Martinez:
"If the footballing authorities don't act we are going to end up in a position that contracts are going to mean nothing for players that perform well.
"The contract will only have any standing when the player is having a tough time or they're injured.
"A year ago if you commit yourself for five years there is some sort of responsibility behind that decision.
"It can't just be in order to protect when things are not going well for a player. That is an issue where the football authorities need to look into it.
"Maybe they want to change the way everything works and not have contracts."
I've agreed with everything Martinez has said this week, he's played a blinder.....except one argument which kinda sets himself up (and Everton) as a hypocrite....the window should be closed before the season starts, but it isn't so Chelsea are entitled to bid for Stones....and yes Stones has a contract with us, but Chelsea are still entitled to bid for him.....reason I don't like Martinez making this argument, is that it now implies that we won't be bidding for any player whose contracted to another club because we feel that's wrong....and infact we won't be bidding for any player now because the season has started and that's unfair to that club (and puts pressure on that player).....when we signed Stones, it was on deadline day and he was contracted to Barnsley....
Our argument should be about the manner Chelsea have gone about this....making the first bid public, Mourinho constantly talking about Stones in his press conferences, Chelsea players going on Sky Sports News telling Stones to join him.....do your transfer business Chelsea, but do it quietly and do it with some class!....