench to try grab a goal.

Could do much worse - see Niasse, Toshun, Kean, Sandro.

It’s about the context of the signing with this one, for me. If he came in now, I’d probably start leaning towards the “we’re skint”/“these are the end times” cryarses.

If he came in at the end of the window either because we couldn’t get our main ST targets or we had decided to spend bigger than anticipated on RB, RW and CM then I’d probably be a bit calmer about it.

 

[stretford blue]

Announce Rondon

He's suddenly turned into prime van basten on here

 

[Everton_Gary]

He's suddenly turned into prime van basten on here

Sad state of affairs....

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

He's suddenly turned into prime van basten on here

Has he, mate, yeah?

 

[windymiller]

Yeah he did score goals at Salzburg and just does'nt seem to have settled at Leipzig only started 3 games and was mostly on the bench, I think @Nymzee said that Nagelsmans formation just did'nt really suit him.

I don't know much about him, tbh, but his goalscoring stats are not inspiring. He had one good season in Austria (1 in 3 scoring record, which is ok but not amazing) but other than that his goal return has been poor. I'm just a bit fed up with low scoring forwards, we can't rely solely on DCL as we've seen those goals can dry up and nobody else chipping in leaves us badly exposed.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

Essentially Bernard's wages equal Townsend, Begovic and Gray. 3 players for the price of 1.

I have to listen to accountants spiel once a year, I go to football to escape such mundanities.

 

[LeeCarsley]

He's suddenly turned into prime van basten on here

not at all mate

I'd much prefer Rondon to him

 

[Paul Rideout]

He's suddenly turned into prime van basten on here

In my head prime Van Basten got cropped badly while he was at AC Milan in the early 90s and wasn't the same again.

I’d rate present day Van Basten higher than Rondon.

 

[windymiller]

not at all mate

I'd much prefer Rondon to him

Van Basten couldn't hold the ball up or run the channels for toffee. 32 year old Rondon over that wasteman every day of the week and twice on a Sunday.

 

[Theoneandonly]

Excellent post mate, thank you.

What will be interesting, I suppose, is seeing what proportion of PL clubs are close to or over the threshold. The PL won’t cut its nose off to spite its face in terms of enforcing FFP in its current form if it means cutting off would-be big spenders at the knees and damaging “the product”.

A lot of clubs are struggling and I mean a lot.

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

0 league goals in 20/21 support this analysis.

I actually think Hwang is a really, really good player.

I have a soft spot for Salzburg as it is one of my favourite places I've ever visited and I have been a few times. Because of this, I try to keep an eye out for RB Salzburg and have watched a fair few of their games on dodgy feeds over the years - also because, being a German Bundesliga fan, you can see a lot of the talent identified by the RB group who will end up in the league.

Anyway, a roundabout way of saying I have seen a decent amount of him and think he's a good player. But I can't fathom why he doesn't score in Germany - I don't think it's because he can't manage the step up. Think he would be a good player for us at the right price.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

It’s about the context of the signing with this one, for me. If he came in now, I’d probably start leaning towards the “we’re skint”/“these are the end times” cryarses.

If he came in at the end of the window either because we couldn’t get our main ST targets or we had decided to spend bigger than anticipated on RB, RW and CM then I’d probably be a bit calmer about it.

Realistically our better signings will probably come towards the end of the window or once we offload players.

If Benard goes for a decent fee of say £6+ million you could potentially see a Dumfries or McNeil signing be sealed. Anything after probably depends on more negotiations as the window closes unless the likes of Kean/Kenny/Delph potentially leave.

 

[Ivo]

A lot of clubs are struggling and I mean a lot.

How do you know? Genuine question. You've yet to answer a question of mine so we'll see what happens...