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Ah well, either way I know we could have got money for him. Expect to see him off this window.
A half decent DoF with good contacts should be able to get at least £30 million for Gomes (£10m ) Bernard (£10 m ) Iwobi (£10 - 15m ) and Delph ( free ). Add in JJK (£5m ) Mina (£15-£20 m ) and Kean ( £30-35 m ) and it gives Carlo a decent budget even before Moshiri puts his hand in his pocket again.
If Brands does really well he could also shift Tosun - if he makes a miracle recovery - and Sigurdsson.
Thats the benchmark of how good he is as a DoF and sadly I'm not holding my breath.
You've just hit the nail on the head.
There is a culture of complacency and mediocrity at Goodison and it starts with DBB.
So are we just going to arguing about Brands for another 3 months now the season is over? I for one think it sounds like a right hoot.
Simon Buttle
Player Valuation: £60m
As much as i agree with you, the majority of the 25 (i think it's 16/17) are now Brands bought players yet we are still talking about needing a squad rebuild. Tbh apart from Godfrey and Digne i would take a bid for any of them.
Si.....Bog off
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
Tell you what Dave lets see how the close season develops.
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
Contract renewals will be a key line in the sand. I’ve backed him so far as I believe he’s improved the squad despite the FFP constraints he’s had to work in. The contract renewal for Keane was a red flag though. If he signs off on any sort of meaningful contract extensions for Gylfi Siggurdson Seamus Coleman and Tom Davies though then I’m done with him. Fair enough if it’s a low wage year extension for Coleman to play backup right back or something like that then fine, but any sort of multi year deal on significant wages is absolute lunacy.
No one can claim to be setting us up for success and then reward these players with new contracts. They all need to be moved out of the club. We’ve done well so far not giving out Mirallas or Garbutt type deals since Brands arrived, but the Keane one was questionable and any significant extension for any of the above would be a disgrace.
No one can claim to be setting us up for success and then reward these players with new contracts. They all need to be moved out of the club. We’ve done well so far not giving out Mirallas or Garbutt type deals since Brands arrived, but the Keane one was questionable and any significant extension for any of the above would be a disgrace.
TheSecondComing
Player Valuation: £35m
He’s got to move quick here.
Looking at the outs.
Sigurdsson
Bernard
Delph
JJK
Iwobi
Just those for example no tournament for them this summer get them gone ASAP.
Minimal fees apart from Iwobi just get them off the wage bill and out.
Looking at the outs.
Sigurdsson
Bernard
Delph
JJK
Iwobi
Just those for example no tournament for them this summer get them gone ASAP.
Minimal fees apart from Iwobi just get them off the wage bill and out.
....the big concern for me is the complete lack of effective wide midfielders and lack of pace and mobility in certain areas. This means we only have one way of playing, which is suitable away from home but impotent at Goodison where we have to take the game to the opposition.
Signing ponderous James & Allen when we already have ponderous Gomes, Davies and Sigurdsson is a concern. No viable, creative & goalscoring threat in wide areas is a major omission given how long Brands has been here.
For me it’s more about the ‘type’ of player he’s failed to bring in as it is about the likes of Iwobi and Delph.
...it makes it all seem so straightforward.
It takes 3 parties to make a transfer happen; the current club no longer wants the player: a club wants to acquire the player: the player wants to leave.
Sigurdsson gets lots of playing time, I can‘t see Ancelotti wanting to release him & suspect he’ll be offered a new deal. Rumours in recent windows suggest Bernard could be off to an uncompetitive league who pay big bucks (Saudi, China perhaps). Bernard seems the most likely to go.
I honestly can’t see anybody wanting Delph & if they do he might want to see out his deal and ultimately move on a Bosman. Iwobi might go if there is interest and a financially attractive deal for him.
Carlito
Player Valuation: £40m
It would take a very strong stance from the club to get rid of Sigurdsson or Delph, eg no squad number, train with the U23s, etc. Otherwise, they'll just sit tight and wait until there are gaps to be plugged in the match day squad again.
I can't see it happening.
Why would you want to get rid of Mina? Gomes is worth zero plus a big reduction in his salary.
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