Conte says Chelsea aren't selling Begovic
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MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
Equally at the start of the window, I didn't hear anybody say 'I tell you what we need - three solid additions that will improve the squad'.
Brendan Janus
Player Valuation: £40m
Heaven forbid !!
Ashtonian
Banned on request
Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
Agree with you re Brahimi. Has similar qualities to Bolasie from what I've seen of him. Very quick and direct. Think we need somebody with different qualities such as guile and vision (a word rarely used in footballing terms these days). Somebody who can give us something different if we need to change our style/system. For the price he's supposedly available at, Ziyech is worth a punt in my view.
We still need others of course. I'm hoping Kone will still join us, plus we need another quality CM and a decent back up/competition for Rom. If we do go for another GK I'd prefer him to be top quality and a level above what we have already. Not somebody like Begovic. As you say, roll on Wednesday night!!
admirschleck
Player Valuation: £8m
We surely aren't going into a new season with Stekelenburg as our first goalie?
I'm beginning to question whether Everton really exists
The Mighty Quint
Player Valuation: £40m
They are good players, we've increased our chances of getting top 4, the window ain't closed yet.
Rico Toffee
Player Valuation: £950k
It's been a weird summer. It was always probably going to be weird because of such a massive shift in resources, personnel, and expectations. I've been prone to dreaming of the lottery ticket scenario where a who's who of names landed win us and we began to simply cruise to top of the table. The reality has certainly not been that--as we've learned hard lessons about how having money, a great manager, and even an accomplished DoF can't erase the damage that years and years of underperformance and general mediocrity have done to the outside perception of Everton to many top players--especially continental players who've been bombarded with the same 4-5 English teams they see playing in CL every year.
And while we like to explain it away as simply that some other team can offer CL and we can't, it's more than that. Years of poor performance has damaged the brand of Everton. And while we can roll our eyes at concepts like "brand", it certainly matters in the fine margins of competing for high end players in a high end market that--let's face it--we're newcomers to.
Having said all that, it seems apparent the effort and the right pieces are being put into place. Koeman was always going to be the most significant piece added and the financial investment and endeavor to get him here has already changed the mindset of the club, the players, and the supporters. Even if we made no more acquisitions before next Wednesday (which I HIGHLY doubt), this roster is already in a far better place than it was across the board. The biggest vulnerability is that we need more quality to handle inevitable injuries and I'm hopeful to see more added. But I suppose my major point is that while I've had my days of frustration during this new era and new process, I've never been more optimistic about the future of our club. This doesn't mean I won't curse getting jilted at the altar by some player over the next few days, but now it won't be because I think we're being cheap or have incompetent people running the operation. It'll be because we're now tasting what it's like to be at the big table in terms of player recruitment. We'll win some. We'll lose some. But it's great to finally be in the game. It's where Everton belongs.
The Mighty Quint
Player Valuation: £40m
Why not?, he's been top draw what I've seen of him, has masses of top level experience.
Ashtonian
Banned on request
Really am starting to swing towards only 1 or 2 in now. the way the window is going it just seems very anti climatic in all honesty. Even the likes of chelsea want marcus alonso, arsenal signing a 10th choice striker out of spite, Leicester the league champions want N'Zonzi etc
Just think that bar trading at the bottom of the league, i am not expecting much more business to be done in this window by many teams including us. Perhaps we have tried and failed to sign players so that is that, right back cover and new attacker and we focus on the season ahead instead?
Just think that bar trading at the bottom of the league, i am not expecting much more business to be done in this window by many teams including us. Perhaps we have tried and failed to sign players so that is that, right back cover and new attacker and we focus on the season ahead instead?
admirschleck
Player Valuation: £8m
2 good games doesn't make someone a class keeper. He would be an awesome 2nd choice, but not a starter for me.
Neiziro
Player Valuation: £25m
If we had a terrible Bakayoko maybe we can have a good one? Bit like Gueye?
We haven't got that sort of money, and it's not like we have signed anyone to even tempt to even to give it a second look.
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