Everton Rumours Archive May 08 2014

08 May 2014 22:49:16
Press reckon spuds looking to open talks with lukaku for a transfer fee of 15 million.

For 15 million i'd like to think we'd be 1st choice and go for him along with Bony or a.n.other.

Bargain at 15 million just as long as bobby can develop him.

Thoughts?

{Ed025's Note - i hear that chelsea will not sell to us unless ross is part of the deal AW..but we will see..

With all due respect ED, football is business there is no way Chelsea would not accept a bid from Everton if we matched another teams bid, regardless if we offered Ross or not

{Ed025's Note - im only going on what i have been told by a chelsea insider chris, dont get me wrong it could be wrong, but his information regarding chelsea is usually correct mate..

Ross has surely got to be double the price of Romelu.
Would Chelsea sell to spuds? I'd like to think Romelu would choose us, but I am still a believer in morals and not the money mercenaries.
They haven't even got a manager at spuds. well you know what I mean. Levy at it again.

08 May 2014 16:41:51
Anyone else think this proposal of b teams for pl clubs is a really good idea for the future of the National team

{Ed025's Note - sounds good in theory shakey, but a lot of cleverer guys than me reckon it would be unworkable mate..

IMO Its a poor idea that has not been thought through properly. It would harm lower league clubs and the old reserve leagues restructed would be a better idea.

The FA want to create a larger pool of good English players to help win the World Cup. Sounds good, but in my opinion the vested interests in the top two divisions (Premier League and Championship) are too different to the vested interests of the lower league clubs.
The Premier League clubs want a better way to see their young players come through - and see a return on their major financial investment in academies and developing players - and therefore want truly competitive football for that.
The lower league (and conference) clubs don't want this extra competition in their divisions and B teams taking places in these divisions - even though they (not the B teams) could still get promotion through the pyramid AND matches against Premier League B teams could generate bigger attendances and match day income.
I fear that without this change we could find that the top clubs - Premier League and Championship and some others currently outside these top divisions including even the likes of Celtic - will form a closed shop outside the pyramid and condemn the rest of the clubs to regional non-league football on a part-time semi-pro (low paid) basis or just force them out of existence. At the end of the day, whichever division a club plays in, it comes down to finance. The Premier League is awash with massive amounts and the lower leagues try to get by on a comparative pittance. Will the clubs at every level be visionaries or will they just stick to self-interest or greed?
The idea of B teams seems to work in Spain and Germany - and their national teams don't do too badly do they?

{Ed025's Note - it sounds good in theory sid..making it viable is a different kettle of fish mate..