Everton Transfer Thread - Summer 2020

[Nyhus]

He no Dutch mate

Born and raised in Holland, id say that makes him Dutch enough to count even if his parents are from Marocco.

 

[Mashtray]

Its a good signing for us and a news story but to call it the highest profile signing ever is nonsense imo.

Not even bigger than somebody like Di Maria to United, for example.

Yeah great example! But I think it's up there with some big ones certainly not the biggest but big

 

[flibbyflob]

Shevchenko, arguably one of the worlds best strikers at the time of his move to Chelsea

Ironically counts as one of the worst signings to come to the league. For such a great player he was a bit poo.

 

[ProZ]

I’m emotionally exhausted. Just announce it nobody is arsed about the stupid videos.

 

[Pat Butcher]

There are cheap squad players available but I'll get laughed at, Josh King can play out wide and up top in the final year of contract would be a nice bench option, depending on the young left back we signed we could get Danny Rose for cheap in the last year of his deal too

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

Ironically counts as one of the worst signings to come to the league. For such a great player he was a bit poo.

He still managed to assist one of the best goals I've ever seen at Goodison, though. Drogba's screamer incase you're interested.

 

[blulouie]

Born and raised in Holland, id say that makes him Dutch enough to count even if his parents are from Marocco.

Yeah yeah yeah

John Aldrige is a English international then.

 

[Lapeno77]

Ironically counts as one of the worst signings to come to the league. For such a great player he was a bit poo.

Total mystery considering he had all the skills needed to be a success in the PL.
Then again, maybe an example of Mourinhos tactics being at odds with certain talents

 

[flibbyflob]

He still managed to assist one of the best goals I've ever seen at Goodison, though. Drogba's screamer incase you're interested.

Which one, that bugger always scored screamers against us.

 

[alpha1]

Shevchenko, arguably one of the worlds best strikers at the time of his move to Chelsea

Gullit was a big deal, even though he was past his best

 

[Mashtray]

Would say Bergkamp or Klinnsmann are still as big a signing as the Premier League has had.

Couple of legends! But were they legendary before arrival or did the EPL establish them? Just asking because I really dont know

 

[flibbyflob]

Couple of legends! But were they legendary before arrival or did the EPL establish them? Just asking because I really dont know

Klinnsmann was and Bergkamp was one of the best players in europe but flopped in Italy at the time.

 

[catcherintherye]

I think it’s inevitable mate, the Chinese TV deal today and the PPV withholding of 150 mill are all nails in the coffin.

I said it last night, It’s not in the PL interests, to see the PL deplete due lack of resources, turkeys won’t vote for Xmas.

The suspension on Cost and sustainability rules for 19/20 is a good indication that 20/21 will be suspended to, the circumstances are the same.

Good news for us at least we know how we will fund this window, nice timing on a few different fronts.

The PL are under severe pressure without doubt. Every international broadcaster will be looking at that, and seeing if the Chinese get a lower deal, and if they do watch them repeat. There will also be pressure on the domestic broadcasters to begin to follow suit and negotiate down. It's not the same product, Fans not being there makes it an inferior product. I was watching the darts for a bit last night, and it's not as good without fans so I switched off. They are within their rights to say they've paid for full stadiums and it's not beign delivered at all.

Wider than this, I would expect every commercial sponsor to be reviewing sponsorship deals. That doesn't mean they all cancel, but they are reviewed. It may mean some seek to to downgrade sponsor values. Clubs will not make this public, and will probably insist on confidentiality clauses, as once one sponsor gets wind of it, they will all be after it. This will be going on though. Those clubs who have signed relatively recent, and large new sponsor packages will be most suspectible (there's the smallest amount of customer loyalty).

I happen to agree with your broad picture too, the pressure placed on them gets worse. It seems twitter is full of experts who seem to treat FFP as akin to the commandments of Moses, as if ordained by god and passed down (and often seem to be American, perhaps they are just more au fait with regulation in sport). I saw the decision to merge years as a holding decision. It bought time, and allowed for some clubs to keep spending this summer without collapsing the market.

It also worked to the assumption, everything gets better by next March, or in reality everything is already better (so to show up in next March 2022's accounts which will show this season). I think thats an incredibly foolish assumption to have made. This really is the start of the process. Even when grounds partially re-open, with a couple of thousand allowed in, now allowed to sign etc, these people will not be buying merchandise. I also think uptake of commercial boxes will be greatly down. I don't see it recovering to pre Covid levels for some time.

I know some on here think we will be singularly punished. If everyone loses money and you punish one business not others, that looks like unfair competition and you end up getting sued at CAS. It's really that simple. CAS are an objective body, who couldn't care less who is the percieved favourites or have the most entitled fans etc. They look at the facts. If you have rules that favour certain clubs, and you enact those rules, you lose in court. City have just proven this.

It looks like we keep spending, within reason. And yes I expect the legislation around FFP to completely break down through this crisis. Above all else it is inflation busting legislation, at a deflationary period. It's just not needed.

 

[Bob Elstone]

 

[Furey1878]

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