Everton

Hope Everton have a good run in the Europa with McCarthy getting plenty of game time. 

coyne wrote: £45 million is definitely excessive, but they're right to go for Sigurdsson,  He has 26 goals over the last 3 seasons - Only beaten by Dele Alli 25 assists - Only beaten by Fabregas, De Bruyne, Ozil and Eriksen And involved in but not directly assisted in 53 goals - only beaten by Eriksen. There is value for the money there if he can replicate the next 3 seasons as he did the previous 3 That being said £105 million for Pickford, Michael Keane and Sigurdsson is crazy money, all signings who need to hit the ground running straight away otherwise Everton are going to look a bit stupid.

Everton might be a decent wager for the EL ?

bhob wrote: I'm not convinced that's how they look at it. £105 spent but £72 received from Lukaku [plus another few million to come from selling Barkley who, let's face it, has no future at Goodison under Koeman], which essentially means they only spent f**k all on those 3 signings.

Spot on, Bhob.

Tbh, transfer fees have been "unrealistic" probably since the first £1m player (if not before).

So forget the amount, and see what those players can do for their new club.

In this case, Everton are just on the fringes of the Top Six, so that they need Top Six Players if they are ever going to climb up there and stay there.

And imo, Siggurdsson is clearly of that quality.

Which leaves the only other question, can they afford it? Well apart from the Lukaku and Barkley money, they've also recently attracted a hugely wealthy new investor (Morshavi).

Moreover, he's not some Indian chicken farmer who knows nothing about football. On the contrary, he was involved with Arsenal, arguably the most prudently-run club in the EPL.

On top of which Kenright is still in a leading position at the club, and nothing in his record suggests that he's going to take reckless chances with the chequebook.

Finally, Koeman is no mug, and with his CV hardly short of offers, either. So why would he leave a well-run club like Southampton, if he too didn't believe that Everton offer sound prospects?

Edited by Territorial - 26 Jul 2017 at 5:01pm

Selling Lukaku for 72m is also a fact.

At the end of the window Everton would have strengthen their squad without having paid out a lot of money.

Rooney has notched for Everton v Stoke.

Double Maxim wrote: Everton agreed £45m deal for Gylfi Sigurdsson FFS.

Good signing I think. He is 28 next month so still a good 4/5 years in him.
Obviously would be seen as a crazy sum a few years ago but in today's world that's what you have to pay.

Double Maxim wrote: Everton agreed £45m deal for Gylfi Sigurdsson FFS.

Its political correctness gone mad!

Some serious competition for midfield berths. Hopefully doesn't impact on Tom Davies who looks a smashing prospect.