Summer Transfer Window 2017

[Noble Savage]

possibly, but normally we get rumours about potential deals...and nowt is happening

That's the concerning thing , not even rumours . We haven't even made Sky Sports transfer top of the pops .
Last time this happened, Valencia happened .

 

[mzone16]

However, to get someone of £50m quality, you will need to pay £50m.

It's also more than likely that those strikers of perceived £50m quality won't join Everton because we're not at the top table.

Matic went to United for £40m, "a bargain" was the collective opinion. Even had we been interested, Everton would not have been an option. Why?There is a tiered market;

• Global Mega Brands
• Champions League Teams
• Aspirational Champions League Teams
• The rest

We are in the third tier. We may pick up the odd top tier player at the end of their career. Or the odd 2nd tier player may see some value in first team football, a decent wage and the Everton 'project'. Until we can make the step up; we're not buying from that marketplace. We'll have a look, maybe have a go; but it's always a long shot.

Get the best of the 3rd tier in, have a real good go at moving up a level - that's what we need to attempt. It opens the market up for us.

So - a new striker will be a prospect or acquired from a peer. We aren't going to replace Lukaku with 2017 Lukaku. We'll replace Lukaku an equivalent of the 2013 Lukaku we signed on loan from Chelsea and attempt to cover the shortfall of goals from our other signings.

Who? God knows.

Excellent post

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Is it at all possible, that given the breadth of coverage on Deadline Day, that fact that big signings on the last day seem to be remembered more than many of the earlier ones, that the player/agents or even clubs postpone a deal in order to get maximum exposure?

I alluded to this earlier citing the Mosh/Jim White connection in particular. Potentially a dangerous game to play but it isn't wholly out of the realms of possibility.

 

[Efcjake]

It's not an Everton transfer window without a massive panic before it closes.

Fume away lads. Fume away.

 

[nsnojosh]

Dzeko might come? Especially with Roma bringing in Schick

 

[Barnfred 55]

Sorry I was a bit harsh there, I know what you're getting at.

I don't agree though, you can absolutely sign players for less than their quality suggests they are worth. If we sold Gueye now I would expect us to get £40m, Kante was signed for £5m and sold less than a year later for over £30m. They haven't improved beyond all recognition, they were just undervalued. If Sandro is only 'worth' £5m then we've made a big mistake signing him, because he won't be anywhere good enough for us. The idea is that he's actually worth much more than that, and we've just got a bargain because of his release clause.

You are absolutely right in what you say mate, but I think you misunderstood the posters comments in the context of his overall post. I don't think his intention was to say that there aren't bargains to be had with players under the radar, as clearly there are. It was more that players who are widely accepted to be worth £50m or more will, in fact, cost £50m or more. And the probability is that said players are unlikely to have Everton as top of their wish list. Fair point I thought.

 

[Hantakun]

What I can't understand: shouldn't we look like a pretty attractive prospect for any good centre forward who is not the main man in a Champions League level side?

 

[trueblue10]

Any news?

 

[Barnfred 55]

Come on lads we all know deadline day deals come out the blue. Remember when we signed Lukaku after never even being linked with him once in the window and after we actually tried to buy Ba!? Stuff will happen, we will see if it's good in the next 30 odd hours.

Yeah but what was that about lightning?

 

[collymcd]

Boys if anything was gonna happen you'd have heard names by now. It's dead.

Fellaini. Lukaku. Sissoko. All from out of nowhere.

It's on mate.

 

[eurosrees]

Any news?

A recent study showed that young otters can learn the latest technology trends faster than their adult counterparts.

Transfer wise, no, nothing.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Would anyone do Barkley for Janssen at Spurs actually rate the lid.

I'd do Janssen with or without Barkley. He's better than the lad seen at Spurs. Would they sell him though as they don't have a another back up?

 

[PeregrineT]

You are absolutely right in what you say mate, but I think you misunderstood the posters comments in the context of his overall post. I don't think his intention was to say that there aren't bargains to be had with players under the radar, as clearly there are. It was more that players who are widely accepted to be worth £50m or more will, in fact, cost £50m or more. And the probability is that said players are unlikely to have Everton as top of their wish list. Fair point I thought.

I agree, and couple that with players who we purchase for 8 million will be widely panned by fans as "not being good enough", though they may or may not be the next Kante. So your options are to get lesser regarded players who fans think show you are settling, or try and overpay for the agreed superstar to convince them to come to your non CL club over other clubs.

 

[Neiler]

I'd do Janssen with or without Barkley. He's better than the lad seen at Spurs. Would they sell him though as they don't have a another back up?

Think they are trying to a deal for Origi.

 

[trueblue10]

A recent study showed that young otters can learn the latest technology trends faster than their adult counterparts.

Transfer wise, no, nothing.

Ye, i heard that about the otter, fascinating i thought.