January Transfer Thread 2020

[ChesterBlue]

Would’ve liked that Bowen, but not for over 20 mil

 

[Dymak]

Would’ve liked that Bowen, but not for over 20 mil

Will prove far better value than Walcott at the same price, imo.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Would’ve liked that Bowen, but not for over 20 mil

He is on a free in the summer though, only WHU would be stupid enough to pay £20m for a player who in 6 months will cost £0

 

[Agent Blue]

You know brexit is going to stop this from happening somehow... it’s just “ Everton that” I mean world wars have broken out after we assembled title winning teams . The European ban, We now have billions but can’t spend , we have a world class manager but don’t have any lukaku, Rooney, stones etc fate hates Everton and I’m sure it’s something to do with the pact with the devil that the RS have made

Absolutely mate I agree with almost every word, but I still wouldn't swap the Blues for all the tea in China.
Maybe we do have a Lukaku, Rooney or Stones as Barca just offered 85mill for Richarlison and we should be able to transform the club into coherent functioning winners with help from CA and Brands.
This season it feels like like the club have found new and elaborate ways to Ev it up just when we thought we had seen it all, but we are slowly beginning to turn it all around. We will have a state of the art ground on a prime waterfront location soon, money to spend and we will break the hoodoo over our smug neighbours in the not too distant future. "Everton that" will still be an entity for a little while yet.......but not for long!

 

[dave n]

I think there is an argument each way.

For every Galloway and Garbutt there is a Stones, DCL and Holgate. Its about good judgement and pathways.

Take Lewis Gibson that is a situation under a different regime that probably would have seen him leave on a free like Gosling. But after being reassured of a development pathway he has stayed, signed a new deal and hopefully will be an asset - id credit Brands there.

On Baines as i said yesterday to much controversy, we dropped a clanger on Robinson, if we could have done a Lewis Gibson on him, loaned him to Wigan instead of giving 34 year old legend Baines a new deal, it would have been good work - id be critical of Brands there.

I suppose no one is perfect and you cant win them all.

As i have said before i think we are bit sluggish in the domestic market at lower levels, i dont think Brands has the network or domestic contracts yet, the way Steve Walsh arguably had, which in a way is understandable given his career has been largely outside this country. Thats not saying Walsh was brilliant and Brands crap, just an observation, Walsh as we know wasnt great at international signings, were Brands is better. Not that Brands wont develop this and Braithwaite looks a positive step, but its just my take and opinion.

If Robinson came through our youth team though and he had an opportunity to come back maybe in the summer if he was good enough he would.
Especially if he wants to stay in the North West.

 

[mahermi1]

He is on a free in the summer though, only WHU would be stupid enough to pay £20m for a player who in 6 months will cost £0

Love to know how the happy hammers are not facing FFP problems like us, their squad seems huge like ours, full of internationals and. Apparently the new ground is only bringing in roughly the same amount as the old one.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Love to know how the happy hammers are not facing FFP problems like us, their squad seems huge like ours, full of internationals and. Apparently the new ground is only bringing in roughly the same amount as the old one.

I have wondered that, they have a massive squad when you look at it, mind i would'nt trust their owners whatsoever so who knows tbh.

 

[MikeH72]

He is on a free in the summer though, only WHU would be stupid enough to pay £20m for a player who in 6 months will cost £0

I heard from someone on here that it was a “smart” signing.

Smart.

 

[mahermi1]

I have wondered that, they have a massive squad when you look at it, mind i would'nt trust their owners whatsoever so who knows tbh.

Neither would I .

 

[ChesterBlue]

He is on a free in the summer though, only WHU would be stupid enough to pay £20m for a player who in 6 months will cost £0

I didn’t realise that! Wow what a awful waste of money haha!

 

[ChesterBlue]

Will prove far better value than Walcott at the same price, imo.

I think if I’d paid 20m for the breakfast I just had, I’d have been getting better value than Walcott tbf

 

[BlueStevie35]

I didn’t realise that! Wow what a awful waste of money haha!

Even funnier is that he apparently asked for a relegation release clause to be put in, so basically if Moyes doesn’t pull them out of trouble, he’s basically paid £20m for a 5 month loan lol

 

[Blue toffee]

I have wondered that, they have a massive squad when you look at it, mind i would'nt trust their owners whatsoever so who knows tbh.

There was a story in the paper last week about their finances. Said staying in the prem is essential for them.

 

[KaiserEFC]

He is on a free in the summer though, only WHU would be stupid enough to pay £20m for a player who in 6 months will cost £0

I might be wrong but I think I read something about Hull being able to trigger an extra year on his deal. Not sure if it was true like

 

[ChesterBlue]

Even funnier is that he apparently asked for a relegation release clause to be put in, so basically if Moyes doesn’t pull them out of trouble, he’s basically paid £20m for a 5 month loan lol

Could you imagine lol lol