Everton Banter 2

11 Jun 2026 08:20:39.
Morning fellow Evertonians bluenose, do you know anything about striker?
Lois Openda plays for Leipzig, not a tall striker by any means but had his fair share of headed goals on his obligatory YouTube. He has pace and seems quite tenacious.

11 Jun 2026 09:15:27
Didn't he just have an unproductive loan at Juve? I think they have, or had, an obligation to make it permanent if certain conditions were met.

Although rumours a while back were that they would look to sell him soon after making the loan permanent.



Did look good at Leipzig though, and wouldn't be against us making a move for him, but I can't see it happening myself.

11 Jun 2026 12:37:49
Thanks for the info, Toffejase. Yeah, he looks to have raw potential.

11 Jun 2026 19:06:06
Not sure he is what we should be after, Toffebwoy1. He did very well for Lens before replicating his form for Leipzig for a season, but then fell off the year after. Not entirely sure why Juventus went after him, but they do some bizarre business, tbf to them.

Would have made more sense to get him when we were linked with him from his breakout seasons for Vitesse and Lens, I think he was 22/23 then. 3 years older and a player that very much relies on his pace, that is something that is only going to be on the wane the older he gets.

He would certainly offer a different profile to the Chuckle Brothers, as he loves to run in behind and exploit the space, but the way we set up under Moyes, I am not sure we would play to his strengths.

Beto has shown time and time again that he likes to run onto through balls, but seldom do we ever give him what he wants.

It is much easier to score goals in the Bundesliga than it is in Serie A, and he struggled whenever he was played as a loan striker for Juventus. I can't see us playing with two, and he doesn't have the attributes, physically, to lead the line on his own.

I doubt he would come cheap either, with Juventus having to sign him for close to 40m after the loan clauses were triggered.

He would be way down on the list for me mate.

11 Jun 2026 00:51:48
Well the only positive out of the utterly s***e news today is that it will not hinder our spending on transfers.

11 Jun 2026 07:34:50
I find it crazy that the three panelists that came to the decision to award Burnley this ridiculous sum of compensation are the same three that awarded us a ten point deduction.
It’s a disgrace that the Premier League thought it appropriate to use these three same people who got it so wrong first time round.
That very point alone should be put before the government as clear evidence that this body needs regulating. It does not have one single iota of understanding towards meeting out punishment.


I’m also disappointed that the club, in the first instance, didn’t object and ask for different members based on how wrong they got it in the first instance. We have to be better than this. And the PL has to be held accountable for its bullying of Everton FC.
BTW, this was never in the first place an overspend that caused a sporting advantage as we were sanctioned for interest payments for the new stadium. What that had to do with Burnley going down is something I’d like explained to me.

11 Jun 2026 07:37:41
Nope, fine with that, mate.

11 Jun 2026 18:01:39
Don't know about anybody else, but the notion of giving Burnley 1 penny seems like a grouse injustice.
We are being told to reward them for their own failure, incompetence, as they seek to cash in on the findings of the commission that did the hatchet job on us in the first place, and is now widely considered to have been wrong on the facts, and to have made up their own rules.

10 Jun 2026 21:12:50
So the £19 overspend for PSR was the Mychelenko signing which Everton at the time had to approach the Premier League for the ok to sign players due to our financial position. This signing was okayed by the Premier League and has now cost us a 6 point deduction and a total pay out of almost £65 million which also invcludes a compensation made to Leeds for them being relegated. Also are we now going to get Leicester, the 3rd team relegated, now seeking compensation for being s***? And will the 3 teams relegated this season, Burnley included for a 2nd time in 3 seasons, want compensation from us? I wish we had gone down because this Premier League are hellbent on making sure we never return to our perch, founder members of the Football League and pathfinders all over the shop, being treated like absolute s****.

The Premier League anthem should be banned from being played at Bramley Moor forever

11 Jun 2026 01:17:39
If we spent £19 on the Myko transfer, it would still be £19 too much.

11 Jun 2026 01:29:27
I didn't understand it at the time we sold Digne to Villa for £23 million because of FFP, nothing to do with agent, Rafa not liking him, then spent £19 million on Mykolenko to replace him.

11 Jun 2026 16:16:16
It's all to do with balance sheets and amortisation. When we sold Digne (however it was structured) , we got the full balance on the "FFP" sheet, £23m. When we bought Mykolenko, we will have amortised the purchase over his 4 year contract, i.e. £4.75m per season.

This means that, in the season we sold Digne and bought Myko, we were net £18.25m up on that deal. That's only the accounting side though. I think it's well understood now that "The fat waiter" tried to dismantle us as much as he could when in charge.

10 Jun 2026 21:06:35
PS, Richard Masters should, if he has even a small amount of integrity, resign over the mess he has over seen, but he won't.

11 Jun 2026 16:16:44
Won't happen as he does not have a bone of integrity in his body!

10 Jun 2026 21:03:16
The only people cheating here are Burnley, an excuse for being a bloody awful side, and the Premier League trying to cover up their woeful lack of organisation, clarity, and common sense.

10 Jun 2026 22:50:55
Can't we just give them Keane back and call it quits? After all, they well and truly had our pants down over him. In fact, chuck them McNeil as well.

10 Jun 2026 20:45:37
We need better lawyers, which is a bit ironic with our stadium called Hill Dickinson, our club just doesn't seem to get anything right.

10 Jun 2026 18:52:25
Can we not offer betto and Barry to Burnley and call it quits.

10 Jun 2026 19:22:07
Can we sue the Premier League for not dishing out the points deduction in the year the so called overspend happened? Cost us money in league placing.

10 Jun 2026 16:15:44
Why are we penny pinching with these transfer sums? Other clubs just agree the stated sums and then the breakdown of the paymets. We go in offer £2 and then start from there then get done when lesser established clubs agree the fee and then its done. Were going on about Shea Charles. Nobody had heard of him till he scored against Arsenal and now he has become a better option because hes not better than Hackney hezs cheaper.

You get what you pay for dont see many other clubs queing up for Charles and knowing are recent dealings with Southampton we will pay more than for Hackney with a player a lot less talented. Come on Blues give us a team to be proud of not a team buying second rate alternatives. Disheartened toffee for another season. 😭😭😭😭

10 Jun 2026 17:00:38
Is that not business 101? You offer what you perceive the value of the product to be. That triggers negotiations and both parties try to come to an agreement.

Comparing Charles to Hackney is futile as the two of them are completely different profiles of midfielders.

Shea Charles was schooled in arguably the best youth system in the country and the best manager in the world for the past couple of decades thought he was good enough to hand him a debut for the PL Champions. He has had the opportunity to learn from 2 of the best DM's in the PL, in Rodri and Fernandinho.

On his loan move to Sheffield Wednesday, he earned their player of the year award and he was capped by his country as a teenager and has gone onto have over 30 caps.

Hackney has spent his entire career at Middlesbrough, apart from a single loan at Scunthorpe, and I imagine nobody had heard of him until this season either.

Hackney is an all-action box to box midfielder and Shea Charles is a technically gifted 6, who is tactically intelligent with very good composure, progressive passing and positional awareness.

Shame that the lad from the North West signed for Southampton for 10.5m a year ago, isn't it really? Shame we don't have scouts. But maybe we can buy him now for £40m like Dibling so we can sit them on the bench alongside each other!

10 Jun 2026 15:33:07
Is it me or is psr becoming a joke and the Premier League not only we get hit with a point deduction and forest man city have 115 charges yet f all done about it and Chelsea are finding loopholes into buying players so put all that to one side and listen I could be completely wrong but how on earth have burnley just got 40 mil compensation from us for damages its a joke like said and feel free ed for you're opinion but I think that's very harsh but its always everton 😂

10 Jun 2026 18:07:24
It is and always has been a joke, Andy. Designed to keep the wealthy, successful clubs at the top. Seemingly the 'top five' are also immune to meaningful sanctions whilst we're punished harshly, and repeatedly for the same infringement. Not at all surprised.

10 Jun 2026 15:12:30
The 40m to Burnley is an outrage, on so many fronts, it must be fough every step of the way. The level of corruption of the Premier League, is almost beyond belief.
We should, step outside the Premier Leagues kangaroo court, go to courts and sue the Premier League for there original penalty, which was Holly disproportional to the minor extent of the over spend.

10 Jun 2026 15:29:08
If our appeal is denied, then how many claims will go against City for their 115 charges?

10 Jun 2026 15:49:26
Amazing how quickly they came to a decision to stick the knife in and get Man City is still ongoing. And the figure £40 isn't that twice what Chelsea has to pay for basically cheating for years!

10 Jun 2026 16:31:02
What about our loss of revenue for our points deductions, when City haven't even faced their breaches yet. Can we now sue City?
Premier League is becoming a joke now basically being controlled by a handful of clubs who, let's not forget, wanted to break away and form a European league.