Don't fall for Chelsea spin. While there is no doubt Raiola wanted him to go United it's always up to the player on where they go.Apparently Lukaku wants to go to Chelsea, but Raiola wants him to go to United (I assume because he gets a bigger piece of the pie).
No it won't. An individual's kit sales make almost no impact on club finances. The jersey makers get 90% of the profit, and the deals with clubs are set up that the up front sponsorship deal covers a massive number of jerseys sold before any workshop revenue sharing.He's not. Football is also a business and with Rooney coming for free even though he has a high wage his kit sales alone will be worth it.
That seems very reasonable, and a good valuation of both players. Lukaku is a young, homegrown, proven EPL striker, and Rooney is worth much more to Everton than 10m.Breakdown - £75m cash, £15m add-ons, Rooney (£10m). £100m transfer.
I agree that the wage is still high and that's troublesome. I don't know what practical problems it causes, though. If Moshiri wants to spend, let him spend. If FFP was going to be implicated, that would be an issue, but I don't see any sign of it and the whole think is a joke anyway. I don't think other players would begrudge Rooney his pay. So I'm having trouble seeing any serious negative impact, other than an abstract concern that it's too high.The issue with Rooney isn't so much the fee as it's the wages. Rooney reportedly took a 50% pay cut, but that still leaves him at about 150k/week, which would make him Everton's highest-paid player by a lot (probably by about double). I don't see how that makes any sense from Everton's perspective.
There are two issues here. One is opportunity cost. Maybe Moshiri has unlimited funds and so this doesn't matter, but even the wealthiest owners often have to draw the line somewhere, especially with Everton's relatively limited revenues. If you're going to blow up your wage structure, you should do it for a star in his prime who significantly improves your team, not for an older player past his prime who may not even be a regular in the starting XI. Money spent on Rooney's wages is money Everton aren't spending on more useful players.I agree that the wage is still high and that's troublesome. I don't know what practical problems it causes, though. If Moshiri wants to spend, let him spend. If FFP was going to be implicated, that would be an issue, but I don't see any sign of it and the whole think is a joke anyway. I don't think other players would begrudge Rooney his pay. So I'm having trouble seeing any serious negative impact, other than an abstract concern that it's too high.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/everton-transfer-news-live-wayne-13304226
Of course Rooney dominates the news today, but the other nugget is they evidently are still in and pushing hard on Sigurdsson.
Not noticed: Joel Robles has left. No biggie.
They won't make it back in kit sales, but the business side of the Everton operation is busily working the phones to their sponsors right now - "stump up a few million more quid, and we'll have a while campaign featuring Wayne Rooney. Imagine Wayne sipping a Chang staring out over the harbor..."I agree that the wage is still high and that's troublesome. I don't know what practical problems it causes, though. If Moshiri wants to spend, let him spend. If FFP was going to be implicated, that would be an issue, but I don't see any sign of it and the whole think is a joke anyway. I don't think other players would begrudge Rooney his pay. So I'm having trouble seeing any serious negative impact, other than an abstract concern that it's too high.
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I'm pretty sure that the Everton subs are sitting in lawn chairs. I should be embarrassed to be watching this, but I'm gonna watch the Gold Cup matches later so this is a nice amuse bouche for a full day of bad, meaningless soccer.this looks like a high school game.
Wouldn't Everton rather sell him for less than they think he's worth than loan him out for a season and possibly get nothing?He still has top-notch talent, the question is if there is a manager out there willing and able to get it out of him. A move for Barkley right now is so high risk/high reward, I wonder if a loan won't end up being the result. No fee, but Everton would get salary relief. Barkley could see it as a way to rebuild his value since none of the clubs ahead of Everton are knocking on his door. And for whatever reason, I imagine that the English managers at mid-table clubs might fancy their ability chances at reforming Barkley - Howe, Dyche, Pulis, or Shakespeare. I don't know why I imagine the English managers, maybe because Barkley seems like the quintessential contemporary English player.
Yup. The flashes of brilliance just frustrate because of his inconsistency. He hasn't been reliable enough to base a scheme around. He had decent passingPlus Barkley's form last year was spotty at best, so I think many fans are wondering if he's really all that.
He still has top-notch talent, the question is if there is a manager out there willing and able to get it out of him. A move for Barkley right now is so high risk/high reward, I wonder if a loan won't end up being the result. No fee, but Everton would get salary relief. Barkley could see it as a way to rebuild his value since none of the clubs ahead of Everton are knocking on his door. And for whatever reason, I imagine that the English managers at mid-table clubs might fancy their ability chances at reforming Barkley - Howe, Dyche, Pulis, or Shakespeare. I don't know why I imagine the English managers, maybe because Barkley seems like the quintessential contemporary English player.
There's no way Everton do a loan move, they'll sell him outright. There's also no way that Barkley goes to a 'lesser' club. He's angling for a move to a better club, probably Spurs, but I'm sure he would be interested if any of the CL clubs were interested.Wouldn't Everton rather sell him for less than they think he's worth than loan him out for a season and possibly get nothing?
Not that it's likely, but they could extend his contract a year and then loan him, so that next year they could get something for him.
Everton is in a tricky place; many teams below would want him but he wouldn't go; the teams above, vice versa. Maybe overseas?
Guffaws.
I watched the match via an illegal Slovak livestream. It was like I was back in 2009 all over again. Good times.Calvert-Lewin scores at 80', after being subbed in for Sandro, to win in Ruzemberok 1-0 and advance in Europa.
Toffees haven't gelled yet. Some flashes of good link-up play between Klassen, Sandro, and Rooney, but not amounting to much. Radio guys were critical of Rooney for dropping further back as the game went on.
Keane was MOTM.
all true.What a weird match. The 3-4-3 that Everton started with caused the most dour, ugly soccer that I've seen from them in years. Hoofing 30 yard prayers into the box from behind the halfway line, no width, no pace, no ideas. Say what you will about Roberto Martinez (and I've said plenty), but at least his teams would get the ball into the attacking third before petering out and giving up stupid counter-attacks; this was just soulless dreck. Thank goodness for five seconds of brilliance from DCL and Rooney.
So they change the formation at the half, look infinitely better, and it still takes an awe-inspiring save from Pickford in stoppage time to get all three points. And the success(?) of the 4-4-2 should not belie the fact that Cuco Martina isn't a Premier League right back. If modern-day Peter Crouch was a little more "professional footballer" and a little less "fossilized giraffe given the gift of ambulation by a deranged Genie," he could have scored a hat trick from the amount of dangerous crosses that Martina allowed into the box. At this point I'm ready to throw my hands up and say fuck it, give RB to Tom Davies until Coleman is healthy.
Oh well, no need to panic. They can figure it out over the next few weeks. They've only got two Europa League ties, Chelsea, City, Spurs and United for their next six matches. Piece of cake.
Apologies for not being clear. I don’t think Everton fans will underrate him, but (and this should have gone in the prediction thread) I’ll be bold enough to say he’ll be worth more points to Everton than any other transfer into or around EPL this year. Doesn’t look that bold right now since one game in he’s already +2 over Robles- no way that hacker makes the stoppage time save.Everton fans aren't under rating Pickford, they're ecstatic and should be.