Everton Summer transfers 2021

[MikeH72]

Just to play devils advocate, do you think the fan base, board, ownership or manager are really that interested in long term planning?

I would like to hope they are.

 

[Nymzee]

Just to play devils advocate, do you think the fan base, board, ownership or manager are really that interested in long term planning?

Well they should if we want to be a successful club unless they want to go all out in 1 season for an FA Cup to try satisfy people. Lots of experience might bring immediate success (or not due to injuries and lack of form) but I don't see why people regard older = better.

Our average age went up from 24.97 to 26.52 over last season. Rodriguez, Allan, Coleman, Gylfi 30's, Doucoure, Keane, Digne, Mina, Pickford late 20's. Got a young core but we need some more.

There's no use to me bringing in people in their twilight if it doesn't work out because then they're just impossible to offload and we'll forever be stuck in the position we're in now with older players (Gylfi, Tosun etc.) we can't seem to sell.

 

[Stephenlloyd]

Sell Holgate and sign Koulibaly

After watching that I think we only need Kouilbaly. Sell the other 4

 

[Toffe3m4n]

It’s more weird, you’re hanging our hopes on and 18yr old and a midfielder,
Thats played 2 games in nearly 2 season’s

I'm 'hanging my hopes' on them?

 

[Saint Domingo]

Would be our star signing. Then would immediately get injured. Everton that.

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

I think Carlo has had both Keane and Godfrey watching Koulibaly videos and training them on how he brings the ball out of defence. Also Davies is key to this in picking the ball up and moving it forwards. I'd say Allan too but he does this less than Davies but offers way more in terms of breaking up opposition play. In big games its always going to be Allan, but in games against weaker opponents Davies is the right choice - maybe alongside Allan.

 

[Zatara]

I think Carlo has had both Keane and Godfrey watching Koulibaly videos and training them on how he brings the ball out of defence. Also Davies is key to this in picking the ball up and moving it forwards. I'd say Allan too but he does this less than Davies but offers way more in terms of breaking up opposition play. In big games its always going to be Allan, but in games against weaker opponents Davies is the right choice - maybe alongside Allan.

If Keane came out like Koulibaly then he wouldnt have any ability to recover if he lost the ball.

 

[ElGato]

That's how I see it.

But what Carlo wants he should get. And if that feller on talksport says he's gonna get backed....can only mean good things

Time for a spree... would love to see it

Who is the ultimate 'face of the spree' signing? Has to bee good but not that good.

#announceRamos

 

[ElGato]

Honestly think only digne and James are good enough. Maybe richarlison.

The rest would not have us competing in the champions League. We would be getting humiliated and dumped out in the group stages every year. There would be no point.

I'd take champions league group stages every year. Cheers

 

[ForeverBlue92]

I think they need to be really. It's not about going back to the start of a new 5 year plan, but I would be very concerned if we signed another load of 28-30 year olds. It would very much be a case of putting all our eggs in one basket for me.

Lets be honest if we signed 4x 28-30 year olds this summer who got us CL qualification or a trophy the vast majority of us wouldn't care if that meant a rebuild in 3-4 years time.

I think if there is ever a summer to spend big its this one with Kean likely sold for a decent fee and the USM naming rights coming in.

The question will be though can we trust Brands to spend it wisely based on his track record?

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

I think if there is ever a summer to spend big its this one with Kean likely sold for a decent fee and the USM naming rights coming in.

The question will be though can we trust Brands to spend it wisely based on his track record?

Maybe we can get that Walsh guy back temporarily to help him with transfer targets?

 

[Bluestar]

Lets be honest if we signed 4x 28-30 year olds this summer who got us CL qualification or a trophy the vast majority of us wouldn't care if that meant a rebuild in 3-4 years time.

I think if there is ever a summer to spend big its this one with Kean likely sold for a decent fee and the USM naming rights coming in.

The question will be though can we trust Brands to spend it wisely based on his track record?

We can’t afford any more turkeys.

Needs to be another summer of solid signings.

 

[JMT]

It's a tricky situation because we want to be self profiting aka buy low sell high, win a trophy/europe placement not sign too many fossils to the squad at the same time, So it'll be interesting what happens in the summer.

 

[BlueToff]

It's not really about buying 30 yr olds or not - if they improve us they improve us.

But we need them in the areas where we actually need players.

Now, those areas right now are wing, centre-mid and right-back - as absolute priorities (I know we could do with a goalkeeper).

Given the players we already have, those positions really all require players who are in that 22-25 bracket, not the 26-29 bracket.

A few reasons.

1. Legs, energy etc. You want a full-back to be able to get up and down all day. You want that centre-mid to be able to collect the ball and drive forward, all day. You want that winger to have pace and energy to burn to stretch teams. Bloody hell, Walcott is the template of what we need, but not the 32-year-old Walcott whose legs are going.

2. Value. It makes more sense to buy them at that age and build the team for a few years and you always have that insurance that you can get your money back. At least a fair whack. If we'd have been prudent with the Iwobi deal, for example, we'd have been able to pretty easily break even. We won't be able to on that fee, because we overpaid by a lot. But on Kean, we will be able to.

3. Age of other players in the squad. We can't have 3 players in midfield who are all in their late 20s/early 30s and expect them to play every game at full throttle and not get injured. We can't be reliant on players who may be about to lose that energy and drive (Allan, as good as he has been, has been shown up a few times this season because his legs just aren't what they were even 2 years ago).

 

[Bullens Rd]

We can buy 9 new world class, players, but if we start next season with two of Iwobi, Coleman, Holgate in the side then we'll finish mid-table or slightly above, just like we will this season.