Summer transfer window 2023

[blue to the bone]

Surely Hugo deserves his own thread !

 

[MichaelEFC96]

Refuse to be excited by any rumours

We are a shambles in the transfer market.

If this new rumour is true why only now?

Probably put on the market after PSG bought Ramos I guess

 

[mikel_88]

Hopefully can get it done still have to get it over the line but is good to see a profile for similar players for the cf. loan would give us more money to get a winger deal done

 

[gedefc]

Feels like one that another club will come in and get

 

[SLAVEN BILIC]

This Ekitike lad looks alright. Nearly 28 full games (2,515 mins) in Ligue 1 with 13 goals and 8 assists. That’s a contribution every 75mins.

Loan with option to buy might sting us though because PSG paid €28.5m for him and they’ll wanna make that back.

 

[JimmyK]

I don't know where people get the energy from to come up with conspiracies and unfounded opinions on every rumour of a transfer it must be exhausting to do it.

 

[jazzy]

Hasnt been used much...hardly surprising with their forwards. 12 starts and 13 sub.

Never know.

You'd like him though Zat?

 

[Chrismac]

I'd rather wait 3 years for Hugo Ekitike than get Che Adams tomorrow.

Fixed

 

[Shibbywiggles]

Looking forward to the inevitable tofeenut ‘HuGOAL’ cryptic tweet

 

[Julio Ananas]

probably another 3 weeks to cement that

Everton have concrete interest in Hugo Ekitike. Told negotiation will take place over loan deal with buy option clause that can become mandatory

 

[JLW]

Probably put on the market after PSG bought Ramos I guess

So we are going for players we have probably never scouted properly but just because they are available.

If we have scouted him properly and he is on our list then why haven't we tried this deal 7 weeks ago?

 

[Tony’s Carp]

 

[MichaelEFC96]

Looking forward to the inevitable tofeenut ‘HuGOAL’ cryptic tweet

Can smell the 'Hugo is Boss' t-shirts in Hugo Boss font from here

 

[sd_1992]

File under “will cost money so won’t happen”.

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

The deal you say is never going to happen is similar in cost, and possibly structure, to the one done for Onana last summer. So even in a very financially difficult environment it has happened.

Who knows if they do want to go down the experienced PL player route again? It's being assumed, and some at the club might, but maybe Thelwell and Purdy want to invest what we do have in the future rather than some "do a job" 27 year old. Maybe after the Maupay fiasco even the people higher up who have overruled them in the past are willing to let them do that. Also, Ekitike has played a fair amount of first team football for his age he isn't a total novice like Chermiti.

I'm not saying it will happen but wouldn't write it off as impossible.

Yeah, the reason I don't think it will happen financially is because of the fact we are buying Chermiti and I expect us to spend most of our cash on a winger.

Hope you're right on the latter. Would be about time.