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Everton Transfer Thread 2016

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Witsel indeed would for most clubs be a very complicated deal to get done, Zenit are owned by Gazprom though - a company ran until a few years ago by Usmaov for around ten years (Moshiris long term business partner) so have a feeling that any deal with them would be a lot smoother than people think - Moshiri 100% will have very good contacts amonst the people who run Gazprom.

As for Witsel Zat, stated a whilst ago that i would love to see us go for him, anyone not thinking that even at 30m (which i believe it'd be cheaper than) would represent a bargain, hasn't seen the lad play much or is blind, he is a very very good player and easily good enough for Chelsea, United, Spurs etc - on a par with Dembele last year or Matic two years ago

my quotes on him

should offer Zenit whatever they ask for Witsel - brilliant player

bluestevon, Mar 24, 2016

Would love to see us go and get Axel Witsel from Zenit as he is wanting to move, 1 year left on his contract after this season, biggest priority he states is wanting to go to test himself in a better league, affordable and the right age and quality we need to move forwards as a team

Signing him and say yarmolenko would send a huge signal of intent for where we are trying to get as a team

bluestevon, Mar 25, 2016

Schneiderlein is a cracking player whose been badly underused so far by United - then again as for being a realistic target - dunno about that - didn't they pay 28m for him and he's already on 100k per week at them.

Main problem for him at United is he has been getting played more often as not as the defensive holding mid for them hasn't he?

For me anyway a Schneiderlein or Witsel type of player would seriously improve our midfield - although both need to be played alongside a much more defensive type to get the best out of them, but really neither would suit the system we play - because any centre mid who isn't a defensive midfielder really won't get much of a look in under the current manager - it's why in many ways until it is sorted for definite if he's staying or going then it's much harder to think about what players we need...

But anyway, the likes of Schneiderlein, Witsel, Yarmolenko are the type of players we should be going for - just about at the top level we could attract as none of them are 'superstar' type players, but all 3 are quality, and with the right age and experience to blend with a relatively youthful core of the team

bluestevon, Mar 28, 2016

Money, higher profile league, etc, he will end up moving this summer somewhere though thats for sure, but most likely to a 'big' team, then again we have the finances to be able to go after him these days at least, been playing for the last 4 years in Russia so honestly his standards aren't that sky high mate - and was a high profile player when he moved their as well - so think money will talk more than anythigng else

bluestevon, Mar 29, 2016

CM - Axel Witsel, one year left, peak age for a midfielder, played about 4 years in Russia so guaranteed that the money matters as much as does playing CL etc to him, bit of a tit apparently but a top top quality centre mid, will be honest next to no chance of getting him with the current manager i reckon - with a 'name' manager well within reach

bluestevon, Apr 5, 2016

So yeah would be over the moon to see us sign Witsel ;)

Play football with a few Belgian lads here and they all love him, for a couple of them he would be their favourite among this golden generation.

Have liked what I've seen of him, the little I've seen, but being honest I dont recall being blown away by any part of his game in particular. They seem to see him as the most reliable after Kompany in a squad that seems prone to drops in form.

In short I would be happy if we signed him, but not for more than 22,345,187€
 

I thought Witsel was easily Belgium's best player.

I haven't seen much of him so I don't know what he's like really but he stood out to me on Monday. This was before I'd seen any links to us as well.

He played very very well against us all them years ago when he was a kid. I can't think of many if any who Physically will get the better of him he is a fanatastic athlete.
 
There are enough decent players around lads to not need to go sniffing around Arnautovic or however you spell his name. Absolute billy big bollocks, he is. The way he walked up to the Stoke fans after they won at Goodison with his arms spread out and head bobbing up and down lapping up the adoration... cart horse. Plus he isn't actually all that good anyway.
 

13 goals and 6 assist from last season and we need another player who can play on the left which we need.

Hmm yes but as good as Arnautovic is he's pretty much just the same player as Mirallas - except a bit stronger.

We were always at our best with a creative 'Pienaar' type winger on one side, so think that's what we need to aim for.

Kev, Lennon and Del are all great options but none are true 'playmakers'.
 
Witsel's decent - well he's a very good player - but he wouldn't really give us anything we lack if people are after a true 'deep lying playmaker' for central midfield.

He's decent at keeping things ticking over but he doesn't really make runs forward from deep (Dembele is great at this), and mainly keeps things safe.

Not sure why there's so much clamour for him, though if we did get him I'd be chuffed, like. We need a different type of player than him, though, IMO.
 
Sincerely hope that the paper talk of Arnautovic is just that, idle paper talk.
Krul, decent goalie, but would think better could be found.
Witsel, honestly haven't seen enough of him to offer a fair appraisal, but there seems to be something about Belgians... that they are mercurially talented, but often fail to deliver.
Rom - rightly - has been lambasted for his performance vs Italy, but KdB and Hazard were largely ineffectual too.
 

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