Lukaku is likely staying, mate.If we sell Stones (£50m) and Lukaku (£50-60m) then assuming our current budget comes close to £100m (with new owner plus TV deal it should do) then the last few weeks of the transfer window should be a blast.
Reckon we will get two from United once the Pogba transfer goes through, next week will forever be known as ' the week of the Goodison chequebook' as each day we add a new addition.
Arsenal - 3 - £37m - Xhaka (£30m), Asano (£5m), Holding (£2m)
Bournemouth - 5 - £26.4m - Hyndman (free), Ake (loan), Mousset (£5.4m), Cook (£6m), Ibe (£15m)
Burnley - 2 - £3.6m - Pope (£1.1m), Gudmundsson (£2.5m)
Chelsea - 2 - £63m - Batshuayi (£33m), Kante (£30m)
Crystal Palace - 3 - £24.5m - Townsend (£13m), Mandanda (£1.5m), Tomkins (£10m)
Everton - 1 - £750k - Stekelenberg (£750k)
Hull - 0 - £0
Leicester - 4 - £31.5m - Zieler (£2.5m), Hernandez (free), Mendy (£13m), Musa (£16m)
Liverpool - 6 - £63.9m - Matip (free), Karius (£4.7m), Mane (£30m), Klavan (£4.2m), Manninger (free), Wijnaldum (£25m)
Man City - 4 - £35.5m - Gundogan (£20m), Mooy (free), Nolito (£13.8m), Zinchenko (£1.7m)
Man Utd - 3 - £56.3m - Bailly (£30m), Ibrahimovic (free), Mkhitaryan (£26.3m)
Middlesbrough - 6 - £18.8m - Fischer (£3.8m), Bernardo (free), de Roon (£12m), Valdes (free), Barragan (£3m), Negredo (loan)
Southampton - 2 - £23.8m - Redmond (£11m), Hojbjerg (£12.8m)
Stoke - 0 - £0
Sunderland - 0 - £0
Swansea - 3 - £6.75m - Fer (£4.75m), van der Hoorn (£2m), Birighitti (free)
Tottenham - 2 - £28m - Wanyama (£11m), Janssen (£17m)
Watford - 5 - £26.5m - Sinclair (£4m), Kabasele (£6m), Success (£12.5m), Zuniga (loan), Dja Djedje (£4m)
West Brom - 1 - £5.5m - Phillips (£5.5m)
West Ham - 5 - £11.5m - Lanzini (loan made permanent - £9m), Feghouli (free), Nordveidt (free), Tore (£2.5m loan), Fletcher (free)
Could be worse I suppose, could be Hull.
Unsure if serious..........This has all just reached the point of being depressing really.
New era my arse.
He'll need time to settle in, that's a long term appointment not necessarily for this window.Er.... haven't we just appointed a DoF to do the buying stuff?
Unsure if serious..........
Watford buying Sucess...Arsenal - 3 - £37m - Xhaka (£30m), Asano (£5m), Holding (£2m)
Bournemouth - 5 - £26.4m - Hyndman (free), Ake (loan), Mousset (£5.4m), Cook (£6m), Ibe (£15m)
Burnley - 2 - £3.6m - Pope (£1.1m), Gudmundsson (£2.5m)
Chelsea - 2 - £63m - Batshuayi (£33m), Kante (£30m)
Crystal Palace - 3 - £24.5m - Townsend (£13m), Mandanda (£1.5m), Tomkins (£10m)
Everton - 1 - £750k - Stekelenberg (£750k)
Hull - 0 - £0
Leicester - 4 - £31.5m - Zieler (£2.5m), Hernandez (free), Mendy (£13m), Musa (£16m)
Liverpool - 6 - £63.9m - Matip (free), Karius (£4.7m), Mane (£30m), Klavan (£4.2m), Manninger (free), Wijnaldum (£25m)
Man City - 4 - £35.5m - Gundogan (£20m), Mooy (free), Nolito (£13.8m), Zinchenko (£1.7m)
Man Utd - 3 - £56.3m - Bailly (£30m), Ibrahimovic (free), Mkhitaryan (£26.3m)
Middlesbrough - 6 - £18.8m - Fischer (£3.8m), Bernardo (free), de Roon (£12m), Valdes (free), Barragan (£3m), Negredo (loan)
Southampton - 2 - £23.8m - Redmond (£11m), Hojbjerg (£12.8m)
Stoke - 0 - £0
Sunderland - 0 - £0
Swansea - 3 - £6.75m - Fer (£4.75m), van der Hoorn (£2m), Birighitti (free)
Tottenham - 2 - £28m - Wanyama (£11m), Janssen (£17m)
Watford - 5 - £26.5m - Sinclair (£4m), Kabasele (£6m), Success (£12.5m), Zuniga (loan), Dja Djedje (£4m)
West Brom - 1 - £5.5m - Phillips (£5.5m)
West Ham - 5 - £11.5m - Lanzini (loan made permanent - £9m), Feghouli (free), Nordveidt (free), Tore (£2.5m loan), Fletcher (free)
Could be worse I suppose, could be Hull.
They're on the verge of wrapping up Allen and have bid for Berahino.Or Stoke.
A few thoughts this morning.
We either have not as much money as some presume and are waiting for the Stones sale and Sky money etc to come in.
Or the targets we have in mind are not available yet or undecided on there future.
Say we spend 90m 2x30m and 1x20m and 1x10m and sell Stones for 50m with a net 40m spend, would this be acceptable.
With every day that passes without any real significant signings makes you wonder if all the bravado and chest beating by our new regime may have been a bit of over enthusiasm and reality maybe somewhere in between our previous regime and the promises made at the takeover.
Very interesting 6 weeks ahead and I'm sure will let us know our true aspirations and directions.
Regardless of any of this COYB.
haha brilliant. Needs rep.