Summer transfer window 2023

[Tony’s Carp]

FFP will be scrapped very soon.

Just no point at all when these rich clubs are just obviously cheating with stuff like this.

Even though it isn't fair, I really hope it isn't, because in the next few years we'll be exiting our FFP worries just as others are entering them and that, along with the increased stadium revenue, is what will propel us back up the table.

 

[Mrbluenose]

Just go and get Lukaku… only on loan like, with 70% of wages covered by Chelsea.

Joking aside, and it’s been said 1000 times, we need 2 strikers with another wide forward and soon. Hope I’m wrong, but this is going to deadline day isn’t it

Our Premier League all-time leading goal scorer, and he probably couldn't care less.

 

[tr_efc]

Worst case scenario - CF, LB and give a few of the kids a go.

That should be enough to improve on 17th.

Haven't we lost both of our back up keepers now as well? We'd need at least another back up keeper, a back up left back, potentially another center back if Holgate or Keane depart, a right winger, and at least another 2 center forwards. God knows how we're gonna be able to sort all of that out unless we sell either Onana or Pickford whilst still complying with FFP and P&S rules

 

[Neiler]

Just go and get Lukaku… only on loan like, with 70% of wages covered by Chelsea.

Joking aside, and it’s been said 1000 times, we need 2 strikers with another wide forward and soon. Hope I’m wrong, but this is going to deadline day isn’t it

Technically no one is breaking any rules.

Clubs are cleverer then the authorities it doesn't matter what rules are put in place the clever clubs will always find a loophole.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Even though it isn't fair, I really hope it isn't, because in the next few years we'll be exiting our FFP worries just as others are entering them and that, along with the increased stadium revenue, is what will propel us back up the table.

You still need a decent coach/manager and a proper recruitment plan.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Even though it isn't fair, I really hope it isn't, because in the next few years we'll be exiting our FFP worries just as others are entering them and that, along with the increased stadium revenue, is what will propel us back up the table.

We always seem to be in the wrong place wrong time.

Our once in a generation prodigy comes through at just the time we’re at our worst and in financial ruin. 5 years earlier or later and he probably propels us into Europe.

When we do miraculously make the CL 4th place isn’t automatic qualifying, we miss out. Now it is so Newcastle are straight in.

All this years we finished 7th under Moyes (and even 6th once) and missed out on Europe because non top 6 teams won a cup (Wigan and Swansea even won them in the same season shafting us). As soon as we’re no longer in European competition they bring out the conference league which we could have been in loads of times.

When we were in the europa the prize money was awful, one we’re out it got massively increased

As soon as we get a billionaire FFP comes in which means we can’t even use it

As soon as we have an Uzbeki oligarch to circumvent FFP there’s a war in Ukraine

As soon as we might be pulling out of FFP trouble and other teams are in it, they’ll probably scrap it.

We’ve screwed ourselves enough over the last 30 years no doubt but we haven’t half been wrong place wrong time so many times.

In an alternative universe Moshiri Usmanov take over Everton giving David Moyes a massive war chest at just the same time the Kings Dock is available, Wayne Rooney also comes through the academy into a decent team propelling us into the top 4 and automatic champions league qualification. We massively inflate our sponsorship and match day revenues at just the moment FFP comes in and locks everyone else out. Was never going to happen that way for us was it.

 

[windymiller]

We also need a RB as one is coming to the end of his career and the other seems as injury prone as DCL, we also need more goals from Midfield , we need to be looking at least 50 plus goals , try working that out with what we have if the proposed strikers we get dont do the business

Yep, we're in bad shape

 

[MikeH72]

As soon as we get a billionaire FFP comes in which means we can’t even use it

Between 2016 and 2020 we outspent everyone bar 3 teams so how does that work?

 

[preposterousvelios]

Just go and get Lukaku… only on loan like, with 70% of wages covered by Chelsea.

Joking aside, and it’s been said 1000 times, we need 2 strikers with another wide forward and soon. Hope I’m wrong, but this is going to deadline day isn’t it

Chelsea are trying to force him out to Saudi which apparently he doesn't want to do.

If they can't resolve it why not ask for him on loan?

Never happening like, but I would still love to see big rom return.

 

[preposterousvelios]

Datro Fofana could be a more realistic loan target from Chelsea, Galatasaray currently in talks to take him for the season so he's probably available.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Between 2016 and 2020 we outspent everyone bar 3 teams so how does that work?

Because last time I checked football didn’t just last for 4 years?

How’s our spend looking for 2020 onwards? We’ve now got a billionaire owner who can’t spend anything even if he wanted to.

Of course we didn’t spend the money wisely (before you jump on that one) but should it really be that Everton gets one shot at investment in 30 years whilst the top 6 can just have multiple goes at it before eventually getting it right?

Yes we bought some absolute rubbish but in amongst that was some crippling injuries that completely decimated any value from the players. Bolasie Tosun Besic Gbamin Gomes Delph DCL Mina all had their value to the team and balance sheet decimated by injury (regardless of what you think their original value was). Even Godfrey and Patterson have both had their early careers at Everton blighted by injuries.

It’s been an absolute perfect storm which is not absolving Moshiri of any personal blame for his failings but needs to be taken into account. Some of those players could have added significantly more to the team, or sold on for some value, if they weren’t all lying in the treatment table with snapped ACLs or broken legs/ankles

 

[MikeH72]

Because last time I checked football didn’t just last for 4 years?

How’s our spend looking for 2020 onwards? We’ve now got a billionaire owner who can’t spend anything even if he wanted to.

Of course we didn’t spend the money wisely (before you jump on that one) but should it really be that Everton gets one shot at investment in 30 years whilst the top 6 can just have multiple goes at it before eventually getting it right?

Yes we bought some absolute rubbish but in amongst that was some crippling injuries that completely decimated any value from the players. Bolasie Tosun Besic Gbamin Gomes Delph DCL Mina all had their value to the team and balance sheet decimated by injury (regardless of what you think their original value was). Even Godfrey and Patterson have both had their early careers at Everton blighted by injuries.

It’s been an absolute perfect storm which is not absolving Moshiri of any personal blame for his failings but needs to be taken into account. Some of those players could have added significantly more to the team, or sold on for some value, if they weren’t all lying in the treatment table with snapped ACLs or broken legs/ankles

See you’re writing this off as if it’s not important but it is, they were mostly all terrible players before their injuries. Injuries didn’t ruin Tosun, he was garbage, that’s why we loaned him out to Crystal Palace where he was also turd before his first major injury. Mina and Delph were injury prone before we bought them. The only big money buy there who genuinely was an unknown quantity and was terrible luck was Gbamin. None of them would’ve made us any money back if they hadn’t picked up injuries.

 

[navidson]

I'll just drop this here

 

[Nymzee]

Worst case scenario - CF, LB and give a few of the kids a go.

That should be enough to improve on 17th.

Surely worst case scenario is signing no one.

 

[Raino85]

at least next week we should find out about: Davies, Coleman and Lonergan whether they wil renew.
assuming the players report back early July.
also whether we need to do a Richarlisonesque firesale for the closure of the financial year

the wait for news is killing me lol

I think we are trying to offload Onana

You see all the 'reports' about Chelsea/Arsenal etc but you don't see his name mentioned from the likes of Law, Ornstein, Romano etc.

I think we are putting his name out there to try and drum up interest!