Plucky little Everton eh...know your place and all that.
**** off will ya.
Of course we can afford to keep a £30m defender this season, he's on £35k a week and has 4 years on his contract.
If he continues to develop he'll go to the Euros next summer and will probably increase in value once the new TV cash lands next summer. If he wants away for CL footie at that point, then fair enough, but not now, as we're already weak in that area and a week to go doesn't suit the club, so it shouldn't happen.
We're constantly seeking and bringing in promising youngsters, but you need experience as well and we defo would need to bring in a proven PL CB if he does leave and Evans fits that bill. Only his ****e injury record puts me off him.
I agree about Shaqiri, but we were after Yarmolenko as Martinez first choice, but that now looks to have died an all.