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If he’s actually going to UAE then to me he doesn’t have the right attitude and hunger for the premier league.
Yes he can make lots more money on top of the riches already accrued playing for top European clubs but surely he would rather wait until the January window and back himself to get a move to somewhere more competitive, even if it meant cutting the weekly wage. I have no doubt he could pick up a 3-5mil a year contract in a top league and we’d waive the transfer fee to get him gone but if he doesn’t fancy it then I’d have to say I think Benitez is right on this one as much as I loved watching James last season.
Yes he can make lots more money on top of the riches already accrued playing for top European clubs but surely he would rather wait until the January window and back himself to get a move to somewhere more competitive, even if it meant cutting the weekly wage. I have no doubt he could pick up a 3-5mil a year contract in a top league and we’d waive the transfer fee to get him gone but if he doesn’t fancy it then I’d have to say I think Benitez is right on this one as much as I loved watching James last season.
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
Even the media couldn't link him with anyone apart from Newcastle in the summer, and i doubt they would want him either.
Oasis1878
Player Valuation: £30m
I don’t like Rafael but we can’t blame him to James going. He only joined because of Ancelotti and wanted out from the minute he left for Madrid. He picked games last season and couldn’t even be arsed for the final game vs Man City.
He has obvious talent, but the £200k a week, attitude and even style aren’t a fit
He has obvious talent, but the £200k a week, attitude and even style aren’t a fit
Spadge Vernacular
Player Valuation: £70m
Yep but we were still offering to pay Porto a chunk of his wages which is just mad. I imagine though we did at least have a cap on that. Like we might have contributed to his wage if Diaz was going to be sold to us. That's probably a likely way of negotiating. So when they refused that, it was then down to JR taking a pay cut or not.
The Turkey one was more than interest from Istanbul. We were willing to just loan him out and pay half of his salary (which is mad, mate, like absolutely insane, when we're so short).
The one plus side of Qatar is, hopefully, for us, it means they're paying all of his wage. We won't get a fee but we're that desperate we won't be thinking about that.
Tbh he's more exciting than talking about what Newcastle player from 2016 we're going to sign in January
*orders Longstaff 19 shirt*
But, but, he's dead lazy and unprofessional and never turns up for training unless he is dragged out of his house???
Simon Buttle
Player Valuation: £60m
An ex Burnley grock - stay well clear
Fine, but he's not going to be a key player, the manager doesn't like him and he doesn't like the manager, and Everton have spent all summer trying to find any possible avenue for him to leave.
Nobody involved comes out of this with any dignity. It's a mess all of the club's making and James has hardly helped either.
And the Anfield derby, and the Goodison derby, and the OT goal and that Leicester goal and all the sitters he created that we somehow missed.
Would've been nice to see him with pace around him and that energy to make up for his shortcomings in certain matches.
Marius57
Player Valuation: £60m
Couldn't be arsed? Our own medical team said he was injured and told the Columbian national team he wasn't going to be ready for their first games.
A DoF can't force a player out the door. A manager can't force a player out the door.
A manager can help make a players mind up to leave by not selecting him.
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