2021/22 Lucas Digne

[Nymzee]

Just seen this. Assuming we are paying £5m per year for Patterson and Mykolenko over the length of their contract, surely this means we have a bit more room to get 1 or 2 more in. Unless this is just to bring us under the £105m rule

Never understood this book value nonsense. We didn’t sign him for £8m and if we received £25m we wouldn’t actually get that much on the books this year.

 

[Stephenlloyd]

Just seen this. Assuming we are paying £5m per year for Patterson and Mykolenko over the length of their contract, surely this means we have a bit more room to get 1 or 2 more in. Unless this is just to bring us under the £105m rule

The esk obviously knows his stuff amd
Better than me. But I’d say it’s less than 8 it’s only guess work on my part. But I’d say it was down to 8 when he signed his new
Deal last season

 

[Death]

Just seen this. Assuming we are paying £5m per year for Patterson and Mykolenko over the length of their contract, surely this means we have a bit more room to get 1 or 2 more in. Unless this is just to bring us under the £105m rule

What is the opposite of 17 million profit? Cause that's what we are getting.

 

[BlueToff]

I hope our fans don’t use this as an invitation to pile in on the lad.

yeah he's gonna need time

 

[MACCA75]

One of our best players joining Aston Villa raises huge red flags and alarm bells but as usual, our fan base can’t see it.

 

[AussieToffee11]

Not an entirely original thought, as I saw a tweet that touched on this broadly, but the fume about selling him to Villa is entirely off the mark.

Put it this way, if Everton were buying a 28/29 year old for £25-30m, who had an indifferent past 12-18 months, while Villa were buying a 22 year old international with plenty of upside for £20m, the angst on here would be intolerable.

This is EXACTLY what we should be doing.

 

[coollino]

Never understood this book value nonsense. We didn’t sign him for £8m and if we received £25m we wouldn’t actually get that much on the books this year.

It's the Xg of the FFP bores

 

[riddick]

Just seen this. Assuming we are paying £5m per year for Patterson and Mykolenko over the length of their contract, surely this means we have a bit more room to get 1 or 2 more in. Unless this is just to bring us under the £105m rule

He;s actually wrong on this as when Digne signed a new contract it spread the remainder of the transfer fee along those years. And how could it possibly be 8m if we bought him for 14m years ago?

 

[BlueToff]

They certainly were on the right trajectory, but throwing money around on older players is a bad sign.

tbf Digne isn't ancient. He'll probably get a 3.5-year deal with an option. He's 28, so it'll run until he's 31 or just about to turn 32.

Coutinho, it makes sense if they get the best out of him.

They're pushing for Europe and they have enough young players to balance it out.

I said a few days ago, Villa have leeway with P&S, Grealish gave them that

 

[MACCA75]

Not an entirely original thought, as I saw a tweet that touched on this broadly, but the fume about selling him to Villa is entirely off the mark.

Put it this way, if Everton were buying a 28/29 year old for £25-30m, who had an indifferent past 12-18 months, while Villa were buying a 22 year old international with plenty of upside for £20m, they fume on here would be intolerable.

This is EXACTLY what we should be doing.

Is he 28 or 29? He can’t be both.

 

[Nymzee]

Not an entirely original thought, as I saw a tweet that touched on this broadly, but the fume about selling him to Villa is entirely off the mark.

Put it this way, if Everton were buying a 28/29 year old for £25-30m, who had an indifferent past 12-18 months, while Villa were buying a 22 year old international with plenty of upside for £20m, they fume on here would be intolerable.

This is EXACTLY what we should be doing.

I’d agree, if it was an older untested player, but it’s Digne and we know he’s class and we know he will instantly improve a team we want to keep in our sights.

 

[coollino]

One of our best players joining Aston Villa raises huge red flags and alarm bells but as usual, our fan base can’t see it.

He is only moving there because he doesn't really have a choice. I'm sure Villa wouldn't even have been in his top 50 choices

 

[ForeverBlue92]

tbf Digne isn't ancient. He'll probably get a 3.5-year deal with an option. He's 28, so it'll run until he's 31 or just about to turn 32.

Coutinho, it makes sense if they get the best out of him.

They're pushing for Europe and they have enough young players to balance it out.

I said a few days ago, Villa have leeway with P&S, Grealish gave them that

Which is what we are doing with Digne ultimately.

Clubs like us have to sell way it goes.

 

[BlueToff]

Not an entirely original thought, as I saw a tweet that touched on this broadly, but the fume about selling him to Villa is entirely off the mark.

Put it this way, if Everton were buying a 28/29 year old for £25-30m, who had an indifferent past 12-18 months, while Villa were buying a 22 year old international with plenty of upside for £20m, they fume on here would be intolerable.

This is EXACTLY what we should be doing.

past 12 months. I can take that he wasn't amazing in 2021.

In November 2020, Evertonians were gutted that he could miss half the season and were saying he was the best LB in the league. He had a brilliant 2020, a brilliant start to last season.

But to the deal itself, it is what we should be doing, nobody's disputing that. It's the reasons why it's happened like it has that's the issue.

We should be able to make more than £7m (from £18m to £25m) on a player of Digne's quality really. But such is life.

 

[TheodoreDonaldKerabatsos]

One of our best players joining Aston Villa raises huge red flags and alarm bells but as usual, our fan base can’t see it.

He's been [Poor language removed] for 18 months. I can see that