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haha that is correct. I would better not try that in my next performance meeting But this bitching around is exactly why we cast off Costa. But Lewandowski is worth the hassle. Not gonna happen though. Bayern hate us and will never sell to us.

After the John Stones saga and them refusing his transfer request, it really warms my heart to see that Everton are getting hit by their best players, Lukaku and Barkley, declining contract extension. Further will follow.

Would not mind taking him. Yes he has been pants last season and has not reallyd developed to his full potential yet and might never do so. But our right wing is not getting any younger and he would be a decent backup. Apart from that, Arsenal will never sell him to us.

There were many people who were against signing Baba on here, including my humble self. We signed Baba after having sold Filipe Luis and Ryan Bertrand which are both multiple times better than our Ghanaian fella. I admit that I have not seen much of Sandra but of Baba and everyone could see he clearly is not our level. Also we massively overpaid for him. And that is only one of a series of incredibly short-sighted and simply ill-judged signings our hierachy has made. They have always been hit and miss, that is just the way things go but lately they have been much more miss than hit. We have been paying loads for average players and sold world class talent for mediocre amounts, esp under Mourinho. There clearly does not only need to be some more competence at the heart of it but also some consistency. Either target world class players and be prepared to play hefty price tags or sign prospective talents and risk not too much by overpaying. The same goes for Emenalo buying Djilobodji and Baba but Mourinho can sell Salah and KDB? Having the manager in charge of sales and the board in charge of buys or the other way round is just madness. Once we have concepted a strategy and implemented, we should stick to it.

Give him control over transfers alright. Worth a shot and can't do worse than Emenalo and his stop-gap signings. But it is far too early for a contract extension though.

Cahill might not be exactly world class and does have weaknesses against quick, skillfull. Yes he lacks mobility and has a very average acceleration and takes too long to turn because of his top-heavy physique and high centre of gravity. But claiming we build the 3-4-3 to accomodate his and David Luiz's weaknesses is Bullshit. Their decent pace (for defenders that is and in Cahill's case only pure straight-line speed), passing range and ball carrying ability only made it possible. The 3-4-3 was build to cover to flanks and give Hazard the necessary freedom.

I believe the board and Tibo will come to a resolution eventually.This is just our boards way to negotiate contracts. Tight and scrappy. They will give him 195k or something like this in the end.

If Morata prefers to move here, that will not be a problem. However, I doubt there is any truth in this rumour. Gladly so. There is no way Morata is worth that much anyway.

Just as the last 2 times Messi got a new, better contract than him, Ronnie is doing the crybaby as negotiation technique. He might not get improved conditions this time but there is no way they will let him go.

The opposite is the case. In fact, the actual sequence of those interviews is stated in the article.

Aubameyang is not wanted by Psg and the Chinese anymore. Would be a nice and cheaper alternative to Rom

That is the rumour but how do we know? Holding up the kit is legally not mandatory when signing someone. They can just do the handshake pic or hold up a scarf as someone here suggested. Anyway there is no need to panic. Surely we could all imagine the entire board sitting in their offices twaddling thumbs but realistically we know this is probably not true. There surely is some activity behind the scenes and Conte is informed. Certainly he will not be so short fused and take his head only because we have not officially announced a signing a couple of weeks after our last game as some users here

that is like 10m more than Bayern paid for Tolisso. If someone is really willing to pay that much for an average player like Matic we should not think tiwce. But I am 100% no one is dumb enough to do that.

Sure that midfield we had 10 years ago would have kept anyone we are linked with or have atm on the bench. But football has changed. Midfielders are not as much allrounders as essien, lamps or ballack were but rather have more tactical responsiblity, have to read the game more, cover more ground and make the team tick rather than deciding games themselves. Wingers and fullbacks/wingsbacks on the other hand score and create more, participate more in the game. Also cbs are now more important to build up play. Probably because of the shortage of such incredible all-rounder midifielders, some responsibility has been shifted off them onto the players around.

perfect sigining for them, replacing Xabi Alonso, him and Vidal will be dynamite together. Hopefully Kante+Bakayoko can outfight and outwork those two if we face them.

Those bookies never learn do they. Punters will fancy those excellently long odds on us. Yes, the Mancs are favourites, they will sign and sign and like last season theat will disrupt their squad and make it hard for the team to settle. I believe Pep will still struggle with their horrendous defending at times andMourinho has lost his only reliable goalscorer in Ibrahimovic. None of their arsenal of strikers is a consistent scorer, so they will again have problems winning enough. I think despite their unlimited funds we can still win the league if we make the right signings like replace Costa adequately, upgrade the wing backs, Bakayoko seems to be in the bag and is a defnite upgrade on Matic and a proven CB might not harm. James or another left footed winger might be a good luxury signing.

That is one tough start. We have not such a hard start for the last 10 years. However, if we manage it without major spoils we will have a nice run-in when the CL elimination fixtures begin next year.

massive downgrade from Bego and not homegrown. We really should use the second GK spot to ge tthe homegrown quota up. Caballero is not a bad keeper but error prone and too short. Without having reasearched I can remember 3 games where his errors cost his team points. As Malaga keepr vs Real when he let a tame Benzema shot through his legs, 2015 when they lost 4-1 at Spurs he cost two goals with horrible positioning and he should have saved Hazards shot when we won 2-1 at the Bridge.

I think his point was that this is the last year everton will get serious money for him. Next year they have to sell him for a cut-price fee as it will be his last sumemr transfer window prior to his release. so if they do not want to miss out on like at least 40m they have t sell him this summer.

I will miss that guy too. and I have been doing so for the majoirty of 2017. Yes he used to be a brilliant striker for us. But I guess all good things have to come to an end. I wish him well and hope China money turns his head.

Alright mate, then I misunderstood you. I also think he is quite decent at carrying the ball and can still get better.

So there is a general consensus here that Lukaku is an average footballer albeit a decent athlete and great goalscorer. For 100m. Even though we will never pay that for him, he will be madly expensive as Eerton know there are not many young strikers with his kind of goalscoring record out there. And that is actually the reason why players like him, Morata and Belotti are quoted at these rdidiculous amounts. For 100m we can get 3 strikers of his quality with similar goalscroing ability. Just go down the scoring charts of the top leagues. Lacazette, Gomez, Modeste, Aduritz, Werner.... not that much of a drop in quality and the board knows that. Lukakus is probably very much a finsihed product. But in their eyes that is not an argument against Lukaku but one in his favor. 20-25 goals per season for 6-8 years if managed correctly. The predictability in this is the charm for the people in charge, managers value nothing more than predictability in their investments. 100m for 120-200 goals, seems like a decent deal. With Rom back we will flat-track bully all the weak sides over and over again and that will win us the league on more occasions than not. Certainly Rom will not lead us anywhere in the CL, strikers who prevail there already had a much better all-round play and technical ability at 24 but so what. It is not that we will work wonders in the CL in the next few years anyway. You can reproach the board for lack of ambition but they are obviously trying to steady the ship. All in all, Lukaku will not be a catastrophy but if this is 100m invested the best way I am not so sure.

why does everyone make him out to be kind of the lukaku of midfielders? How on earth is 184cm/6ft big? That is like average height in urban Germany for men in their 20s. And he is not really muscular either. Decent build but how does that translate to ball carrying ability?. When you are shit on the ball you can be as big as you want you will get dispossessed every time. maybe he is able to transalte his athleticism into ball carrying ability and functional strength but that is a different story. Size for sure should not be the argument to buy him.

why should Juve even sell him? He is vital for their system and they are in no need to sell. . Given their strong position 50m € sounds about right.

this. He is about the same quality. Stronger and maybe a bit quicker but far worse technical and just as ponderous on the ball. Other than Arsenal I think we have a lot of strong players who are not as good technically, so they can use him much better than we do. Also with Kolasinac not being an upgrade on any of our starters and the loanees returing, we have more than enough cover for both his positions, LWB and CB. Still I like those old-fashioned combative strong guys who always give it their all on the pitch. Will be a joy to see him in the PL even though in the wrong colours.