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January 2015 transfer window ( No GIFs allowed )(Nor fish puns ffs)

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AaronTheBlue said:
Roberto Martinez has ruled out signing a winger before the end of the transfer window.

And the Everton FC boss is backing the on-loan Christian Atsu to give his Blues career lift-off when he returns to the side.

Atsu has helped Ghana reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals and produced a man-of-the-match display in their deciding group game against South Africa.

The 22-year-old has struggled to make an impact at Goodison Park after sealing a season-long loan from Chelsea in the summer and a miserable first five months at the club were compounded when he picked up a hamstring injury in December.

Everton have been linked with a number of players who could bolster their options in wide areas but Martinez is happy with his lot and believes a fully fit and firing Atsu can have still make his loan move a success.

“It has always been the plan that Christian Atsu will be an important player for us in the second-half of the season and so it was great to see him doing so well and his man-of-the-match award against South Africa,” said Martinez.

“He is a player who will come back strong and ready to have a big role.”

Everton have been linked with a number of wingers in the January transfer window but Martinez is content with the options at his disposal.

And despite the Blues being on a torrid run of form, which has seen them win just one of their last 13 games, the Goodison boss will not be looking to add in that position.

“I do think when Kevin Mirallas is fit and with Aiden McGeady - and the possibility of Ross Barkley and Steven Naismith to play in those positions - I think we are strong enough in those areas at the moment,” the Catalan said.

“But January, and any window, is always an opportunity where you can look to see if we can find specific characters who can help the players we have at the club, and we will always do that.

“I’m not saying we won’t try and work hard in January, we will, but we are not relying on spending money in January to find solutions when that would be a real gamble and a real risk.

“We have got the team, we know how well it performed last season and the group has more experience so it is finding that form back rather than spending in a window that we know is such a dangerous and difficult market to be involved in.”
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SerenityNigh said:
Probably there is money, but a specific (and small) amount that can be used for transfers, limiting RM's options. When he says he doesn't think the January window offers "value," he's looking for someone that won't be available until summer and knows that if he spends now he might not be able to get the target(s) he really wants. That's my optimistic interpretation, but maybe the club is simply Out Of Cash.
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That's a different argument to we have no money however it puts all our eggs in one basket. If it comes off great but even if it does it still makes us desparate to make it work which could inflate the price like with Lukaku.
 
Fansince1988 said:
May be he just hasn't found the right player available,we can all say buy him loan him.But at the end of the day it's his job to find the right players not ours,one thing I don't want is players bought for the sake of it.
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I want players ( good ones) not ones that our in the market as there crap. But I want players to boost the club and are current predictiment
 

matty1878 said:
We've got no money Ffs wake up its bill
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Phil Kirkbride who's the Everton correspondent for the Echo says we have got money if he wants it so where's your logic. Got it on good authority that people Kenwright trusts in the club i.e Royle, Stuart, Sharp, Sheedy are all really sick of Martinez who's completely lost the dressing room.
 
Robertor said:
Phil Kirkbride who's the Everton correspondent for the Echo says we have got money if he wants it so where's your logic. Got it on good authority that people Kenwright trusts in the club i.e Royle, Stuart, Sharp, Sheedy are all really sick of Martinez who's completely lost the dressing room.
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So shoudnt kenwright sack him and get another manager in? Oh no wait then the money would have to be used to pay Roberto of......
 

matty1878 said:
I want players ( good ones) not ones that our in the market as there crap. But I want players to boost the club and are current predictiment
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I'm like every other fan I want good new players to,but teams aren't going to part with many good players at this time of the year,I'm sure if there is a quality player available and Martinez thinks he could be a pivotal part of our future he would go for it.I just don't want anymore of the Eto type players,that aren't going to be here for the long haul.
 
tim cahill said:
You think he's going to bench Barkley and Naismith to accommodate a new attacking midfielder?
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No mate. I should just qualify what I mean about a wide player not being his priority - I meant an orthodox winger type. I do think he'll look wide for more of a creative force, someone who could play wide and do a job for him between the lines. He had Gomez at Swansea and Wigan playing that sort of role. Maybe he thought Eto'o could do it when he brought him in.
 

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