John Stones transfer saga

[Joey66]

Handy to throw it through the chosen ones window with a letter saying not for sale!

 

[Magic BFC]

They paid £25m for Cuadrado and he's made 4 starts. Plus they're already looking to sell him again.

He's not John stones pal, the lads best defender in England bar none they're not trying to buy him not to play him, they know he'll not sign for them not to be played, if they make offer worthy of speaking to him they know his first question will be will I play week in week out why would they keep persuring him if the answer no,they're trying to buy him to play him

 

[JustOpp]

Hey guys lets sell that ace defender of ours whose value is only likely to grow while he makes our defence so much better and sign some FIFA playerZ instead!

I know you're just messing around, but for me it's about smart asset management. If (and that's a big question) Everton came to the conclusion this summer they're "probably" going to sell Stones next summer, they should've given Chelsea a clear buy him now number. If they were willing to overpay in July to avoid a bidding war next summer, do the deal.

There's going to be significant squad turnover next summer. I'm of the opinion the benefit of starting that transition a year early outweighs the negative of one less season from Stones, if the club are resigned to selling him next summer regardless.

That said, if I were in charge everything the club did this year would revolve around recruiting Stones, Barkley, Lukaku et al to stay at Everton as long as possible.

 

[Magic BFC]

As soon as Everton accept a bid from Chelsea, Man Utd, Man city, and Barcelona will match it and let John choose, absolutely nailed on.

 

[Connor]

Someone make a Stones version of the Wolf of Wall Street 'I'm not leaving' scene.

 

[Woolly Blue]

We have a winner!!!!
Brilliant stuff mate. It is posts like this that make GOT the best forum on the interweb. Kudos

PS I recently got a 1 week ban for penning a not dissimilar 'flight of fancy'-type post. The mods message that came with the ban went "worried about your sanity". lol lol

....usually Stoke or West Ham are the inserted parties...which leaves me but one option.....grrr

*collects thoughts and repairs rational process*....no, it's no good, someone help me PLEASE....grrr

(two hours pass by) :
paramedic : "doctor! what's happened to Mr Deipnosophist"?
Doctor : "it appears he has expired due to extreme hyper-fume"
paramedic : "b-b-but Doc, the window isn't closed yet!"
Doctor : "what do you mean, "it's not closed"?...FFS! get me some of those heart jump starters!"

(sizzling sounds of electricity is heard, lights in the theatre fluctuate bright/dim)

Paramedic : "Doc!!...he's coming to!"


Deipnosophist (drowsily) : grrr




<Curtain falls>
<rapturous applause>



(the entire cast returns to stage, and in unison shout) : "EVERTON, AREN'T WE!!!!!!"

 

[Kiwi]

Haha @deipnosophist I can see why you might have gotten a thread ban.

 

[USABlue]

Someone make a Stones version of the Wolf of Wall Street 'I'm not leaving' scene.

I second this request

 

[zirc]

That said, if I were in charge everything the club did this year would revolve around recruiting Stones, Barkley, Lukaku et al to stay at Everton as long as possible.

Pretty sure that is Martinez' plan, keeping those 3 + McCarthy as a spine to build around.

 

[St James the Less]

Pretty sure that is Martinez' plan, keeping those 3 + McCarthy as a spine to build around.

This will certainly show us how much (If any) ambition the board has.

 

[N.S.N.O.]

Yes although what % it is no-one seems to know. Seen estimates vary from 10% all the way to 25%.

Damn 25% would be a disaster.....sounds like a deal we would have done...

 

[yakublue]

Assuming we were allowed to spend it on players, it would be quite exciting to have £40m to play with right?

I was all for keeping Stones, but £40 million seems like a good deal to me.

 

[Boss_Blue]

...your indifference has attained withering heights...

Deserved more likes this.

 

[jazzy]

Damn 25% would be a disaster.....sounds like a deal we would have done...

It was reported on Talksh!te yesterday as being 15 % .

Who knows - I suspect only Everton , Barnsley his agent and the lawyers

 

[Elong]

Assuming we were allowed to spend it on players, it would be quite exciting to have £40m to play with right?

I was all for keeping Stones, but £40 million seems like a good deal to me.

Yeah great, if you're playing footy manager. Most of us operate in the real world where replacing someone without the fee being over inflated or not as good as Stones is the only real result.