sharkey1001
Player Valuation: £10m
Mario Matachiot
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Ashtonian
Banned on request
starting to look like we are throwing bids around and come deadline day we just give up and ring up sunderland, norwich, newcastle, and any other team below is in the league last season.
I mean seriously, if kone arrives that is another player from a crap team whilst we bid on champions league players!
can anybody else see the pattern? Bid on messi, sign heskey.
I mean seriously, if kone arrives that is another player from a crap team whilst we bid on champions league players!
can anybody else see the pattern? Bid on messi, sign heskey.
brieverton
Player Valuation: £50m
That would not be a huge surprise even considering the source.
I thought at the outset of the summer that continental Europe would be our most productive market for signings, we may still attract players like Lucas Perez and others under the radar but well-known to Walsh, but it certainly seems we are encountering much difficulty with more established players.
Look at Liverpool, not much by way of marquee names there this summer and they should find it far easier than us.
I can understand why we have bought domestically for this and other reasons more and more as the summer progresses. Players like Bolasie and Williams have had constant exposure to Everton and know and understand our heritage/culture, and ambitions - the same cannot be said for Witsel, Ghezzal etc.
As long as we have addressed the lack of cover in some areas, for me that's another 5 signings, but would settle for 3 or 4, then regardless of their cost, profile, reputation, selling club, etc. I'll be happy come a week on Wednesday.
I'm naturally a bit panicky around this time of the season as I just want the best for us, but have no qualms at all with the efforts being made by the club. I'm as certain as I can be as an outsider that no signing has failed to materialise due to a lack of effort/ambition, and you can't ask for more than that other than to keep working for the next 8 days.
Durham Toffee
Shameless Wool
This is what I'm saying. It's indicative that these targets don't yet see us as viable; they haven't seen the ambition that we obviously are beginning to have as a club. That's disconcerting and frustrating, but it's nothing we can't overcome.
I'd venture that with Walsh and Koeman looking for targets, there's always the distinct possibility that we will have the opportunity to snap up a talent that others don't see for bargain money.
Now, I'd like to have a few marquee £30m signings come through the door, but if that can't be done, then there we go.
I trust that Walsh and Koeman can deliver, but it may take a little time. It's very frustrating, but if we can just get another 2 signings in this week, I reckon we have sufficient quality. Maybe not depth yet, but good quality.
bluelegend
Player Valuation: £10m
It smells like agents and clubs are saying "It's newly rich Everton that are interested - lets screw them for everything they have" - Cue deadline day mayhem when push comes to shove.
No, it was a sentance at the end of a Ghezzal story (which also said that he rejected advances from West Ham as he prefers to stay in France)
It looks like Ghezzal never had any intention of leaving Lyon, he was threatening to leave as they wouldn't give in to his wage demands however it appears to have backfired.
Manx Blue
Player Valuation: £2.5m
You do understand, given our recent history, current lack of European football, how football actually works?
Or are you just here to shout nonsense about ...
Bit of a dramatic over reaction
It does seem to be a strange year. Chelsea have been chasing Koulibaly for weeks without success plus they have only managed to bring in Kante. Arsenal got rejected by Vardy and are struggling to get 'value' as Wenger would say. Spurs still cant get the N'Koulou deal wrapped up and have only signed Wanyama and Janssen.
Mourinho done well getting Bailly in early as looking at the market now, Villareal probaby would have held out for more.
we'll sign three players, just not today
ijjysmith
Calm
Seems he wants to go to Sevilla from the little i've read.
I don't fully get why Sevilla want another good keeper.
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