Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation

grey_til_I_dye

Luke

I know what you are saying, but it is a fine balance.

Spurs have managed it, but it took them years, and the windfall of Bale going to Real.

It's OK saying Everton will get tons for Lukaku, but will they be able to get anywhere close to replacing him?

I think if he goes they may struggle to get up to 7th this season.

baracks_a_hammer

Grey

A lot of Spurs' recent success has come down to a healthy number of youth players coming through and making it into their first team. Something also lacking for us (right now). £80m plus worth of a striker and it cost them nothing. Had they not had this I'm sure Levy would have struggled to have kept in place the salary structure they currently have.

Adam

I agree Grey. Everton will miss Lukaku a lot. You take him out of their team and what's left is similar to teams from 8th to 14th.

Not sure who they're targeting but he won't be as good as Lukaku.

baracks_a_hammer

Whilst I agree Lukaku's boots will be hard to fill, it is better to have £60m in your kitty with which to give it a go than not.

grey_til_I_dye

baracks

I think it's only really Kane and Alli that make the difference, and Alli was a £5m transfer.

Without the emergence of Kane, I don't think Spurs would have been top 4 in the last couple of years.

Hamstew

I'd be happy if the club just signed one striker (Iheanacho) and then giving Martinez a few games

Lukerz

Being reported in the local Bolton press that Josh Cullen is also joining them on a season-long loan along with Burke.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

10/11: 4th
11/12: 5th
12/13: 4th

Kane didn't start playing consistently untill the 14/15 season so they were top 4 candidates prior to Kane emergence

Sure he's really improved them but it's smart scouting and smart management that Alli and Kane have been allowed to have the impact that they have

I think Everton will struggle to replace Lukaku but I don't think Lukaku is a Bale or Suarez........ he gets a whole lot of goals but his overall game needs improving

Pickford and Klassen are 2 really good moves in areas of weakness for Everton

Also worth noting that Everton have integrated a couple youth players this year and have given Stones and Barkely enough time so that they can net huge profits of on both of them

We need to look at sellable assets, players we don't want to lose but can get some money off of them.....it's a tricky situation

Lukerz

For example, I'd be looking at Ogbonna, Kouyate and Snodgrass as three first team players we could sell, receive around £30m-£40m for the three and then reinvest it. Ideally, you'd want to keep Oggy and Kouyate, but they are players who will draw interest and decent sized transfer fees.

alderz

But that goes against what you're saying about reinvesting. Sell those three for £40m and you're looking at needing equally good replacements at £13m a piece? There aren't many of them about. If you were getting £60m+ for the three then sure id think about it; but you wouldn't replace them for £30-£40m

Pearces_Left_Foot

Spurs sold Bale for 80M plus which enabled them to buy a lot of players which they have used to keep them at the top end of the table. Everton are in a similar position now with the sale of Lukaku and Stones to enable them to invest heavily for the next few years and afford a few mistakes. We are not in this position we are in the group of mid table teams. We do have the advantage of being in London and a big stadium and hopefully we can move up to the 6-9 position in the table in the next few years and then hopefully with reduced debt we can invest more in the team and start pushing on a bit more.

McHammer

Palace linked with RVP. Proven premiership striker but prob not the answer for us. Possibly lazy journalism give the RVP RDB dutch link. RSVP TTFN

alderz

McHammer

When we got Bilic all the papers wanted to do was link us to Croatians. It's the laziest journalism going

MrsGrey

McHammer said:

Possibly lazy journalism give the RVP RDB dutch link. RSVP TTFN

ROFL

OldCastleSwift

LQTM

SuzanneClaret

DLR

Moore_than_a_nick

MC (Mornington Crescent)

Moore_than_a_nick

alderz said:

McHammer

When we got Bilic all the papers wanted to do was link us to Croatians. It's the laziest journalism going

Although knowing our luck, Bilic will persuade Modric to come to play for us and then the little chap'll get thrown in jail (he's been accused of perjury - hopefully it's not true).

Moore_than_a_nick

not sure what you're getting at, billy (was editing as you replied cos I thought some wag would see an opening...)

criminal transfer record, perhaps?

grey_til_I_dye

#ninjaedit

Moore_than_a_nick

the first yard's in the mind

Moore_than_a_nick

break a leg, billy

Moore_than_a_nick

i mean, good luck - and don't forget to warm up the old hammies, back, calves, ankles, toes... erm... mind

FlorinRaduclious

More rumours today:

The express states we could be in for Javier Hernandez, who has a £13.2million [€15m] release clause.
-- I think he'd be a great signing, been on good goal scoring form for
Leverkusen and they finished a disappointing 12th last season, however
feel bigger guns will be in for him then us.

Murmurs, and unibet odds have massively fallen to 4/1 and second favourites for us to bring in the Italian keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma should he leave AC Milan.
--This would be a phenomenal signing, the starting keeper at AC for 2 full
seasons and still only 18: the next Buffon. Contract is up next year and he's
not signed another and rumours of discontent. Again here I think the chances
are very low as he will have far bigger fish to fry unfortunately.

Yeoldhammer

Hernandez and Andre Gray at 10m and 15m would be great business gives some room to sign another playmaker to compliment Lanzini and Antonio in that 3 behind.

Lukerz

Huddersfield have just spent £20m on Aaron Mooy and Tom Ince.

Pearces_Left_Foot

Ogbonna has signed a new 5 year deal

TwistandShout

Ooooh 170 new posts

Ooooh new signing? Ooooh exciting....

Oh

We haven't signed anyone.

IronHerb

But did you enjoy your holiday Twist? Tell us all about it as that will be more interesting than our summer signings thread. Any photos? ;lol

Vorselaarhammer

Hate clickbait....

The headline "west to decide on 2 players leaving next week"

The picture underneath of Lanzini, Ayew and obiang....

I think WHAT....

Click on the link and its about 2 kids going on loan...... ;angry