I really think he'd have been great to compliment Stones and Jags. As a replacement for Stones, though, not good enough.
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I really think he'd have been great to compliment Stones and Jags. As a replacement for Stones, though, not good enough.
Kompany, Pique and Pogba for Stones. I would be happy with that
Mourinho is desperate for Stones cos he knows world class centre half partnerships are really hard to find but crucial to success. Liverpool when they were decent always snapped up the most solid footballing centre halves available, United snapped up Pallister ahead of them and it was part of the shift in power. Confidence builds from this position for the entire team. Our early season form last year proves that and I can't think of a successful team that didn't have two class footballing centre halves, a decent keeper and a goalscorer. Stones is one of the best I have seen for decades, keep hold of him and find a consistent partner for him (once Jags has gone) and who knows what we can achieve (decent keeper needed). We haven't had this prospect for thirty years. Not for sale! No money can replace the joy of watching someone who could be one of the best in the world in an Everton shirt.
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lol you knew what i meant.
Signing the back up centre half (evans), the first choice (Dijk) and the midfielder/winger (lennon/mystery).
So 0 of the stones money genuinely spent
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at the end of the day Stones commands a high fee because he is good enough to play first choice for the next 10-15 years potentially. The problem is chelsea can pay that sort of fee.
The job of the club is to sign another player who can replicate that, so we aren't losing a top talent per ce.
I've seen cenre halves who looked decent elsewhere come and go for 30 years. it isn't that easy and at the moment i don't think the club can afford to take the chance. a player is always an asset unless we think he may have peaked. he may go but it won't be good for the club.
Tbh my primary concern is that whatever you think of Evans talents on the pitch, he is rarely fit enough stay on it for a full game, week on week.
Over the past couple of seasons he's played less league minutes than Sturridge whose legs are made of cheese string (evans 2475 vs Sturridge 3019). For a defender that is awful reliability when one of the ley strengths of a backline is consistent playing time to build up an instinctive rapport
Anyhow that is probably off topic - John Stones is great and I hope we keep him even if it is just for a year.
60 million!
helpimonfire
Player Valuation: £35m
He still here then...Well in John Lid.
Whistlin' Dixie
Player Valuation: £50m
Or 1,000 Seamus Colemans.
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It never is good to lose a talented player, for every osman there is a barkley in the game. But fact is stones like anyone else has a price and chelsea can afford to meet that price if they so wish to.
Even messi has a price in the game, everyone is for sale. You just need to spend the right amount to get them. Sad but at least we do have a tendancy to fleece teams for as much as we can, bar arteta.
30 million Rio Ferdinand went for 32 million 13 years ago with inflation double that fee and we may listen!
where do you find Colemans? they are a rare find!
Our back four next season:
Baines - Jagielka - Browning - 1,000 Seamus Colemans
point is though that as it is Everton setting the price it isn't just a question of looking at whether we can snap up someone else who looks ok and have cash over. Chelsea know their domination could depend on snapping up someone like Stones. this may sound over the top but why else is their pursuit so relentless. his value could be the revenue major trophies will bring in, the commercial cash from marketing a potential England captain and knowing they could still prob sell on to the likes of Barca or Madrid.
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