Oasis1878
Player Valuation: £30m
Yep! GK, RB, CM for me.definitely 3 away from being a top starting 11!
Who knows what Gbamin will be like when he’s back, could reduce the need for another CM.
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Yep! GK, RB, CM for me.definitely 3 away from being a top starting 11!
Also need a left and right winger and another centre forward. All need to be blessed with pace. Get rid of the deadwood like Fabian Delph, Siggy, Bernard and Gomes and we will be on our wayYep! GK, RB, CM for me.
Who knows what Gbamin will be like when he’s back, could reduce the need for another CM.
We need more than the three I mentioned but will be hard to do all of the business in one window. Can’t imagine us getting rid of Delph, Gylfi, Bernard, Gomes in one go- although I hope they are all shifted.Also need a left and right winger and another centre forward. All need to be blessed with pace. Get rid of the deadwood like Fabian Delph, Siggy, Bernard and Gomes and we will be on our way
A top central defender would be nice too.Also need a left and right winger and another centre forward. All need to be blessed with pace. Get rid of the deadwood like Fabian Delph, Siggy, Bernard and Gomes and we will be on our way
Sigh.A top central defender would be nice too.
Trouble is GK and King have to be settled as well, plus forward if Bernard leaves.Yep! GK, RB, CM for me.
Who knows what Gbamin will be like when he’s back, could reduce the need for another CM.
Fair enough on the 60 years and not playing computer games I'll take that back but you must admit there is a tendency for gross simplification of footballing finances when people are talking about potential transfers?
And it's very arguable that the figures being bandied about as money in the transfer kitty are nothing but wild speculation and a complete disregard for facts and how things actually work. Some headlines include the value of the contract, some include the agents cut, others don't.
The Rodriguez deal has been reported as a £20M deal and also a free transfer. Everton may well have shelled out quite a few million to help Madrid settle up what was still owing on Rodriguez's contract and other legalities to get the move done so while there's not a transfer fee there's still a quite a bit being spent on a "free" transfer. Rooney's transfer to MLS was reported as free and also as a £7M deal so probably the same kind of thing - a free that's not without cost.
I've not got the figures to hand but what was the actual net spend last summer? Given how deals are structured and that reported fees aren't actually an accurate reflection of money in and out at any one point then I'm not sure it's a simple matter of spending being a simple per window thing. FFP runs over a rolling 3 year average I think so I'd imagine there's quite a bit of shifting payment terms to later years in order to keep on course in the meantime.
And Moshiri reducing his stake in USM doesn't indicate Usmanov's chucking £100M in the pot and there's this £30M of drips and drabs coming in. There could be any number of reasons for it.
maybe.. I don’t bank on seeing him again. personally one of them has to be a RW for me. James goes centralYep! GK, RB, CM for me.
Who knows what Gbamin will be like when he’s back, could reduce the need for another CM.
Ancelotti didn't want Doucoure. Brands convinced him. Ancelotti very thankful.
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Ancelotti makes Abdoulaye Doucoure transfer admission after Everton talks
Everton signed Doucoure last September having tried to land the midfielder beforewww.liverpoolecho.co.uk
I’m glad we got Doucoure in, but this isn’t really a ringing endorsement of Brands. I think we could have got in a younger player who could offer us what Doucoure offers us at a lower price and with a much higher ceilingAncelotti didn't want Doucoure. Brands convinced him. Ancelotti very thankful.
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Ancelotti makes Abdoulaye Doucoure transfer admission after Everton talks
Everton signed Doucoure last September having tried to land the midfielder beforewww.liverpoolecho.co.uk
I’m glad we got Doucoure in, but this isn’t really a ringing endorsement of Brands. I think we could have got in a younger player who could offer us what Doucoure offers us at a lower price and with a much higher ceiling
I understand, my point really was I guess we all knew what we were going to get with Doucoure and signing a player you know will perform to a certain standard obviously has its own appeal. What I would like to see from Brands is bringing in more players that perhaps we don’t know quite as much about but have the capacity to really kick on and improve - in the Branthwaite, Nkounkou model but further in their development.That's a lot of ifs and buts with no evidence to back it up.