RuffRob

my feeling is that we are trying to simply make less go further and trying not to get caught with our pants down in expensive tranfers. I don't blame the club in maybe being a little over cautious in the transfer market after years of being gung ho. At £18M this lad looks a decent buy - and it the sounds of it he has a buy out clause, I think we are just trying to be a bit cute in how we structure the deal, no harm in testing the water before just simply handing over £18M in one go. I got a strong feeling he will be with us in the next week or so. For those who like a stat - some numbers against a +£30m alternative in the article below. https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/maxwel-cornet-everton-armando-broja-24517646

https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2022/feature-european-player-of-the-season-7th-benjamin-bourigeaud/ He is definitely of high quality. I am liking the fact we are looking at a number of options - MGW to expensive, we look elsewhere. Better then spending the whole transfer window chasing after one player, either to miss in the end or simply end up paying top dollar at the end of the transfer window.

https://lastwordonsports.com/football/2020/05/19/three-hidden-gems-in-the-olympique-lyonnais-side-who-could-be-european-footballs-next-super-stars/ interesting comments in this article from 2 years ago, and since then he has not done to shabby at Burnley in his Premier League debut. £17.5M does not sound unreasonable. for a player would can potentially cover as a striker or a LB!!! Maxwel Cornet is a perfect winger, who can play on either of the two flanks. He is one of the players around whom manager Rudi Garcia has been trying to build the squad since the latter’s appointment at the beginning of the season. Cornet has successfully managed to give his fellow team-mate Bertrand Traore a run for his money in the training. The right-wing spot is usually contested by the two young players week-in week-out. Cornet is an amazing dribbler of the ball who can send pin-point crosses from the flanks. He is trying out on becoming a full-back recently due to a major influence of Barcelona’s Jordi Alba, on his playing style. The 23-year-old has four goals and three assists in 22 games for Olympique Lyonnais this season. There is no doubt that he can see an exponential rise in his assists tally if he can complete his switch to a wing-back role for his team. Cornet might be a suitable candidate for any of the top European sides. He is physically strong. He can dribble past opponents. And most importantly, he is defensively apt as he tracks back to mark the opponent attackers.

I though he would want to give Chelsea a good go first.

If we sign Cornet, do we think is would be instead of or as well as Gibbs White?

All I now want from Moshiri is no interference what so ever on the footballing side of things. I really hope the penny has finally dropped.

lets not fill a valuable squad place with a very one dimensional and inconsistent player. I would also be asking a question - why would Traore really be wanting to come to Everton? Enough player with this type of motivation have come through the door in the past 5 years. My feeling he has simply been offered to us, as we are after their more valued MGW. So am hoping there is nothing in this story

I would agree, loan to maybe top championship teams. But with only Rondon really in our squad (at the moment) as a striker, I think Simms would currently get game time as maybe the 'next in line'- sub, Cup etc (unless somebody else comes in over the summer). A few months in at the deep end of Lampard era first team squad might do him good. Then loan out in January so he goes away knowing what Frank is looking for from him as a player. Branthwithe has had this time with Frank, so can go away on loan with a good idea what will be expected of him when he returns.

It is defiantly going to be a massive season for DCL, he needs to show he is the real deal and be back in the goal and playing well. Lets hope last season was a blip in his development. At 25 year old he is now reaching his peak years, he now also needs to be a leader on the pitch as we seem to be recruiting younger player to the squad. I do think Lampard needs to get a bit of serious completion in the first team squad - I would like to see how far Simms has come since is loan to Hearts, give him 6 months in and around the first team proper.

Sounds like he will be far to expensive for our pockets and seems just too many teams after him.

Read that Brentford have paid £16M initial fee, up to £20M with add on for Lewis Potter. So pretty much setting the going rate for young offensive Championship talent. Morgan Gibbs White sounds like a lot more athletic, bigger and stronger player and also a possibly tad more quality from what I am reading - and I would personally take the chance on MGW over Lewis Potter any day of the week. So he is not unreasonable at around £25m + performance add on,

Reading up on the lad, he also seems to be a real work horse who covers every blade of grass and more than does his share of work when a team are without the ball. It sounds like he really does have the makings of a quality player. That kind of effort will go down well with the Goodison faithful. We will glad of this side of his game with Richy gone.

I may have been better rephrasing that - had a bit more serious focus been give to the academy from day one of the Moshiri regime you - 5-6 years down the line you would not thing we would be benefitting - In recent history there was too much focus on the immediate first team with the wrong players being brought in. I think we will now see some first team players come in, and now the Richy sale has been done (as our main cash injection this summer), I think we will now see the transfer wheels will start to turn.

We had a pretty frugal transfer window last summer and also in January considering Digne went out. Net spend probably next to bugger all, also lost some big player for wages Walcott, James and Digne himself etc. So far this summer we have seen big move for Richy and I doubt we will spend more that the £60M in total. As well as this seen another group of player on decent wages depart from the club. Given the magnitude of the Premiership revenues that do come in, then I would think a couple of frugal followed by sensible years in the transfer market should fairly quickly get a club back on track with regard to FFP. Being forced to do things properly by rethinking and buying good quality hungry, young players on reasonable wages and building from the low base of a fighting relegation as opposed to trying to get European football - might actually help us in the longer run.

I know the first team will need recruitment, but our main problem in the past 5-6 years be has lack of focus on the academy and developing top young players. The likes of Cheslea, Liverpool and Man City seem to be selling of top young players who can't get near their first teams for millions and making huge profits helping their turn overs massively, Chelsea especially. We seem to have lost ground massively in this department. Two of our best first team assets? - DCL and Gordon!! much much more of this please.

better then to try and get Alli playing rather and bring in Lingard for massive wages - can't have any sort of new wage structure and be paying Lingard more than his worth. My view is any player who come in need to earn big wage contracts, not be simply given them.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-conor-gallagher-transfer-24425286?fbclid=IwAR1mGxNuaQ-sA19UwYG0--8bQ0TyCd4n6uY1uAwJD71cDgjH4TgZoa3E1fo This would feel like a real kick in the teeth - losing out on Nunes and seeing him go to Chelsea and then missing out on Gallagher if Chelsea letting him go and Villa bag him .

doubt it's Patterson on the way out. Not been tested at all yet, so would make no sense what so ever.

not overly keen on Rabiot, as not sure he's the type of player we should be going for - However, would swap him for Gomes in a heart beat. it does sound to good to be true.

Spurs and Newcastle are sniffing about because he has the attributes of a seriously good player. They are not going to pay over the odd as don't need to, but they are trying to fuck us while our pants are down. The club just need to make sure we are not humiliated while everybody is watching on.

The sale of Gordon sends out the wrong message to pretty much everybody - Lampard and his staff, the players, players in our academy, the fans, players we want to sign, and to all the other clubs in the league. Spurs and now Newcastle are proper trying to take advantage of our financial situation. They are like vultures around us, we have to keep Gordon and tie him down to a longer term deal to simply show we are not dead yet and there is a still some life left in us as a club. His sale would be significantly symbolic for all the wrong reasons. We need to show we have now turned a corner and are now confident we are a club on the right track and on the up. A Gordon sale would look like we are a club who are throwing the towel in.

This sort of thing is good to hear, and a step in the right direction. If Frank and his team can reignite Deli Alli this summer and he gets anywhere near the player he was 3 years ago (talked about as the most valuable attacking midfielder in Europe) then that will be huge for us. If you can play to the strengths of a fit and fully committed Alli then he will put the ball in the back of the net. massive 6months for him to make or break his career. after staying injury free for the past 6 months and getting a decent run of games, I also wonder if there is any hope for Gbamin - is this pre-season one that could get him up to the pace of the premier League.

That's my thoughts - some very tidy and consistent players ahead of him. Wolves did the right thing and sent him to get regular football in the Championship. Can only do well in the league you are in - Championship is a tough old league and I think picking up good young players who have performed in that league, is as good a hunting ground as some of the less competitive leagues in Europe for good players (French or Dutch leagues). At least the players have shown they can travel the length and breath of UK in rain and shine. I think Championship football is as physically tough if not tougher than the Dutch league. I agree, 25-30M is far to much - but £15-20M with potential sell on percentage or even adds should he turn out the dogs is what we should be looking at. How much for Gallagher? £50-60M, it not like we have the finances to 'pay the extra'. Especially as other players are going to be needed this window. I am not massively keen on just 'loaning' Gallagher for 12 months, unless money is that tight he a loan is all we can get.

Have to remember his age and the midfielders ahead of him at Wolves are not to shabby - so maybe just not getting the game time ahead of the Portuguese contingent at the club, Wolves's midfielders have been performing. He did very well at Sheffield Utd - who only got knocked out of the play-offs by Forest. Last year was his first run proper at consistent first team selection - and held his own very well. Like I said, it easy to focus on Gallagher as the shining star, and he will come with the price tag (even the like of me and you can scout Gallagher as a very good player!!) - Club need to perhaps be a little bit cleverer given our pockets are not that deep at the moment.

Yeah, discussed Tarkowski's number looking good (i.e best in Prem in a number of defending stats)- which they are. I didn't even mention Keane in my post, never mind his numbers - you brought them up. You said Keane had similar numbers when he came here and I said I haven't seen them - but somehow doubt he was top in lots of Prem stats in the season before we bought him. But happy to be shown otherwise. Maybe we are somehow talking cross purposes here.