I hope we keep Ryan as backup.
Liverpool apparently sniffing around...
Wouldn't mind him staying as back up, never let us down. At this stage of his career though he needs to be playing games.
Ba has now signed for Besiktas.
I hope we keep Ryan as backup.
I do wonder that with Lampard and Cole we're losing a couple of Home Grown players so maybe Bertrand will be kept? Although I imagine if Filipe does get injured or is out of form then Jose will just switch Azpi across so can't really see him getting any game time at all.
8M is a decent fee for Ba IMO, about what we paid and is now 29. So we're currently with Costa, Lukaku and Torres which is much stronger than last season. I reckon maybe one more signing will be made before the window ends.
Any of you lads heard anything about Lukaku? Strong rumours around Merseyside that he's on the verge of a permanent switch to Goodison.
If our spending is done, I cannot see Lukaku going anywhere to be honest.
Right now we have Costa and Torres in the striker role, if we are not buying another striker then Lukaku is staying.
Starting the season with only two strikers in your squad would be madness, and I cannot see Jose doing that.
For me next season the pecking order has to be
first choice: Costa
Second choice: Lukaku
10103563th choice: Torres (infact lets just chloroform the cnut and kidnap him and make sure he cannot play)
In short, to me, no more strikers signings = Lukaku is staying and will be in our squad next year.
What Mourinho says and does are not one and the same.....
For Lukaku to stay this season you'll have to get him to commit to a new deal as he's only got 2 years left, plus Maureen seldom changes his view on players and he patently didn't fancy the lad last summer and there's been some discord between them since.
There's been strong rumours in the last couple of days around Liverpool that a deals about done and Dominic King has said it'll be sealed in the next couple of days in the Mail today.
We'll see, I just wondered if any of the Chelsea ITK types had heard anything
Liverpool?Complete rubbish.
No way we would sell him to Liverpool, unless Jose has gone insane. Then again he did sell Mata to United.
Can't see this happening at all though imo.
Liverpool?
f**ing lol
)Not quite sure why I mistook you for a Liverpool fan Tobes, must have had a temporary brain tumour or something.
I know that you are from the Blue side of Liverpool, they hate the f**k out of you on their board, even though you do sometimes have some interesting things to say.
(And other times are just outright trolling them, but hey.....thats your job as an Everton fan)
