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The summer 2013 Everton transfer rumourZ thread

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I said it last week about how lucky our midfield was that Betis had already sold Benat. After watching our first competitive game under Roberto, Benat would of been perfect for us, a bargain 8m EURO he went to Bilbao for as well.
 
We need at the very least another centre mid. It has to be either a Carrick type who ties it all together and has incredible positioning skills or a tough tackling midfielder, as we threw in a few too many last ditch tackles yesterday which wouldn't have got to that stage with a top CM instead of Osman.

Only issue is we'd probably have to sell Fellaini to fund it, so we'd need two centre mids. And I wouldn't consider his impending replacement McCarthy to be that Carrick type player. Certainly not for the prices quoted, he's never higher than a £10m player.

Bit of a catch 22 really. But hypothetically if Martinez first choice wasn't to spooge £15m on McCarthy then selling Fellaini would probably be the best option. Honda still hasn't gone anywhere, him and a defensive mid would be great replacements.
 
...I thought there was a real nervousness in the RM interview about the transfer window still being open. I think he's expecting a bid for Fellaini. The other thing he mentioned was that the club has standards and will not keep players who show a desire to leave. Again, that makes me think that if Fellaini says he wants to talk then it would be the beginning of the end. All hypethetical of course, but if this scenario does play out its important we realise the players true worth and don't let him go on the cheap. Fear I have is that transfer dealings are like a game of poker and Moyes knows Bill's hand.
 
Moomin said:
Barry, come on people lets be serious here. He cant pass wind FFS.

If we want someone experienced, Leon Britton would be the man. He would fit into Martinez style of play no problem.
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You're being harsh on Barry there, he's got a title winning medal in his cabinet mate.

As for Britton, tidy player but he couldn't tackle a decent sized dinner, we've already got the MkII version in our own Leon.
 

Eggs said:
...I thought there was a real nervousness in the RM interview about the transfer window still being open. I think he's expecting a bid for Fellaini. The other thing he mentioned was that the club has standards and will not keep players who show a desire to leave. Again, that makes me think that if Fellaini says he wants to talk then it would be the beginning of the end. All hypethetical of course, but if this scenario does play out its important we realise the players true worth and don't let him go on the cheap. Fear I have is that transfer dealings are like a game of poker and Moyes knows Bill's hand.
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He'll know whether the player would fancy it or not, as he'll no doubt have spoken to him about his situation when he arrived & the release clause was still valid.

The speech about not keeping players who want to move on, is hinting that he'd have to hand in a transfer request to force it & forego his loyalty payments in so doing.

I still don't understand why Moyes didn't move for him when £23.5m would have bought him? The only logical explanation is that he wasn't his first choice & was still trying to get his top targets when the July deadline passed. If I was Fellaini, I'd not be overly happy with that like.....

We'll see how it pans out, I think it could go either way, after yesterday there's massive pressure on Arsenal to splash the cash, so maybe they could enter the fray.
 

It'd be a real blow to lose Fellaini. It's been on the cards though, and I'm sure the manager has been mentally preparing for it and weighing up the options on replacements to fit into how he sees us playing. I wish we got this done sooner rather than later though...something I think RM was hinting at when he was arguing against the window being left open after the season starts.
 

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