John Stones transfer saga

[RFUS]

Need to see what the club do really. If they reject it and hold firm, then I think it's clear Stones has had his head turned.

If they give in to it, it feels a bit fishy.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Arsed. Give us the £40m and he's yours.

 

[Carlito]

Would have been nice to get at least one full season of him starting every week.

 

[royalblue66]

That bloody Andy Gray was proved right,grrrr

 

[glorydaze]

The board have nothing to do with this. Chelsea bid, Everton refused, Stones wants to move so make him request it. Why should he get a bonus for leaving?

 

[blueboy1664]

Massive opportunity for EFC.... go massively public and make a statement to everyman and his dog, " Stones has our permission to talk to any club that is willing to meet our asking price ... the price of £50 million . No time wasters please, we are willing to do business if our valuation is met..."

Quite simple, we have something that people want to buy ( his value will not go down even if he plays in the reserves as good old Roy Hodgson has quoted that even if he not playing he will get in the squad.) the euros are coming, clubs have been watching him for a while and not just this year, they know his talent.

We have to make a public stance or next year this scenario will be for Barkley, Rom and the rest

 

[wikofootball]

Martinez could. Resign over this

 

[Jags..class]

I'm not going to spend all night on here moaning, disappointed in the player but we all know everyone out for themselves. The board don't have it in them to reject his request and force him to stay. The best outcome got us is we get 40 million bid with a sell on fee, from. A club that not chelsea

 

[dinverro]

Id tell him to get lost, should have done it weeks ago.

I didnt believe the club could be behind this but now I am not so sure.

The club owe a huge loan this month.. There is no coincidence and this has played out all Summer. I bet the club leaked stuff to the press and were part of the mass media campaign all along.

 

[longers]

Not surprised

Is there even any point in English football anymore ?

No ones ever allowed into the "elite" as they just buy up everyone else's good players.

Football is the most broken sport in the world, U.S. Sports are so much better in terms of competitiveness.

 

[davek]

that logic is ridiculous though. Based on what evidance is Evans not good enough and Van Dijk is? im not saying Van Dijk is a bad player, i would have him or Evans but the fact people are against Evans and want Van dijk doesnt make sense when lets be honest, know one watches scottish football

Evans is a confirmed screw up. The lad is a disaster. Van Dijk has all the hallmarks of a class player. He'll leave Celtic this window and go to a top club.

 

[jinkyali]

Although I would love to see Stones develop at Everton and go on to be the best defender in the world, it is not a total disaster and at the end of the day he is a central defender so it will cost less and arguably easier to replace than most other positions. If it means getting in someone like Yarmolenko then I'm afraid it is a no-brainer.

It is immensely disappointing that we always lose players nowadays, but times have changed. We cannot offer what the money clubs do. That is winning titles, mammoth wages and year on year Champs League football.

There arent many centre backs who are as good at playing the way Martinez wants though.

 

[Bobbywoodhogan]

He's not due a loyalty payment. He's not been here long enough.

Fair enough. Maybe Stones just wants to go and it doesn't make him anything other than ambitious?

Maybe he looks at the progress someone like Zouma made at Chelsea and backs himself to do the same. He's not really an Everton lad is he?

 

[xreyuk]

Just spoke to a guy in work.

His missus works at a golf club and hotel near Manchester and said that somebody rang up today to book John Stones in to stay tonight.

Maybe he's heading to United? Evans the other way as part of the deal?

 

[the_leftback]

For me, Stones is at fault here. He's the target of my fume.

All bids have been rejected by the club with not for sale being stated, so if he intended to go then he should have handed in this request sooner.

I'm disappointed as he'll be excellent one day, but if he doesn't want to be here then he can sod off.

Do you honestly believe that Stones has waited for 4 bids to be rejected to hand in a transfer request a week before the end of the window?

Same tactics every time from the board.