duncanmckenzieismagic Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/everton-set-to-battle-norwich-west-1531333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 Never seen him play. Might be worth a go at 400 000? Anyone seen him play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 I've never seen him play, I'd only heard of him as he was a Venezuelan playing for a Basque-only club and wondered why before reading up on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avinalaff Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 We're scraping now. If he was a realistic target we'd have already signed him for that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 http://www.evertonnews.org/everton-set-to-sign-bilbaos-venezuelan-star/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0 Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I wonder how much commercial pull he has. Maldonado (F1) is supported like a King over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Thats from 12/1/13 .... 18 days ago, i dont think there is anything in that or like Avin said, we would have signed him by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Thats from 12/1/13 .... 18 days ago, i dont think there is anything in that or like Avin said, we would have signed him by now. Ten's link was from three hours ago. The whole of the thread up 'til then was from a couple of weeks back....he got new info and posted it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) I dont see a date on Tens link Mike so i assumed it was from the previous link 12/1/13. Its seems very strange for EFC to be chasing two similar midfielders at the same time. Edited January 30, 2013 by Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avinalaff Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 http://www.itv.com/sport/football/article/2013-01-30/athletic-bilbaos-fernando-amorebieta-heading-out-of-the-san-mames-door/ Sounds like a nutter lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avinalaff Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Also ........ http://www.givemefootball.com/330061-everton-transfer-target-set-to-quit-athletic-bilbao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I dont see a date on Tens link Mike so i assumed it was from the previous link 12/1/13. No date but... "Posted by Fanatix 3 hrs ago Toffees in talks over switch for 27 year old midfielder....." etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avinalaff Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I dont see a date on Tens link Mike so i assumed it was from the previous link 12/1/13. Its seems very strange for EFC to be chasing two similar midfielders at the same time. He's a defender I think Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) Could have been 4 hrs ago on the 12th Mike, there is no date to say otherwise. Avin ..... Toffees in talks over switch for 27 year old midfielder. Edited January 30, 2013 by Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Could have been 4 hrs ago on the 12th Mike, there is no date to say otherwise. Except it said 3hrs ago an hour ago and now it says 4hrs ago . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 You are right Avin he is a defender, and he does sound a bit of a nutter, 18 yellows and two reds in 47 games ........ Amorebieta played in a total of 47 official matches in 2009–10, helping Athletic reach the round of 32 in the season's UEFA Europa League, as well as an 8th-place finish in the league; he collected 18 yellow cards in the process, being sent off twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 This is supposedly going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_E Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 This is supposedly going to happen. 27 year old centre back? Where are we going to play him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Good defender but as the articles suggest, he's a nutter aha. Hopefully he can string a few games together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Heits probably won't play much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0 Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 27 year old centre back? Where are we going to play him? Distin will be 36 next season, as fit as he is it will be a big risk to rely on him week in week out considering his age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearthainn Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Does this mean Heitinga will leave or that he will be our new midfielder? Anyway Amorebieta was good a couple of seasons ago, but haven't followed La Liga as much recently so can't really say. Should be a good addition to the squad if it goes through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Sounds a good bit of business - we are by no means solid at the back. Distin is getting on and Heitinga is making mistake after mistake. Bilbao are a good team who have played good football in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avinalaff Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Again, think SQUAD rather than FIRST 11. We don't have to worry who plays, as long as Moyes has choices. Quinn31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avinalaff Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Fernando Amorebieta loves a booking. Photo: PA Venezuelan international Fernando Amorebieta looks set to depart Athletic Bilbao in the summer when his contract runs out, and will inevitably become a target for Premier League sides. In a similar manner to team-mate Fernando Llorente, the defender has allowed his deal with the Basque club to expire, permitting him to exit in the summer for free. On his day £5million-rated Amorebieta can be one of the best defenders in the La Liga. But he’s no stranger to a horrendous foul, a fact which has explains why, at just 27, he has the worst disciplinary record in the history of Spanish football. Physicality is part of the modern game, but Amorebieta repeatedly takes it needlessly to the next level. In his career, he has been sent off on 11 occasions in the domestic league. Recklessness is the key issue, diving into tackles minutes late. In addition to delaying his arrival at the ball, Amorebieta is liable to take the easy road, and foul players cynically rather than take the more sensible action of chasing them or legitimately challenging them. Leo Messi would confirm that Amorebieta is dirtier than Bilbao’s grittiest tapas bar, after he was studded in the face by the defender during a clash at the San Mames. There is, however, another side to his game, and Amorebieta can occasionally serve up the kind of sublime performance that prevents top quality strikers from getting a sniff. When on the ball, he has the ability to pick out a 40-yard pass, and his competence in the air makes him a threat at set-pieces, even if his lowly five career goals says differently. But this side of his game rarely outweighs his poor decision making, which can cost goals and dismissals. Indeed, it is a sign of his stagnation as a footballer that when his contract does expire, his probable destinations would be either Everton or Norwich in the Premier League, or Russian outfits Rubin Kazan and Zenit St Petersburg. In 2009, when Rafa Benitez was Liverpool manager, he repeatedly scouted the defender - then valued at £10million - hoping to lure him to England and teach him the art of tackling, as opposed to his more robust approach. Amorebieta, however, has proven incorrigible, seemingly more intent on following in Andoni Goikoetxea’s footsteps by taking on the nickname ‘The Butcher of Bilbao’, rather than learning the art of elegant defending. Unfortunately, however good he might be, most clubs will conclude that a man who is sent off three times a season, missing upwards of ten games, is a luxury they cannot afford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearthainn Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Funny how he was good enough for Liverpool at one point, but now is only good for Everton. Why can't he learn the "art of defending" with us? Anyway other than that the article is probably on the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_E Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Again, think SQUAD rather than FIRST 11. We don't have to worry who plays, as long as Moyes has choices. We don't need to get squad players imo. We need to get players who'll fit into our first eleven that 'll make one our current starters a squad player. Actually strengthen the team. Of course it's possible that this guy's better than Distin or Jagielka, I don't know much about him. Still seems like we could use our money better elsewhere, like get a midfielder that'll allow us to drop Neville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_E Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Apparently he's left footed. Did Distin already sign the new 1 year deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinn31 Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 We don't need to get squad players imo. We need to get players who'll fit into our first eleven that 'll make one our current starters a squad player. Actually strengthen the team. Of course it's possible that this guy's better than Distin or Jagielka, I don't know much about him. Still seems like we could use our money better elsewhere, like get a midfielder that'll allow us to drop Neville. I'd take this guy for 500k-1m to bolster our defense. We don't need a new starting 11 player for our defense. I'd take this guy and go buy a quality midfielder or another striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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