Michy Batshuayi

[AndyZ]

If £15M is almost £20M I hate to have you as my accountant!

was there a sell on clause in our original deal with Standard?

I believe there was and this is surely what @Pabbers was referring to. So £15m being the original transfer fee with ~£5m being owed after selling him to MUFC due to a sell on clause. I'm just speculating here. *shrugs*

 

[micknick]

There is talk that this lad could be the next big Belgian superstar. He looks a good prospect and for us to do anything with our current financial situation we need to take a punt on someone who has potential that could be a superstar- I hope this is that player.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Here's my jarg scouting report on the pros and cons of signing him based on various Youtube clips.

Pros:
- Looks to have good technique
- Good movement off the ball
- Loves to score from acute angles
- Doesn't do any pish dancing when he scores, does flips
- He's young, Belgian, and would be much cheaper than Lukaku

Cons:
- Looks to have about average pace for a front man
- Doesn't seem to be a target man, which always seems important for us
- His good movement will go ignored as we never play through balls

Verdict - Sign him up for less than £10m. Someone e-mail this to Bobby please, cheers.

 

[royalblue66]

Everton don't do strikers

 

[bluemangroup]

Him and Tadic please Bobby. I know you read this.

 

[nsno-chris]

Pinning your hopes, and budget, on a 20 year old striker from a foreign league isn't the way forward. Lukaku has been playing constantly for 18 months and is still finding it difficult.

You sign Batshuayi wheny you already have an accomplished centre forward in place, so you are not relying on a kid to deliver week in, week out. Unfortunatley we are not in position to do so; to spend a shed load of money on someone who is still developing, not even taking into account his transition to a faster more powerful league, is just crazy

 

[neil999]

Him and Tadic please Bobby. I know you read this.

hes got you moomin and bungle on ignore tho, luckily ive quoted your post so he will now get to read it

that'd be a pretty good summer, one more player tho please

 

[mrb85]

It's a sad indictment on the true state of affairs at GP that Everton, the home of great centre forwards, is currently operating without a permanent employee on the books filling the CF shirt.

 

[bluemangroup]

hes got you moomin and bungle on ignore tho, luckily ive quoted your post so he will now get to read it

that'd be a pretty good summer, one more player tho please

There's no way he has all of Bungles multis on ignore.

 

[TheFinnFan]

Why are we still talking about this guy?

 

[Moomin]

Why are we still talking about this guy?

Shall we talk about Kenwyne Jones instead, looked good on the weekend.

 

[Donald Twain]

No please No! He looks like a badge kissing corner flag dancer to me.

 

[efcfanwirral]

There is talk that this lad could be the next big Belgian superstar. He looks a good prospect and for us to do anything with our current financial situation we need to take a punt on someone who has potential that could be a superstar- I hope this is that player.

Is this one of those where we get linked to the player for a certain amount, then someone like City or Liverpool come in for him? (like Fernando and Negredo)?

 

[FTY]

Is this one of those where we get linked to the player for a certain amount, then someone like City or Liverpool come in for him? (like Fernando and Negredo)?

100%.

 

[micknick]

Is this one of those where we get linked to the player for a certain amount, then someone like City or Liverpool come in for him? (like Fernando and Negredo)?

Maybe. We need a striker we can believe in could Mitsy Turbo be that man?!