Callum Jones Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Going into deadline day Evertonian’s had a great sense of hope and anticipation, a positivity and a general excitement as opposed to the normal dread and nerves of will we hang on to our key players. Tuesday afternoon Everton agreed a deal for FC Twente midfielder Leroy Fer, believed to be around 8.5 million. The player flew to England to have a medical and undergo talks. The talks all seemed to go well, and Fer trained with Everton Wednesday morning and all looked well. The deal was set to be announced and Fer unveiled to the Goodison faithful before the West Brom game. However, there was a snag, for some reason Everton decided they wanted to restructure the deal. Believed to be because of problems with the medical but that is unconfirmed, so the two clubs restarted talks. Everton weren’t willing to pay the original agreed price, Twente weren’t willing to renegotiate. At about 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon it was announced the deal was now off and Everton would be looking at other targets. Various names were thrown about including Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe, The Toffees narrowly missed out on the 23 year old Belgian international in September, a deal had been agreed but wasn’t granted FIFA clearance. By the time the time the West Brom game had finished, and The Blues had secured an important 2-1 victory. Alvaro negredo had emerged as the number one target, with The Toffees looking to bring the Sevilla forward to Merseyside for around 10 million pounds. So deadline day arrived, Toffees fans gripped to Sky Sports news and twitter. Alan Myers was outside Finch Farm, and the usual Twitter accounts were on hand ready to provide any info on possible deals. Panic set in early on as whispers of Chelsea launching a 32 million pound bid for Maroaune Fellaini. They didn’t last long and people eventually calmed down and realised the big haired Belgian was going nowhere. The Negredo deal never really was a possibility, the clubs valuations were too far apart. Sevilla were looking for a fee close to €15 million, whilst Everton realistically were never going to pay more than €10 million, so the possibility of a deal died down about 3 o’clock. The usual twitter rumours started, sightings of players, as well as the customary “Just seen Riquelme in the Oak having a pint” gag. About 5 o’clock, twitter exploded with shouts that the Leroy Fer deal was back on and the clubs were negotiating a deal. These were soon quashed by Sky Sports, and again, another wave of disappointment it The Blues fans. Whilst all the speculation about big money transfers took place, a transfer that took a back seat was the one of John Stones from Barnsley. The 19 year old right back had had an offer from Wigan, but unsurprisingly decided to choose The Toffees, heading to Goodison park for approximately 3 million pounds. That deal was announced about 20 past 10, and whilst Evertonians hoped there would be that one marquee signing, it never arrived. The last bit of business for The Blues before the window closed was Magaye Gueye leaving on loan to French side Stade Brest. All in all, it was a day of disappointment for Everton fans, a sense of a missed opportunity but things could have been worse, a lot worse and it could have been better, a lot better. The Blues brought a promising right back in, he’s an England u19 international with a very bright future. Ive thought Everton have needed a long term replacement for Phil Neville and Tony Hibbert for quite a while, Seamus Coleman has played there quite a lot this season. Although the Irishman has done well, he’s prone to defensive errors and he’s not quite the answer if Everton are going to push on into the top four in my opinion. Many Evertonians are incredibly frustrated at the lack of a major signing, that one signing that would push Everton into the Champions League. Blaming the board and chairman, some of the criticism justified, some of it being idiotic at best. A few people decided to blame the manager, which quite frankly I find that absolutely astonishing. Personally, not paying 8.5 million for a player with a bad knee, not paying 14 million for a player worth 10, and signing a promising right back on a 5 and half year deal is good business. Yet, I can understand that people did want that one extra signing to bolster the squad. It wasn’t just Everton who were quiet during the window, Champions League contenders, Arsenal and Spurs were also very quiet. So it’s not all doom and gloom, if Everton can keep players like Kevin Mirallas and Darron Gibson fit during the second half of the season and they can get a run of games then they can definitely secure fourth place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Good post, agree on Coleman but I dont think we will get to see John Stones play this season. DM is not exactly known for playing 19 year old hot prospects. And perhaps he is right not to. Lets not gamble too much with the back 4, they have done ok so far. We are 5th after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainaar Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Fellaini was s 19 year old hot prospect that when signed got into the first team very quickly Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 So far as i read, Fer deal being restructured was still going to offer the same 8.5m, just paid differently. Good write up. Whilst im disappointed, we kept who we wanted and showed ambition in a couple of bids. Most important signing can still happen dont forget! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macdog Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 We kept Fellaini and we kept Baines. All good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanmckenzieismagic Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Yeah good post Agree it was a very dissapointing window after expectations were raised with the Fer saga but the reaction of some Evertonians on twitter last night was ridiculous We certainly could have done with boosting the squad with a couple of players but the knee jerk reaction and whining from some of them was absurd. Arsenal brought in a LB Ive never heard of, Spurs brought in Holtby and The Shite got Sturridge and the Brazilizn lad, as good as those players may be does that really mean our season is over and all hope of 4th gone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 It was a very disappoining window in the end after it was all looking promising . We don't have much of a squad so we have to hope that the startng 11 don't get complacent/ injured/lose form or European football will slip through our fingers and we'll finish mid-table, and what was looking like being a brilliant season will be nothing more than an OK season. Basically, we're going to need luck to be on our side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Fellaini was s 19 year old hot prospect that when signed got into the first team very quickly he was older than that..not been here 6 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 he was older than that..not been here 6 years 20/21 wasn't he? And we had paid £15million for him so Moyes would have been strung up for not playing him! Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 (edited) DOB 1987, SIGNED 2008, 21 YEAR OLD. Full name Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui Date of birth 22 November 1987 Place of birth Etterbeek, Belgium Height 1.94 m (6 ft 41⁄2 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Everton, Number 25 After rejecting advances from Manchester United and following reported interest from Aston Villa, Real Madrid, Tottenham and Bayern Munich, Fellaini signed for Everton in September 2008 on a five year deal from Standard Liège for an initial transfer fee of £12 million rising to £15 million (a record for a Belgian player and a club record for Everton). Edited February 1, 2013 by Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Thank you Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 (edited) My Pleasure. If i can help somebody, my life will not be in vain. Edited February 1, 2013 by Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Neville southall tweets indicate he's annoyed by lack of backing the manager has had. To an extent I agree, we cant spend what we dont have but we are literally not going to have as good a chance as this to make top 4 and the mega wonga that is the champs league. Its almost like the boards fat cats with their millions locked away need a good slap - granchester, woods? are they even bothered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/everton-fc/everton-fc-news//tm_headline=everton-fc-are-still-contenders-for-top-four-despite-transfer-window-setback-insists-david-moyes%26method=full%26objectid=32731039%26siteid=100252-name_page.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonButtle Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 http://www.liverpool...-name_page.html Reading that suggests that Moyes/The Board and their famous dithering skills came into play here somewhat, as it sounds like we had money through most of the window, yet waited till the last few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/everton-fc/everton-fc-news//tm_headline=everton-fc-are-still-contenders-for-top-four-despite-transfer-window-setback-insists-david-moyes%26method=full%26objectid=32731039%26siteid=100252-name_page.html This just frustrates me even more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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