He'll probably get a better reception on his return to Goodison in a couple weeks time than any of our new signings will get.
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stamullenblue
Player Valuation: £20m
Wow. 120 minutes in a blue shirt and written off already. ?????
It's hard to make a contribution going forward when the manager doesn't like his fullbacks going past the half way line.
I'm sure Villa wouldn't be his first choice but got to look at it from his perspective. He has to move this window to get into the French team for the World Cup and Villa are a side aiming for Europe.
We definitely were in for Diaz mate and he wanted to come but it all rested on James to Porto and that never really looked likely. But all of the Everton journos got hold of that Diaz story, it was definitely a thing that happened. But all hinged on James and Porto were never ever going to pay his wage.
We had the money to bid for Patterson though, so there was something available and like I said something for Diaz. We'd probably have had the money to go and get one player in (let's say Patterson) without selling this window, and then maybe a loan. Selling Digne has got us two players (but we have had to buy his replacement) and maybe we'll be able to get another player in too.
I am happy with a squad overhaul but it won't make a jot of difference under this manager.
they also have a manager who isn't stuck in 2005
AsiaAsia82
Player Valuation: £35m
One kopite selling one of our best players on the cheap to another kopite and people still think he should stay
UltraVires
Player Valuation: £8m
He may be one of our best players but we will likely get the best fee today that we ever would for him given his age.
If you accept that and take on board, we have used the funds his sale brings in to potentially lock down our RB and LB for the next 5-10 years potentially then it is one sale that makes good long term sense.
Yes, Digne is very good and we are strengthening a club that we will be competing with but we are in such a state that we need to just focus on making sound decisions today so that in future, we have the ability to compete financially with these type of teams.
Given how poorly it's been handled, the best thing to do is get him moved on quickly and use funds to strengthen elsewhere - CB and CM would be my priority.
We wanted Mykolenko when Ancelotti was here, according to Dynamo Kyiv's manager anyway.
It's interesting to see how the media is reacting to Villa making moves like this in comparison to us
With us it was always looking at the potential negatives and acting like we had ideas above our station
With Villa they are gassing them up and talking about how ambitious they are, talking about how historically successful they are
They clearly see Villa as a real sleeping giant whilst they see us as never-will-be's who are getting too cocky
I never said they'd achieve it but they as a team/club have aspirations and a squad aiming for Europe. Not sure that's deniable.
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