January Transfer Thread 2017

[Eggs]

Knew I had seen that fella and that picture before.

Evertonian ‏@skbytes 28 Aug 2016
Watching Sporting V Porto game, I can confirm #Everton have made a 40 mil euro bid for #Brahimi he's not playing

...the plot thickens.

 

[ToffeeTim]

We need a HUGE STATEMENT.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Asmir Begovic is available for £12m, Bournemouth are interested, I think he is a great keeper, I am kind of surprised we are not linked, he is better than Robles and Stek

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/chelsea-tell-bouremouth-must-pay-9655746

Nearly 30 now mate, would rather we kept the £12m towards a boss young keeper in the Summer who can come in and be our number 1.

 

[windymiller]

If we are seriously interested in Kessie it would indicate that we are looking to develop a system which would involve an all action midfield and a possible back 3, making us very hard to score past. Having discussed Deulofeu at length recently I noted how he could not have scored the goal Davies did on Sunday. He would have stayed sat on the floor demanding a free kick. In this system we would Utilise wing backs and a lethal striker, with a wing forward supporting (Mirallas/Lookman/?). Against Man City it showed that with clinical finishing we can not just win but hammer very good sides.

Could this same tactic work against the likes of Palace away though?

Good time to experiment and get that squad balance correct and drilled ahead of August 17.

This is my worry. We seem to be linked to a plethora of all action, ball winning midfielders but how many do we need. If we were to sign Kessie that would be Schneiderlin, Kessie, Gana, Davies, Barry, McCarthy (and the dross - Gibson, Cleverley (when he comes back), Besic). How many combative or deep lying midfielders do we need?!

I would hope we would prep at least two systems, one for the teams that are going to play an open style of football and a second, less conservative system, for teams managed by the likes of Pulis and Allardyce.

 

[f.t.r.s]

would happily pony up £60 mill for aguero, even if it only meant having him for two years can you imagine the damage we'd do with him and rom up top?

 

[Milk]

And that link to Terrier fella is weird, hes played a total of 166minutes.

19 year old.

Strange un.

Not so strange when you read that Walsh wants to bring in 5 "outstanding" teenagers. Lookman was the start & I guess Holgate & Davies plus perhaps D C-L and it makes sense?

 

[ashwuk76]

We need a HUGE STATEMENT.

STATEMENT

Sorry that's as big as it will go....

 

[Goat]

Not so strange when you read that Walsh wants to bring in 5 "outstanding" teenagers. Lookman was the start & I guess Holgate & Davies plus perhaps D C-L and it makes sense?

Im all for it, just find it strange considering the limited time the boy has had on the pitch, can only assume he caught the eye in a youth game or something.

 

[Chimpy Glassman]

Don't listen to that @skybytes he talks utter nonsense and passes it off as fact.

 

[Dirty Dutch]

This guy has been linked to man utd and Barcelona. Can't imagine that we would get him.

 

[BlueToff]

Gelson is dead boss. We won't be signing him.

 

[jinkyali]

I don't understand why a player like Berahino who was wanted by Spurs , has sacrificed three years of his career through an on-going dispute with WBA and all this so that he can go to Stoke.

Its not actually all down to Saido.

Pulis personally makes profit out of the sale; Saido hates Pulis and doesn't want this to happen.
For the past 6-9 months Pulis has been on the verge of being sacked. Its only since the takeover that the pressure has reduced.

WBA didn't want to sell Saido as Pulis would pocket loads and he was on verge of being sakced; Saido didn't want to be sold as he didnt want Pulis to get the cash so rejected all moves.

As it stands, WBA more keen to sell now due to a) tribunal not going to go in there favour and b) Pulis position is strengthened since takeover bid.

All a bit messy.

 

[Bally8]

We need a HUGE STATEMENT.

Don't think we will ever make a statement signing, we have more money than we are used to but we aren't City rich. I blame our PR team/media for building this picture of us being the new City in reality we just have more access to our revenue streams than we had before.

I have come to accept this and its taken a while, I am angry that we have been led to believe we are the new City and I include myself in this.

 

[Groucho]

Its not actually all down to Saido.

Pulis personally makes profit out of the sale; Saido hates Pulis and doesn't want this to happen.
For the past 6-9 months Pulis has been on the verge of being sacked. Its only since the takeover that the pressure has reduced.

WBA didn't want to sell Saido as Pulis would pocket loads and he was on verge of being sakced; Saido didn't want to be sold as he didnt want Pulis to get the cash so rejected all moves.

As it stands, WBA more keen to sell now due to a) tribunal not going to go in there favour and b) Pulis position is strengthened since takeover bid.

All a bit messy.

How come Pulis will benefit?

Asking for Sam Allard... I mean a friend....

 

[ForeverEverton]

I`m a bit worried we haven't been linked seriously to any keepers this window, I don't think we can continue with Robles and Stekelenburg for the rest of the season.