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Saul Goodman wrote:Everton holding a press conference today and many believe its to announce the signing of Lukaku for a club record fee

Have the makings of a good outfit do Everton. Would not be suprised to see them finish higher than rags again

Everton have kept Barkley and signed Lukaka. Already a very good transfer window for them.

Bridge'srightfoot wrote:Everton have kept Barkley and signed Lukaka. Already a very good transfer window for them.

Barkley signed to make him more expensive next summer,Lukaku is a very good player and a good signing PS has Kenwright robbed a bank?

Good signing for Everton, big money though.

How much did they pay for Lukaku?

Beefymcfc wrote:How much did they pay for Lukaku?

£28M according to reports, Chelsea are getting some top prices for their players this summer. £40M for Sideshow Bob as well, ludicrous.

Slim wrote:

Beefymcfc wrote:How much did they pay for Lukaku?

£28M according to reports, Chelsea are getting some top prices for their players this summer. £40M for Sideshow Bob as well, ludicrous.

The Luiz price was ludicrous and I'd also say that Lukaku's is. Saying that, when you get 30 mil for Shaw then you know the world's gone mad.

Beefymcfc wrote:

Slim wrote:

Beefymcfc wrote:How much did they pay for Lukaku?

£28M according to reports, Chelsea are getting some top prices for their players this summer. £40M for Sideshow Bob as well, ludicrous.

The Luiz price was ludicrous and I'd also say that Lukaku's is. Saying that, when you get 30 mil for Shaw then you know the world's gone mad.

Thought Luiz was £50m.

lets all have a disco wrote:

Bridge'srightfoot wrote:Everton have kept Barkley and signed Lukaka. Already a very good transfer window for them.

Barkley signed to make him more expensive next summer,Lukaku is a very good player and a good signing PS has Kenwright robbed a bank?

Spending Barkleys buy out clause?

Not a bad summer for Everton. Barry, Lukaku, resigning Barkley, and Besic looks promising

nottsblue wrote:

Beefymcfc wrote:

Slim wrote:

Beefymcfc wrote:How much did they pay for Lukaku?

£28M according to reports, Chelsea are getting some top prices for their players this summer. £40M for Sideshow Bob as well, ludicrous.

The Luiz price was ludicrous and I'd also say that Lukaku's is. Saying that, when you get 30 mil for Shaw then you know the world's gone mad.

Thought Luiz was £50m.

It was rumoured to be 50, but listed everywhere as 40 or undisclosed. So anyone's guess.

lets all have a disco wrote:

Bridge'srightfoot wrote:Everton have kept Barkley and signed Lukaka. Already a very good transfer window for them.

Barkley signed to make him more expensive next summer,Lukaku is a very good player and a good signing PS has Kenwright robbed a bank?

He might have gone to 'Wonga.com'.

In FFP circles, both Pan-European and Domestically, debt is good.

Saul Goodman wrote:Not a bad summer for Everton. Barry, Lukaku, resigning Barkley, and Besic looks promising

and now they extended Stones (and Coleman did so earlier as well). good summer for Roberto

phips wrote:

Saul Goodman wrote:Not a bad summer for Everton. Barry, Lukaku, resigning Barkley, and Besic looks promising

and now they extended Stones (and Coleman did so earlier as well). good summer for Roberto

Ha that's a very positive way of looking at it. You could argue that since last season's team they've only added an unproven Besic and also lost one of their best impact players (Deulofeu)... all in all the squad is basically the same. They should aim to build on it ideally.

twosips wrote:

phips wrote:

Saul Goodman wrote:Not a bad summer for Everton. Barry, Lukaku, resigning Barkley, and Besic looks promising

and now they extended Stones (and Coleman did so earlier as well). good summer for Roberto

Ha that's a very positive way of looking at it. You could argue that since last season's team they've only added an unproven Besic and also lost one of their best impact players (Deulofeu)... all in all the squad is basically the same. They should aim to build on it ideally.

totally agree with this. they spent almost all their transfer kitty on a player they already had last season. in europe this season when they weren't last season, and they should be adding five or six bodies minimum. so far they've added besic and lost deulofeu - martinez will probably pull a few loan signings out of his hat, but unless they plan to run out the U21s every thursday, they're going to struggle to get top 4.

Signing loan players is so underwhelming from a fan's perspective too... kinda like getting your Christmas present a month early, playing with it and then wrapping it up for Christmas day. Bit underwhelming really. The fans need that boost for the feel good factor and the training ground needs new faces too to keep players on their toes. A team should always sign players every summer imo. You stagnate otherwise.

Signing loan players is so underwhelming from a fan's perspective too... kinda like getting your Christmas present a month early, playing with it and then wrapping it up for Christmas day. Bit underwhelming really. The fans need that boost for the feel good factor and the training ground needs new faces too to keep players on their toes. A team should always sign players every summer imo. You stagnate otherwise.

On the other hand, they've bought a striker he trusts and who'll stay with them for at least a couple of season now and although they will probably have a middle year this year, they'll be ready to go for top four next season.

I'm not disagreeing that it's useful. Just mega boring ha.

Did the Toffee's finish above the Rags last season, I can't remember?

Beefymcfc wrote:Did the Toffee's finish above the Rags last season, I can't remember?

I appreciate it might be a rhetorical question, but it feels so good to say it that I will anyway: Everton finished 5th to the rags' 7th.