John Stones transfer saga

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

As soon as Stones handed in his request, I hope we were right on the phone to City and Man U to let them know.

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

I would tell him he is going nowhere. He can rot in the reserves if he sulks. Send out a message to him and any other player who thinks theyare bigger or better than Everton FC. Big week coming up, sell him and Martinez appears weak and Chelsea's disgusting media campaign wins. Tell them to **** off!

 

[bizzaro]

Stones in July this year:
"I am very happy at Everton," he told Sky Sports.
"My aim right now is to try to nail down a regular spot in this Everton team and hopefully that will take care of playing for England.
"I have to keep learning from the likes of Phil Jagielka and keep progressing at this club."

3 weeks of the EFC Boards proxies working on him.

Enough to make an Evertonian quit

 

[Professor Toffee]

We could do a Kiev and say for example we want 50 million and will only sell him to a non EPL team

 

[beautifulthing]

Sorry for derailing your thread lads.

One thing I wil say on the Stones saga, as a Chelsea fan I do want him and think he's a very talented lad but I think the price is way to much. Would you be happier if you got a player in the deal? Say Moses?

Well, they do say laughter is the best medicine.

 

[Ambient]

I really had hope for this season so many young promising players and we could build something good for seasons to come.
Perhaps in a few years compete with the top four.
Then instead he wants to be fourth choice in Chelsea that is so sad. One more great season for us and England he would be first choice in what ever club he wanted.

But now he will be like all the other English players in Chelsea and City. Forgotten

 

[Coffee and TV]

I find it very odd how Stones has played so well despite wanting to leave this whole time.. generally players lose form when they're looking to leave (Sterling, De Gea). It seemed to me that he was certain of staying, progressing and playing well - keeping his head down and playing football like he's done this season so far.

Maybe our loss to Man City showed him how far we are from the likes of them and Chelsea?

Well Chelsea lost 3-0 to City the week before so that's weird logic if that is it. More likely the news that Chelsea were in talks with Garay made Stones realise that they actually do need a centre back and he'd have to push Everton if he wanted to get the move.

 

[davek]

Stones had been reluctant to force the issue further but Everton’s refusal to countenance his departure this summer has prompted Stones to take matters into his own hands. The appeal of Champions League football with the Premier League title holders is apparently too great and Stones handed in the request before training on Tuesday afternoon and is now awaiting a response.

Everton have suggested publicly that their hardline stance would not change even if the player asked for a move, maintaining a policy that saw them retain Leighton Baines despite strong interest from Manchester United in 2013. The left-back opted against submitting a transfer request and, six months later, signed a long-term contract at Goodison Park.

Yet Stones has decided against following his team-mate’s lead and has risked the wrath of supporters by asking to go, leaving the chairman, Bill Kenwright, and Martínez with an awkward decision to make. While their instinct will be to reject the request, they now have an unhappy player on their books and will be acutely aware that only a small window remains for them to secure a replacement before Tuesday’s transfer deadline.

If Stones does leave, Everton would be left with only one senior centre-half, England’s Phil Jagielka, in their squad, with less than a week to recruit.

Chelsea’s fourth offer is likely to total around £35m with add-ons to take it to £40m – double their initial valuation of the defender – with the manager, José Mourinho, convinced Stones would represent both a long-term asset and a player who could be flung straight into his first team.

Mourinho has seen John Terry struggle to date this season, despite playing every minute of the club’s title-winning campaign, with the captain substituted in the defeat at Manchester City and sent off at West Bromwich Albion last Sunday. Another senior player, Branislav Ivanovic, has endured a torrid first few appearances at right-back, a position Stones has filled in at for club and country.

If the player does force through a move then his former club, Barnsley, will be entitled to a significant cut – understood to be 15% – of the fee under the terms of the deal negotiated when selling him to Everton in January 2013 for an initial £1.25m, potentially rising to £3m with add-ons.

Everton, who play Chelsea at Goodison immediately after next month’s international break, visit Oakwell on Wednesday for a League Cup second round tie in which Stones was expected to feature, though it remains to be seen whether he will now be involved.

Chelsea, who signed Pedro from Barcelona last week for £21.2m, may seek to undertake more business before the deadline and retain an interest in the Juventus midfielder, Paul Pogba, though it appears any deal for the France international, which would cost up to £70m to complete, is unlikely to be concluded in the window. Victor Moses, who has been suffering with a groin injury, is interesting West Ham United and could yet be permitted to move.

Juan Cuadrado, a £23.3m arrival from Fiorentina in January, has departed Stamford Bridge for Juventus on a season-long loan while Marko Marin has become the 26th player to leave Chelsea on a temporary deal this summer after moving to the Turkish club, Trabzonspor. There is an option for the Germany winger to make the move permanent for around £2.9m next summer.

'kin rat.

Get this toe rag out asap.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Sorry for derailing your thread lads.

One thing I wil say on the Stones saga, as a Chelsea fan I do want him and think he's a very talented lad but I think the price is way to much. Would you be happier if you got a player in the deal? Say Moses?

There's a very good chance he'll be the best centre half England has had since Bobby Moore.

No exaggeration.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

I'm not bothered what Chelsea want.

There, I said it!

 

[formerly manx toffee]

Sorry for derailing your thread lads.

One thing I wil say on the Stones saga, as a Chelsea fan I do want him and think he's a very talented lad but I think the price is way to much. Would you be happier if you got a player in the deal? Say Moses?

Bring back neg rep

Moses ffs....get a grip

 

[Deco]

I think that's because he's a genuinely nice person and professional, and not an egotistical sociopath like most players are these days. Which also begs the question how much of this is actually his doing.

I think he's too switched on to get his head turned without him believing that it was the right move. He's probably wondering why we're linked with Rodriguez while Chelsea are about to sign Pogba for half of our club's worth.

 

[tim cahill]

Sorry for derailing your thread lads.

One thing I wil say on the Stones saga, as a Chelsea fan I do want him and think he's a very talented lad but I think the price is way to much. Would you be happier if you got a player in the deal? Say Moses?

MOSES???!
This has to be a wind up!

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

Too high ? Not for me...

What does CL have to do with it ? He is quite clearly capable of playing at the very highest level. He has been a regular for a top club for the last 18 months and is an England international.

IF I could be arsed I'd look up the list of complete failures who met that criteria at some point. My point is he is not the finished article.

 

[ftk43]

We can also just say that we want at least 50m and let all the rich boys fight for him.