King Kante

Isn't there only one Everton player that is 31? If so, everyone knows who it is. Personally, I don't agree with naming people until there is 100% proof as stuff like that sticks even if they get cleared.

Must be as a RWB and/or Ziyech is getting sold. Would explain Livra's position as he could easily be a first team player this season without CHO playing there. Bate's biggest problem is Billy. Billy seems to be the long term replacement for Jorgi so his road to the first team is highly difficult. I understand why he wants to leave. However, I would want £10m for him with his reputation. Nah, Kepa will stay here. Let's be real. Kepa is absolutely dog sh*t. Even if he goes on loan, who seriously thinks he is going to start playing well with all his flaws? For me, he will ride out his £170k a week play the odd game here and there and slide on his knees if we win something.

That should take us to about £55m I think with Moses, Giroud, Tomori and Guehi. Ugbo - £5m Moses - £4m Giroud - £1m Tomori - £25m Guehi - £20m

What can they do if he doesn't sign? It is not as if they're loaded and can let him rot.

I could actually seem him getting to 1 year or a free. Essentially, he only wants to come here. What is the point of us laying out a serious fee if we know we can tell him to just run things down? When is his contract to? 2024? He will still only be 24 at that point, no?

Problem with say Rudi and AC is that under SFL, everyone thought of them as a clown.

Who is saying that or is it a guess?

I cannot say if that is true or not as I haven't watched them enough. However, I remember when we brought Baka and everyone said he was quality when I had actually watched him and thought he was sh*t. So, are they actually better than what Baka was at the same age?

I am not really a fan of either of those players, but isn't it better he is giving them a shot rather than just discarding them and targeting another player who could become like them in 1-2 years time? In my opinion, we have plenty of loan rangers and academy boys that can fill the squad roles (bar GK2 and CF1) that I do not want to see us going out and laying out £25m+ and probably £90k+ a week on players like Adama. Personally, when we are shifting academy boys for £20m+ plus a pop after minimal amount of games, it is kind of a no brainer. I agree that Tammy should stay if there is no Håland but he really isn't a great fit for TT's style. I can see a situation where if good money comes in the club take it as he only has two years left and there is a big danger he rides the bench all season, at which point his value goes through the floor. Same situation applies to Zouma, although he has the benefit of playing in a position where we have players on the pitch at any given time.

Well if they rate Rice at £80m+ does that mean we can rate Tammy at £65m+?

Problem is, Lukaku isn't good enough for the proce, Kane has dodgy ankles and plays for Spuds which makes it an almost impossible task and Dortmund are looking like they will refuse serious money for Håland. Not much the club can do imo.

We will want him to go somewhere were he will play 90%+ of games. At Newcastle that will 100% happen. Someone like Palace may also be a good fit, however I am unsure who they still have in CM as I know they only had 10 players at one point but have started re-signing/signing players now. However, with Palace, Vieira is a big risk. He hasn't been great at any club he has managed yet.

I would say reasonable. The problem stems from him having the English tax on him. If he does well, then by the end of the season he could be £50m+ like Ben White.

Couldn't see him at Roma, his defensive positioning is too poor to interest Jose.

Problem is Conte looks like a prime candidate if things do not go well. I give Ole until Xmas unless he looks like he is putting a title run together and gets them out of their CL group in somewhat convincing fashion. With Sancho and Varane excuses will be thin on the ground if they do not take off.

Never getting those valuations. Apart from Emerson, all of those players have wages that no one else will match. At best we will get a loan for them where we do not have to pay there wages. Additionally, I suspect Emerson will be more like €10-€15m (if we can find a buyer.) We tried last year to sell him for £15m-£20m. And no one wanted him. Cannot see anyone doing that this Summer after he had two league appearances and has a year less on his contract.

That or covering the costs of last years spending.

Is a bit odd, but if players won't sign contracts this is probably the best thing we can do.

Probably has a good chance of being a squad player.

We have a lot of dregs still and an insane number of players. I think we're selling before we buy and we have a lot to sell. Additionally, unless the player is Håland/Hakimi grade, then just use an academy boy or one of the loan rangers instead. Otherwise we're just buying more future dregs.

It is pretty obvious the club have been running transfers for ages, I would say since the third season of Jose Mk1. However, as 2016-18 were so disasterous and Conte acted like a dick, people wanted to blame him. I think at best, a Chelsea manager gets one-two players per window: Sarri - Jorgi SFL - Chilwell Etc.

The guy is on €800k a week, he has already told Barca to forget about shifting him to Atleti if they think he is taking a pay cut. No way do we bring him in, unless Barca agree to loan him and cover €550k a week of his wages. This doesn't really make any sense for them as that wouldn't help clear enough of their wage costs. Further to this, he has been recently caught in his third of fourth racial incident in the past few years. Not sure I really want someone that is going to bring that kind of heat down on the club.

That Lewa link is from The Sun, no? Likely to be BS if it is.

This is fecking hilarious. Real are trying to make out everything is fine and dandy, by excluding their stadium debt in these figures (I have bolded it). I mean seriously, how can these clowns claim they have such a small debt figure when they have excluded at least €595m (some reports have it at €750m) worth of debt? Jokers.