Everton Rumours Archive December 13 2013

13 Dec 2013 13:28:42
Chelsea in for baines, willing to see Lukaku as part of the deal. Want Baines to stay, but age 20 - age 29, it could be the right deal for the club as cash alone would not be enough to persuade chelsea to let him go.

13 Dec 2013 08:50:20
Hi Ed what do you think of Ryan Bertrand as a replacement for Leighton Baines. I hope it never happens

{Ed002's Note - Everton has enquired about the player with his agent.}

Why would baines want to go to utd let's face it utd are a club that needs a overhaul of players they are an ageing team so I think you are looking at a couple of seasons at least for utd to be title winners or champ league contenders and that's a big ask as it stands they will struggle to make top 4 this year which means no champions league place and with a World Cup next year he could stay with us and we look like we are serious top 4 chance so I am not sure at the age of 29 it would be a good move I think he will stay never thought I would say in a players career that moving to utd is not a good footballing move

13 Dec 2013 12:38:30
Morning Ed 2.

Is this a recent enquiry mate, if this is the case then looks like LB is defo on his way

Cheers Degsybluenose

{Ed002's Note - In the past couple of months, but clubs look at players and enquire about players all of the time, so don't read too much in to it.}

Yer I think RM has asked about him for a replacement for LB. As for Luke Shaw Chelsea are going to offer 30mill. We don't have that sort of money

13 Dec 2013 18:54:58
Made me chuckle that mate, he is undoubtably talented but is also 18 and I doubt they will offer 30m for an 18 year old left back, if he gets one bad injury that is 30m for nothing, bit too risky doubt they will offer that much. Mike-Ox Long

If anyone gets a bad injury that's the money down the pan, so by that logic what's the point in paying for players? I'm sure in this day and age they're all insured. Doesn't stop people spending spending money on garbage though, Willian, Soldado etc. Luke Shaw would be a good investment for someone.

Dex

13 Dec 2013 21:54:52
I mean that kind of money, a good invesment yes but for 30m when he will never be worth it is too much but let them waste it. Mike-Ox Long

Luke Shaw should do the smart choice to benefit his career and stay at Southampton. They are very much an experimental side who are playing very attractive football and he is gaining so much from being a regular in the starting 11. He is only 18, he could stay for another 3 years and really turn into a world beater. Once that happens he should then consider moving on, unless Southampton have reached new heights themselves. Which is not impossible.

toffee jack.

I know a lot of Blue who value(d) Baines around £20-25m, some even higher at the age he is now. Luke Shaw WILL be better than Baines so I don't see it as particularly excessive. Ashley Cole weighed in at around £25m with Gallas part of the deal, and Shaw will be the England LB for over a decade as things stand so it's not as silly as it sounds, and he recently signed a 5 year deal.

Dex

13 Dec 2013 01:33:41
This is probably way off the mark but I know someone who says that they saw Martinez on a train back from London on Monday, and that he was very coy when questioned about why he had not travelled back with the team. Apparently according to other information from a friend (unsure of original source) he had stayed in London to speak with Chelsea about signing Lukaku permanently. The fee being bandied about was £22m (which I think is rather cheap). This is probably complete rubbish but it is a rumour nonetheless!

Blue Tommy

Would love to believe it but I can't see that happening and especially for such a low fee. I would have thought Chelsea's valuation of him would be around the £35 mil. mark.

BitterBlue

£35m? He is good but he is not worth near that amount IMO for that price you want the complete article, still has a lot to learn lukaku. has all the potential in the world but its whether he can fulfil it!
SpekeBlue

If their stupid enough to loan him to us hopefully there stupid enough to sell him to us for that

I appreciate that you yourself acknowledge its probably rubbish, so I'm not having a go at you, by any means, but that does sound like a load of c**p to me. Even if it was true, which I highly doubt it is, Chelsea could get a LOT more for him from teams like Juve

13 Dec 2013 12:39:57
I would say more around 25 mill mark myself mate, can't see us raising that though but would live it to happen, any one know what wages he is on

Degsybluenose

I doubt he would be on too much Degsy, in relative terms, that we can't afford as he's still a boy, albeit a very large one. Maybe £40-50k at chelski, I'm sure we could accommodate his wages were he to become available, the transfer fee would probably prove to be the major stumbling block.
Granville


(Ed's any chance you can cut the other reply, verbatim, on the banter page please) thanks

{Ed002's Note - I can't.}

The wages he is on now are not relevant, he signed that contract a couple of years ago, he will want his big pay day on his next contract, out of evertons league

He will never join Everton permanently, he wants to impress Chelsea because he wants to play for them in the long term. It's obvious and no one seems to understand. He has said it himself in interviews. I know we have big ambitions and we can potentially snatch a champions league spot, but Chelsea are title contenders year in year out (usually), have fantastic players and he wants to be a part of that. I hate to say it but Everton are just a stepping stone for his development.

toffee jack.

I couldn't see any deal being done until the end of the season, as Lukaku himself has said he wants Champions League football. It may become a bit more likely if we manage to get a top four finish but I can't see it happening before that. Just reporting what I have heard!

Blue Tommy

If Chelsea sign Falcao in january as rumours suggest then there will be no place for him in their squad let alone starting place i'm not saying we could sign him but doubt he really has a future a chelsea while mourinho is there