Everton Summer transfers 2021

[CielosGrises]

When looking for a striker it's a fantastic strategy to look at the club's that massively underperformed their xG

This - didn't they struggle to score last season.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Just checked - his goal conversion is better than Calvert-Lewin's and Richarlisons for the past couple of seasons.



If Calvert-Lewin is injured, we have nobody.



Disagree.

We need another striker.

One we know can score in the league. One with pace and one we know we can resell, too.

Given our financial situation it only makes sense if we are able to offload Kean. I'll be happy if we keep Kean, I'll be happy if we bring in Maypay, but we don't need both.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

If we can somehow get rid of Kean for £30m and the direct replacement is Maupay, fine. I think we can do better with that money, but it's an upgrade given Kean is useless.

But if Kean stays and this is our transfer outlay, it'd be a really poor use of money IMO. The right back has to be sorted first. If we're spending big money on one or the other, I'd rather get a proper right back and loan in a striker as a punt.

Just think he's a good player, me.

Remember his goal against us? When Pickford dropped it? And he got in front of him and scored on the spin?

He has a street football style to his game that makes him a proper nuisance.

 

[Tubey]

This - didn't they struggle to score last season.

Some shockers from him, proper Stuart Barlow-esque misses. Brighton didn't create many and he missed a ton of those they did.

But, on the flip side, generally the chances they did create came about because of him in the first instance.

That's why I think he's a second striker rather than the main man - a runner with legs so DCL can stay on the line and poach, which he showed he's great at last season.

Yes, DCL missed more chances last year because his role meant he'd get more chances organically, but Maupay played a very different role to DCL in that Brighton side.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

I like Maupay a lot. Seems to be a handful to play against.

He's not exactly clinical but his all round game is good.

The big problem for me is we should be signing players like him when he was coming through at Brentford (or even when he was at Saint Etienne), not once he is already established.

Most clubs can say that though - City fans likely said that when they signed Stones from us for £50 million when they could have signed him from Barnsley for £3 million.

Over paying for players isn't the issue - its replacing good players with crap players for large fees

Lukaku > Tosun/Kean/Sandro
Gana > Delph
Stones > Williams
Barkley > Gomes
Del Boy > Bolasie/Iwobi

Replacing Walcott with McNeil and Kean/Tosun with Maupay isn't bad business just because we are paying a pretty penny.

 

[nsno-chris]

Just think he's a good player, me.

Remember his goal against us? When Pickford dropped it? And he got in front of him and scored on the spin?

He has a street football style to his game that makes him a proper nuisance.

I’m sure there’s plenty of them kicking around Europe that don’t cost £30m+ and want the best part of £60k a week

 

[Eggs]

Imagine selling kean to juventus and signing this dude from Brighton

….be chuffed with that upgrade,

 

[GrandOldTeam]

I’m sure there’s plenty of them kicking around Europe that don’t cost £30m+ and want the best part of £60k a week

The problem is getting the ones that aren't Sandro Ramirez.

 

[JLW]

Given our financial situation it only makes sense if we are able to offload Kean. I'll be happy if we keep Kean, I'll be happy if we bring in Maypay, but we don't need both.

Kean scores more goals than Maupay if he gets game time (and i dont rate Kean that much)
Maupay works harder than Kean.

Depends what we want for 30mil

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Decent player, him.

 

[Tubey]

The problem is getting the ones that aren't Sandro Ramirez.

That is indeed the problem - signing players from farmer leagues, which is most of continental Europe these days. More chance of signing an Afonso Alves than a Robert Lewandowski.

With Maupay, you know what you're getting. With Kean, we didn't - we know now though sadly.

But the saddening thing with the Maupay link isn't that he's crap exactly; it's that he's clearly limited and it's an indication of the state of the club at present. I maintain no other club in the top ten would be entertaining that amount of money for him.

 

[YoboCopter]

Decent player, him.

Youtube haha
Arqument over

 

[nsno-chris]

The problem is getting the ones that aren't Sandro Ramirez.

The problem wasn’t Sandro Ramirez

The problem was that our DoF committed to a 5 year, £80k a week contract which made it almost impossible to shift when it was evident that he was Sunday league standard.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Youtube haha
Arqument over

It isn't highlight compilation from some football hipster.

It's just his league goals from a full season from Brighton's official account.

 

[DanEFC92]

If we can somehow get rid of Kean for £30m and the direct replacement is Maupay, fine. I think we can do better with that money, but it's an upgrade given Kean is useless.

But if Kean stays and this is our transfer outlay, it'd be a really poor use of money IMO. The right back has to be sorted first. If we're spending big money on one or the other, I'd rather get a proper right back and loan in a striker as a punt.

Need an attacking mid and all. Rodriguez likely to go/always injured and the other one is well you know.