RuffRob

But you also have the fact he has got in to a not to shabby Belgium squad and scored 25 goals in 45 games. That's a decent return by any standard. Not saying I want him here, just he's not the easiest to judge.

I think it was the Baz fella on Toffee TV that mentioned it, but not 100%. Like I said take it with a pitch of salt. I think the club recruitment are now actually actually considering 'character and attitude' as well as footballing attributes (5-6 year late!!) - so I am sure they will now do their due diligence - signs are good at the moment this is now being done a lot better. I think all the players coming in need to tick the right boxes when considering hunger, passion, hard work and over all character.

https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/everton-fc-news/everton-michy-batshuayi-transfer-news-latest-rumours-lampard-chelsea/ Topic should probably be moved to Rumourama section again. I am not really sure what I think of him as a player - another lost to Chelsea having a blotted squad and has just never been able to carve himself 'home' where he could build season on season. Got paid over inflated wages at too young an age. Coming up to 29years old, he seems to have held on to the dream of being Chelsea player for far too long. Didn't do a great deal at Palace over the 18months he had there. Has roughly a 1 in 3 goal scoring record, so seen strikers with a lot worst goal scoring records at the club. Not a transfer that would see me doing cartwheels, but the Chelsea contingent managing the football side of the club will know far better of what he would bring to the party.

I had hear somewhere that Dennis has a bit of a poor attitude - turn up late for training type of thing and not overly popular in the dressing room. I can't remember where I read or heard this and not going to hunt it out, so take it with a pinch of salt. but if the case, maybe not of the type 'character' we are after and Forest dressing room welcome to him along with £180K a week Lingard.

its all sounding pretty much like this deal is happening. Read he is on around £100k a week at PSG and used to be on £70K when he left us. Obviously better if PSG still pay some of his £100K wages still, but if not. What to you think would be better deal? for us pay £100k for 12 months (£5.2M) and look at negotiating an extension in 12 months if he does the business or go straight for a two year deal at maybe closer to around his old £70k (£7.3M). (which would work out roughly at £100k this year and then £40k next year for comparison).

I think you have it right - its a risk worth taking. His experience and high energy hard working attitude will not go amiss around the place and I would hazard a guess that he has Everton in his heart and will not becoming simply for a nice final pay cheque. We all have niggling doubts that he will not have the legs he had when he left us, here lies the risk. but if he does have some legs he will make a significant difference in this squad. For a team who battled relegation last season, little things like this all add up and can help keep you out of the mire.

Think we would all prefer a younger version, but beggers can't be chosers. He is never going to be more than a short term sticking plaster, to cover us for a window or two until a few more quid is at hand. He's available, he's happy to come and I am sure will give it is all when he comes.

Sounds like its just agreeing how much wages we cough up for the year. 33 in September, but not had massive volumes of football over the years, so might well have a couple of years in him. 12 months wages is all it would cost us. Say Delphs wages, so put like that, I would have gana in the squad all day.

Even with the price of petrol these days.

Definately, I have always said he should be chipping in with aroubd 6 or so goals a season. Hoping his new found confidence will help in this department. The one that beat Newcastle was so valuable. Half a dozen or so would go a long way in a season.

Good to see him influencing games just as he did at the end of last season. It's very encouraging that Frank and his team have been able to improve a player so much in a very short time. I think I am right that pretty much everyone of us had lost hope with iwobi. Now he is a valuable member of this current squad.

He is already looking a shrew investment. I am really hoping he is one of those CBs who has a long shelf life.

As well as his two goals, he looks like a player who really wants the ball and has a real assured touch on him. On day one he has gone some way to answering concerns and any grumblings that he's a player who doesn't or can't score goals. He will get his fair share of goals and assists.

Parents at fault not the kids. We are in this age where people simply think their kids simply have a sense of entitlement. Players now have to simply tell the kids "you not allowed on the pitch, please get off", and give them nothing.

Mc Neil x 2

That will help him settle to life at Everton.

Mc Neil

Is that right? happy days then.

That would be our last loan card this window then. As it's his last 12months with PSG, you would think they would just let him go then as free agent next summer in anycase. They must still be covering part of his wages then for this loan to make sense.

Reading two stories today - one saying we have agreed £67k a week deal with him, other say Newcastle are going to grab him from under our noses.

Although I am not overly mad on the idea of ageing player coming in to the club at the end of their career. But I am pretty sure IGG will be coming with the right intentions, and not simply coming to Everton as a way to grab a few extra quid before retirement. I am sure he will give everything he has got to the cause. We currently have a gap in the squad that needs plugging and don't have a massive budget to do it. So as things stand I would rather have him available in the squad than not.

This is the problem with big social gestures, people nowadays people can feel forced in to having to go along with them and jumping of the band wagon as part of a wider group, because if they don't they are branded as racists or bigot etc. I don't feel anybody should have to get on board personally with any sort of movement or get behind a cause if they don't really want to. Some people just want to keep their opinions to themselves and don't want to make 'statements' either way on any particular topic. There shouldn't be anything wrong in not wanting to championing a social or political opinion and kind of just minding your own business if that's the kind of person you are. All movements are about cutting out hate and promoting tolerance and equality - so not tolerating people who want to keep there opinions to themselves or join in on the big gestures - becomes a form of intolerance itself. The irony. As quoted in the Life of Brian for the poor old hermit who just wanted to go quietly go around his own business - 'Stone the unbeliever' Do we think Gana still has the legs to cut it in the prem?

I agree, don't think Chelsea are going to part with him, so chasing shadows a bit. Lukaku gone and talk of Warner going on loan. There is room in Chelsea for him at the moment.

Just like the transfer rumors I have been hearing plenty of rubbish on social media and blogs about Lampard being out of his depth, wanting to walk or should walk blah blah blah. Just pundits and wanna be journalist trying to sound off and justify their time or increase there profile. The more outlandish or controversial there comment just seems to fuel their platform. These view are no more valid and usually less well informed or researched than all our own varied and differing opinions on site forum. Lampard is a hard working professional who wants to succeed as a coach just has he did as a player. Everton is a tough job, just ask his half dozen predessesors. He'll be under no illusions about how tough this job is at this moment in time, but it is a big job at a big club and he will want to make a success of it.

He can get decent crosses in, makes chances, delivery from set pecies is better than what we have. He more than holds his own defensively, even better than Richy in that department. Put it this way he can do a job offensively in game we will hope to dominate the ball. Equally, when we play the top 6 teams and will get dominated ourselves he will defend from the front and do it very well. He is better that what we have, and at 22 is by no means at his full potential.