If we sponsored Deeney's and Gray's wages to the tune of £20,000 per week and did not charge a loan fee we would still be about £4 million better off over a season?
And it worked! Are there any other 6'5" wingers knocking about? Forget Pep, Xisco is the real football innovator.
Weird. Our website and Transfermarkt both list him as 6'1" and FIFA has him at 6'2". Certainly don't think he looks as tall as 6'5"!
I remember holgate receiving a lot of praise at one point, can’t remember which Everton manager it was under but he had him playing numerous positions CB RCB CDM and he was doing great winning motm. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
So we got £6mil for Hughes We’re about to get at least £8.5mil for Richarlison if he signs for PSG for £85mil. Another £700k for Foulquier Success gone for an undisclosed fee so in the space of about 48 hours we’re potentially making upwards of £15mil. That’s not including the Success fee or Hughes’ add ons. Regardless of how you feel about Gino and Dux, we’ve had a fantastic window. Could be phenomenal if we sign Sissoko, Yokuslu and a CB. As well as ship Gray, Deeney, Navarro, Quina and Chalobah out.
Lots of ifs mate. I’m hoping Chalobah stays. Hopefully sissoko deal doesn’t fall flat and yes that decent centre back or right back would make it a great window. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I know, but it looks promising. Seeming like Richarlison to PSG is basically done. We all know what happens when you turn down a move Richarlison wants. They force him to stay, he will sulk and be useless. They will then get a lesser fee for him next summer. All I’m saying is it’s been a great window. The ifs will make it phenomenal.
There is the PSG angle of the deal though - I'm seeing it still being reported as 'they will make a move for him if Mbappe moves to Real' and they will still be loath to lose him having just assembled a front three of Messi, Neymar and the TMNT.
I know Mbappe could walk next year for free, but since money is no object to the Qataris, I don't see why they'd let him go
We won't be getting £8.5m for Richarlison as its based on the profit of the deal to PSG, not the overall fee. So it's likely half of what you have laid out. And we haven't addressed the centre back issue and have Chalobah's contract up in the air - until those issues are sorted, I don't think we can label it a 'fantastic' window. It's been decent for sure - but it still carries a lot of unknowns. There's still work to be done if we are to label it fantastic IMO.
I'll be judging this transfer window on Wednesday morning but based on our tight budget it's been surprisingly good so far.
Still desperately need a CB (and I'd like to see another CM if Chalobah goes and we can get rid of Gosling).
Yeah a centre back who is comfortable with the ball and Yokuslu would be fantastic. Obviously depends on a few outgoings though because the wage bill is probably looking pretty ugly at the moment.
Desperate for a CB …. At least one badly needed ….. come on Gino get one in, you know it makes sense !!!
Madness, especially as the club's best centre-back is being shown the door! In all seriousness, Deeney leaving would free up a spot for a CB
Considering the signings we've already made, adding Sissoko and another centre back would make this a great window and the squad would be looking pretty good on paper, I'd say. A squad with enough to stay in this division if Xisco gets it right. Especially good window considering we will FINALLY be rid of the likes of Gray, Success and Deeney (by the looks of it) as well, which I doubted would happen. A much needed new era and new direction.
Seeing as Deeney looks to be out the door, and Gray and Quina are strongly linked with a move away, we're doing a good job of getting rid of the passengers! I'd dearly love to sign a new CB, although we've still been linked more with midfielders (though having said that, the market can move quickly!)
Don't need any more midfielders now. Etebo, Louza, Kucka, Sissoko, Tufan and Cleverley does the job. Even if Chalobah goes, that's enough, and currently we still have Gosling as absolute, last resort back up as well. We need a quality centre back and we look to have a very decent side.
LouOrns says he’s heard we want Lerma on loan. Hope he’s on the wind up. If for some reason we want ANOTHER midfielder then please just go and get Yokuslu.
1 GK ENG Ben Foster 3 DF ENG Danny Rose 4 MF NGA Peter Etebo (on loan from Stoke City) 5 DF NGA William Troost-Ekong 6 MF MAR Imran Louza 7 FW NOR Joshua King 8 MF ENG Tom Cleverley (vice-captain) 11 DF MAR Adam Masina 12 MF SWE Ken Sema 14 MF ENG Nathaniel Chalobah 15 DF NIR Craig Cathcart 16 MF ENG Dan Gosling 17 FW ENG Ashley Fletcher 21 DF ESP Kiko Femenía 23 FW SEN Isma*la Sarr 25 FW NGA Emmanuel Dennis 26 GK AUT Daniel Bachmann 27 DF BEL Christian Kabasele 29 FW COL Cucho Hernández 31 DF CHI Francisco Sierralta 33 MF SVK Juraj Kucka 35 GK IRL Rob Elliot — MF TUR Ozan Tufan (on loan from Fenerbah*e) Assuming Gray, Navarro and Alvarado follow Hughes, Deeney and Quina out the door, we have 1 more spot to fill...
Following LouOrns on Twitter, he does love a bit of Bournemouth related banter, but he seems serious about this one!
Trevoh Chalobah on the bench again for Chelsea. With Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Christensen, Thiago Silva and soon Kounde all vying for starts, I imagine there must be a good chance he goes out on loan again. We should definitely be enquiring, I think.
They did say a week or two ago that Chalobah would stay for the season tbf. I don't think he'll expect to play every game, but he'll get enough games with the competitions Chelsea are in this season, and I don't think Kounde will change too much because that's a deal that's been in the works for a while
