Just heard a whisper, (unconfirmed, but usually a reliable source ) That Cardiff are looking at taking up to three premiership loanees, the only definite is we are in contact with Everton about one of them
this is the list Everton have submitted (only 18?) They've another 38 U'21 (contracted or schoolies) assuming the pick of these will make up the 25. Everton - 25 squad players Player: HG 1 Anichebe, Victor Chinedu Yes 2 Baines, Leighton John Yes 3 Cahill, Timothy Yes 4 Hibbert, Anthony James Yes 5 Jagielka, Philip Nikodem Yes 6 Neville, Philip John Yes 7 Osman, Leon Yes 8 Bilyaletdinov, Diniyar No 9 Coleman, Seamus No 10 Distin, Sylvian No 11 Fellaini-Bakkioui, Marouane No 12 Heitinga, John Gijsbert Alan No 13 Howard, Timothy Matthew No 14 Mucha, Jan No 15 Saha, Louis Laurent No 16 Yobo, Joseph No 17 Drenthe, Royston Ricky No 18 Stracqualursi, Denis Andres No Eligible players under the age of 21 Jack Rodwell Jose Baxter Shane Duffy James Wallace Shkodran Mustafi Magaye Gueye Joao Silva
Just had to call the Liverpool office, and spoke to a guy up there who is an Evertonian, He reckons that the club are anxious to give a young Greek lad on their books Apostolos Vellios some game time for, he has been with the club since about Christmas, as far as my mate knows he hasn't started but has looked good on the two or three occasions he has come on. He is about 20 - 21 as far as my mate knows, and has been tearing up trees at reserve team level, Moyes thinks he is ready for a step up and wants him playing at a higher level. Don't know if this is the guy we may be looking at, but apparently he is an attacking wide player, so who knows?
H Bomb, they don't have to include under 21s in the 25. They can use as many under 21s as they like, there is no limit. Not sure they could get to 8 home grown players with that lot. They may have to sacrifice some of the slots.
Only if the player was under 21 yrs on 1 January this year (I'm starting to confuse myself now) I updated the above list with the names who are eligible Everton Squad list Not sure what the Malky/Moyles relationship is (both Scots is all I know) but will be interesting to see what happens over the next few weeks... just not another JET please!
LOL. Was having a debate around the 25 man squad rule on the Swans board a few days ago. Very convoluted. Be a nice problem to have next season though. Given how thin the Everton squad is, I'd have thought they'd need every player they can get. I thnk JET could have done a job if used in the right way. He could certainly get at players with the ball at his feet. Maybe not a starter, but an impact player. I know I'me becoming predictable, but whover we get on loan, at least TWO WIDE MEN PLEASE!!!!!!!
i'm with h bomb, loan player at this level are a necessity, but its only worth doing if you can get a cleverly, or frazier campbell, not average joes like drinkwater etc
You mean Drinkwater, JET, Keogh and below average, Koumas, Bywater, Brown. Didn't do very well in the loan market did we other than Bellers, Rambo (only 6 games, none lost) and 50% of Olifinjana. The ball is firmly in Malky's court to make it work well this year - quality over quantity please.
If all we got is ONE classy wide player I would almost be happy enough, TWO I would be chuffed........
