abelard
Player Valuation: £35m
What you said above is true.
However....the way he handled Niasse was in my mind, unprofessional, especially for a club such as Everton. There are ways to handle players and to let them know they're surplus to requirements. Koeman messed up on this one and badly.
I'm not super shook up about it, but I think you're right. And, it's not so easy to negotiate his transfer when we could hardly have done anything more to make it clear we don't value him.
I always had a soft spot for him. Always positive, always a gentleman. And his stint is as close as we're ever likely to get to manifesting what it would look like if I was ever invited to don the royal blue.