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kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
A shiny new Cup and a direct placement into the Europa League I believe.
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
RM is now trying to let us down gently. Misses the point completely about Rom wanting CL football which we cannot provide. The other highlighted bit says sod all about replacing those players with like for like.
"Roberto Martinez has played down the speculation regarding his best players, and Romelu Lukaku in particular, saying that Everton have no financial reason to sell.
The manager was asked this morning in his press conference ahead of Sunday's trip to Manchester United about the talk of Lukaku leaving the club this summer in search of Champions League football.
While he said he that individual situations would be dealt with in the summer, Martinez suggested that the Blues' position on the back of the new broadcast rights deal and Farhad Moshiri's arrival as Everton's new majority shareholder puts them in a position to rebuff advances for his best players.
"What we shouldn't be afraid about is losing payers because we are in a position where financially we can compete against anyone in world football at this time," he said.
"Things have changed radically in that respect but at the moment it's the wrong time; it's pointless to talk about individual situations because we have two months left to finish the season strongly.
Asked whether the club should be concerned about losing players who feel that they can no longer realise their ambitions at Everton, the manager reiterated his point about finances and stressed that such matters would be addressed during the close season. "You need to understand that at this point all that matters are the remaining games," he said. "In the summer we will have time to speak about individual situations.
"We're not in a position where we should be fearful of losing anyone because financially we can compete with anyone."
"At this present time it doesn't bother me what the individual situations will be in the summer. At the end of the season we will reassess how the season has gone. At the end of the season these individual cases will be approached and we can speak about that then. But this is the start of a new financial era at Everton. We are very, very strong and have our own ambitions."
"Roberto Martinez has played down the speculation regarding his best players, and Romelu Lukaku in particular, saying that Everton have no financial reason to sell.
The manager was asked this morning in his press conference ahead of Sunday's trip to Manchester United about the talk of Lukaku leaving the club this summer in search of Champions League football.
While he said he that individual situations would be dealt with in the summer, Martinez suggested that the Blues' position on the back of the new broadcast rights deal and Farhad Moshiri's arrival as Everton's new majority shareholder puts them in a position to rebuff advances for his best players.
"What we shouldn't be afraid about is losing payers because we are in a position where financially we can compete against anyone in world football at this time," he said.
"Things have changed radically in that respect but at the moment it's the wrong time; it's pointless to talk about individual situations because we have two months left to finish the season strongly.
Asked whether the club should be concerned about losing players who feel that they can no longer realise their ambitions at Everton, the manager reiterated his point about finances and stressed that such matters would be addressed during the close season. "You need to understand that at this point all that matters are the remaining games," he said. "In the summer we will have time to speak about individual situations.
"We're not in a position where we should be fearful of losing anyone because financially we can compete with anyone."
"At this present time it doesn't bother me what the individual situations will be in the summer. At the end of the season we will reassess how the season has gone. At the end of the season these individual cases will be approached and we can speak about that then. But this is the start of a new financial era at Everton. We are very, very strong and have our own ambitions."
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The fact Rom left one of the richest clubs in the world shows he isn't arsed about money.
Steven Verhoeven
Player Valuation: £1.5m
Everton do not have to cash in on Romelu Lukaku, says Roberto Martínez
• Belgium striker is under contract for more than three years
• Everton head to Manchester United on Sunday needing a win
Everton’s Romelu Lukaku keeps busy during training at Finch Farm on Friday. Photograph: Tony McArdle/Everton FC via Getty Images
Andy Hunter
Roberto Martínez has told Romelu Lukaku the striker’s future will be decided on Everton’s terms, with the club’s new “financial muscle” making this summer the wrong time to leave Goodison Park.
Lukaku cast further doubt on his Everton career during the international break by admitting he wants Champions League football next season, Martínez’s team having failed to challenge the top four despite 18 league goals from the Belgium international. The 22-year-old’s agent, Mino Raiola, has since claimed Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus are interested in a striker who has scored 25 times in total this term.
Martínez admits the next two months are pivotal to Everton and not only in terms of persuading Lukaku to continue developing at Goodison. The Everton manager, under growing criticism with the team 12th in the Premier League, said there is a responsibility “not just on the players but myself too” to show they can satisfy ambitions that have heightened since the billionaire Farhad Moshiri acquired a 49.9% stake in the club.
But he cited last summer’s refusal to sell John Stones to the champions Chelsea as evidence of Everton’s determination to keep key talents and has warned Lukaku, who has more than three years remaining on his contract, that stance has not altered. “Rom wants to be important and he is important to our team,” Martínez said. “He is talking about aspirations and that is what we want at Everton – to be in the Champions League and win titles. We share our ambitions. The aspiration of Romelu Lukaku is the aspiration of Everton.
“Cristiano Ronaldo left Manchester United – that is the modern game. Sometimes players need a fresh challenge and to move on but the important thing is the club is in control. We don’t have to cash in and we showed that last summer with John. In the summer we are going to make decisions in the same way.”
Martínez had earlier made the outlandish claim he did not fear losing Lukaku as, under Moshiri, Everton can financially “compete against anyone in world football. Things have changed radically in that respect”. He later clarified: “When you have got the financial muscle to compete against anyone in your league then you are in a good position. Obviously it takes a bit of time to put in place because of financial rules but I think you can see it is a realistic challenge now.
“What Mr Moshiri is bringing is a desire to be the best we can and to be the best in the British game. We started with aspects in the structure of the club and now it is about the direction of the team – we want to be a winning team, get in the Champions League and win titles. He knows we have to keep the players who are going to take Everton to the next level. In the same way, we need to recognise that players who want to stay at our football club won’t have a worry that they can’t get the financial rewards they can get elsewhere. That’s not a worry any more.”
Before Everton can prove their financial strength in this summer’s transfer market, however, Martínez admits the onus is on him and his team to salvage this campaign, with the side languishing in mid-table but in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
The manager, who takes his team to Manchester United on Sunday, added: “We are a football club with an incredible history, a winning history and, after 21 years without winning a trophy, we have a new investor and it is a new era for the football club.
“It is a new beginning and the players know that. But there is a responsibility on the players to achieve this season, and not just on the players but myself too, the fans and everyone connected to the football club. We have to put ourselves in a position where we have to achieve over the next two months. At that point the individual situations will be very clear.”
• Belgium striker is under contract for more than three years
• Everton head to Manchester United on Sunday needing a win
Everton’s Romelu Lukaku keeps busy during training at Finch Farm on Friday. Photograph: Tony McArdle/Everton FC via Getty Images
Andy Hunter
Roberto Martínez has told Romelu Lukaku the striker’s future will be decided on Everton’s terms, with the club’s new “financial muscle” making this summer the wrong time to leave Goodison Park.
Lukaku cast further doubt on his Everton career during the international break by admitting he wants Champions League football next season, Martínez’s team having failed to challenge the top four despite 18 league goals from the Belgium international. The 22-year-old’s agent, Mino Raiola, has since claimed Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus are interested in a striker who has scored 25 times in total this term.
Martínez admits the next two months are pivotal to Everton and not only in terms of persuading Lukaku to continue developing at Goodison. The Everton manager, under growing criticism with the team 12th in the Premier League, said there is a responsibility “not just on the players but myself too” to show they can satisfy ambitions that have heightened since the billionaire Farhad Moshiri acquired a 49.9% stake in the club.
But he cited last summer’s refusal to sell John Stones to the champions Chelsea as evidence of Everton’s determination to keep key talents and has warned Lukaku, who has more than three years remaining on his contract, that stance has not altered. “Rom wants to be important and he is important to our team,” Martínez said. “He is talking about aspirations and that is what we want at Everton – to be in the Champions League and win titles. We share our ambitions. The aspiration of Romelu Lukaku is the aspiration of Everton.
“Cristiano Ronaldo left Manchester United – that is the modern game. Sometimes players need a fresh challenge and to move on but the important thing is the club is in control. We don’t have to cash in and we showed that last summer with John. In the summer we are going to make decisions in the same way.”
Martínez had earlier made the outlandish claim he did not fear losing Lukaku as, under Moshiri, Everton can financially “compete against anyone in world football. Things have changed radically in that respect”. He later clarified: “When you have got the financial muscle to compete against anyone in your league then you are in a good position. Obviously it takes a bit of time to put in place because of financial rules but I think you can see it is a realistic challenge now.
“What Mr Moshiri is bringing is a desire to be the best we can and to be the best in the British game. We started with aspects in the structure of the club and now it is about the direction of the team – we want to be a winning team, get in the Champions League and win titles. He knows we have to keep the players who are going to take Everton to the next level. In the same way, we need to recognise that players who want to stay at our football club won’t have a worry that they can’t get the financial rewards they can get elsewhere. That’s not a worry any more.”
Before Everton can prove their financial strength in this summer’s transfer market, however, Martínez admits the onus is on him and his team to salvage this campaign, with the side languishing in mid-table but in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
The manager, who takes his team to Manchester United on Sunday, added: “We are a football club with an incredible history, a winning history and, after 21 years without winning a trophy, we have a new investor and it is a new era for the football club.
“It is a new beginning and the players know that. But there is a responsibility on the players to achieve this season, and not just on the players but myself too, the fans and everyone connected to the football club. We have to put ourselves in a position where we have to achieve over the next two months. At that point the individual situations will be very clear.”
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
That's what I want to read!Everton do not have to cash in on Romelu Lukaku, says Roberto Martínez
• Belgium striker is under contract for more than three years
• Everton head to Manchester United on Sunday needing a win
Everton’s Romelu Lukaku keeps busy during training at Finch Farm on Friday. Photograph: Tony McArdle/Everton FC via Getty Images
Andy Hunter
Roberto Martínez has told Romelu Lukaku the striker’s future will be decided on Everton’s terms, with the club’s new “financial muscle” making this summer the wrong time to leave Goodison Park.
Lukaku cast further doubt on his Everton career during the international break by admitting he wants Champions League football next season, Martínez’s team having failed to challenge the top four despite 18 league goals from the Belgium international. The 22-year-old’s agent, Mino Raiola, has since claimed Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus are interested in a striker who has scored 25 times in total this term.
Martínez admits the next two months are pivotal to Everton and not only in terms of persuading Lukaku to continue developing at Goodison. The Everton manager, under growing criticism with the team 12th in the Premier League, said there is a responsibility “not just on the players but myself too” to show they can satisfy ambitions that have heightened since the billionaire Farhad Moshiri acquired a 49.9% stake in the club.
But he cited last summer’s refusal to sell John Stones to the champions Chelsea as evidence of Everton’s determination to keep key talents and has warned Lukaku, who has more than three years remaining on his contract, that stance has not altered. “Rom wants to be important and he is important to our team,” Martínez said. “He is talking about aspirations and that is what we want at Everton – to be in the Champions League and win titles. We share our ambitions. The aspiration of Romelu Lukaku is the aspiration of Everton.
“Cristiano Ronaldo left Manchester United – that is the modern game. Sometimes players need a fresh challenge and to move on but the important thing is the club is in control. We don’t have to cash in and we showed that last summer with John. In the summer we are going to make decisions in the same way.”
Martínez had earlier made the outlandish claim he did not fear losing Lukaku as, under Moshiri, Everton can financially “compete against anyone in world football. Things have changed radically in that respect”. He later clarified: “When you have got the financial muscle to compete against anyone in your league then you are in a good position. Obviously it takes a bit of time to put in place because of financial rules but I think you can see it is a realistic challenge now.
“What Mr Moshiri is bringing is a desire to be the best we can and to be the best in the British game. We started with aspects in the structure of the club and now it is about the direction of the team – we want to be a winning team, get in the Champions League and win titles. He knows we have to keep the players who are going to take Everton to the next level. In the same way, we need to recognise that players who want to stay at our football club won’t have a worry that they can’t get the financial rewards they can get elsewhere. That’s not a worry any more.”
Before Everton can prove their financial strength in this summer’s transfer market, however, Martínez admits the onus is on him and his team to salvage this campaign, with the side languishing in mid-table but in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
The manager, who takes his team to Manchester United on Sunday, added: “We are a football club with an incredible history, a winning history and, after 21 years without winning a trophy, we have a new investor and it is a new era for the football club.
“It is a new beginning and the players know that. But there is a responsibility on the players to achieve this season, and not just on the players but myself too, the fans and everyone connected to the football club. We have to put ourselves in a position where we have to achieve over the next two months. At that point the individual situations will be very clear.”
Particularly this..
"Martínez had earlier made the outlandish claim he did not fear losing Lukaku as, under Moshiri, Everton can financially “compete against anyone in world football. Things have changed radically in that respect”. He later clarified: “When you have got the financial muscle to compete against anyone in your league then you are in a good position. Obviously it takes a bit of time to put in place because of financial rules but I think you can see it is a realistic challenge now.
“What Mr Moshiri is bringing is a desire to be the best we can and to be the best in the British game. We started with aspects in the structure of the club and now it is about the direction of the team – we want to be a winning team, get in the Champions League and win titles. He knows we have to keep the players who are going to take Everton to the next level. In the same way, we need to recognise that players who want to stay at our football club won’t have a worry that they can’t get the financial rewards they can get elsewhere. That’s not a worry any more.” "
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
Unfortunately football has become that way. You can't do the latter without the former.
Exciting times, but we need to be patient for a couple of seasons I believe.
Bob Elstone
Player Valuation: £35m
Sounds like there's Pay rises on the cards for the decent players to keep them and attract new ones.
Encouraging what's happening with developing finch farm.
Need some marque players to persuade rom to stay.
Encouraging what's happening with developing finch farm.
Need some marque players to persuade rom to stay.
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
I would say we need to jeep Rom to persuade other marquee players to join.
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
Jeep? Maybe keep him.
D
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He's wheely good
Billy Dean
Player Valuation: £70m
BigBlueConk
Player Valuation: £70m
If Rom stays with us for the remainder of his career... he could be up there with Graeme Sharp.
Idolised and respected for Everton eternity.
Idolised and respected for Everton eternity.
Mogwai
The Hiphopopotamus Rhymenoceros
This just shows he's not really the caliber we need to take us to the top....sell him while there is demand I say.
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