Over the last few years, Everton have typically done the vast majority of their transfer business in the Summer, and not done anywhere near as much business in January. You can kind of understand this, as a decent net spend twice a year would most likely result in accounting losses etc. On the whole, this strategy has served us well.
But the truth is that the next tranche of TV money will be coming our way this Summer, along with the extra money from the Europa League campaign. Unless the money is put towards a new stadium project, we can expect a similar level of investment as we did last Summer.
But if a key player is available in January, it makes sense to buy him now rather than lose out on him, just in order to adhere to a summer only trading strategy. But the fans would need to accept that investment in January, would mean less investment in the Summer. I could certainly live with that.
Ideally, I would want someone like Cabaye. People will say we are covered in central midfield, but there is just nowhere near enough creativity going on. Osman showed how important and advantageous a bit of incisive, forward passing creativity can be yesterday, and Cabaye is literally 10 times better than Osman. Signing him may be unlikely for a number of reasons, but I have no doubt that a player like him would lift us right up the league. The winger issue can be sorted out by another loan.
