2021/22 Lucas Digne

[welshtoffee]

I can't believe this; the only excuse for bringing Benitez is was our better players would be more likely to stay under him than an eddie howe type. Now we're going to lose them all cos Benitez is an ass.

A stubborn ass who could not give a flying f*** about Everton

 

[EFC_FRANCIS]

He might help get him sacked next Saturday.

Or he might have known Benny the bomb wasn't going anywhere and with a world cup on the horizon felt like a liferaft was preferable to a sinking ship.

And ultimately that's what it's really been about the whole time. Doesn't matter if we're 17th or 7th he wasn't going to be happy because he cares more about his own individual stats than the good of the team

 

[Harryflashman]

Im not going to pretend I’m happy about this

 

[phil_t98]

There was zero chance of a situation like this.

Lets not rewrite someone's ability or contribution to the club because a manager with previous for the exact same thing spat the dummy out when a player rightly challenged him on tactics which have seen us drop like a stone in the league. The presser was such a cringeworthy performance I was left wondering why it wasn't headlined as a Bill Kenwright Production.

He was one of the first names on the teamsheet for almost everyone.

Again Coleman is one of the only names on the team sheet for right back and the fans have a go at him. Baines towards the end of his career was saying he was getting a lot of abuse down the touch line of fans. We need to move players on and the team hasn’t performed well at all with him in it. In the beginning him and Bernard linked up really well and it was like the old days of Pinaar and baines but nots as good. When Bernard went off the boil Digne want as effective. I like him do not get me wrong but I have seen him be awesome and I have seen him be easily caught out of position and be caught out a lot

 

[Carloblues]

One of the stinkiest sales we've made in years this.

Just propa grim, and it's all down to the fat mess in charge.

Hope he comes out swinging and tells everyone what the fat man done, he's not the first and won't be the last of our good players to be shifted because of him

 

[royalblue66]

?

Made up it’s done, now move on,

 

[Zatara]

I see @Neiler 's head is about to fall off.

We'll have cleared between £18-20mil in book profit on the transfer fees for a player turning 29 in 6 months.

Patterson £11mil rising to £16mil + Mykolenko (£12mil at a guess) rising up to £17mil would be £23mil in fees.

While Digne's deal is 'ok' on the fee if we do receive £25mil the two full backs make it a good to very good deal.

Hopefully he signs asap and we can also bring in a defensive midfielder.

 

[Abertonian]

And ultimately that's what it's really been about the whole time. Doesn't matter if we're 17th or 7th he wasn't going to be happy because he cares more about his own individual stats than the good of the team

Think that's a bit of a stretch. Hard to think that any professional footballer, never mind one that plays for one of the reigning world champions, wouldn't care whether we were 17th or 7th.

 

[DanEFC92]

I see @Neiler 's head is about to fall off.

We'll have cleared between £18-20mil in book profit on the transfer fees for a player turning 29 in 6 months.

Patterson £11mil rising to £16mil + Mykolenko (£12mil at a guess) rising up to £17mil would be £23mil in fees.

While Digne's deal is 'ok' on the fee if we do receive £25mil the two full backs make it a good to very good deal.

Hopefully he signs asap and we can also bring in a defensive midfielder.

That's if Patterson and Myko turn good.

 

[zukai12_]

whole club is just very bleak at the moment isn't it

 

[Zatara]

I see @Neiler 's head is about to fall off.

We'll have cleared between £18-20mil in book profit on the transfer fees for a player turning 29 in 6 months.

Patterson £11mil rising to £16mil + Mykolenko (£12mil at a guess) rising up to £17mil would be £23mil in fees.

While Digne's deal is 'ok' on the fee if we do receive £25mil the two full backs make it a good to very good deal.

Hopefully he signs asap and we can also bring in a defensive midfielder.

One more thing...

...im glad its not us spending £25mil and £100k+ a week on someone close to 29.

8 more players need to be sold and we have to strengthen with youth.

 

[hktoffee]

I see @Neiler 's head is about to fall off.

We'll have cleared between £18-20mil in book profit on the transfer fees for a player turning 29 in 6 months.

Patterson £11mil rising to £16mil + Mykolenko (£12mil at a guess) rising up to £17mil would be £23mil in fees.

While Digne's deal is 'ok' on the fee if we do receive £25mil the two full backs make it a good to very good deal.

Hopefully he signs asap and we can also bring in a defensive midfielder.

You know it’s going to be Longstaff Zat.

 

[Zatara]

That's if Patterson and Myko turn good.

In theory we would need one to become a £30mil+ player and the other to lose 50% of their value and we'd still be on top.

 

[JimmyK]

If it was all about getting away from benitez and he had an undying love for the club, surely he could be just waited the extra 3 games to outlast him? The unholy trinity of Digne Coutinho and Dings should be a laugh next Saturday anyway

I haven't seen anyone saying he has an undying love for the club just that he would have been happy to stay if it wasn't for Benitez which I understand wouldn't sound quite as dramatic as what you went for but does have the benefit of seeming to be true.

 

[BlueToff]

It’s up to £25m, btw. We aren’t getting £25m for him