Everton rumours 3

15 Jul 2024 16:02:28
Ed you mentioned on another post that you'd come back to the question around the midfielder we were looking at? Does it happen to be tesserman or is it someone else like Lesley ugo from Chelsea? Or is it someone completely different.

{Ed002's Note - Wilfred Ndidi (DM) LNo.
Leander Dendoncker (DM/CM) Napoli are not interested in paying the €10M option and he will return to Aston Villa to be sold on. Everton may still offer an option to replace Onana.
Lesley Ugochukwu (DM/CM) Chelsea are open to letting the player go on loan to get game time and improve his fitness. They would ideally like a move to a Premier League club but will want a guarantee of game time. There have been enquiries from Ipswich, Everton and Fulham.
Tanner Tessmann (DM) A move to Inter MIlan from Venezia has been agreed. They will look to an initial loan and have spoken with his agent about other interested sides. This offers up Feyenoord, Ipswich and Everton. There could be a Work Permit probem in England.
Arthur Melo (DM/CM) Fiorentina are not interested in a permanent deal. Will be available for €15M with Everton a possible destination to replace Onana. Don't be surprised if this happens. Newcastle offer a less likely solution.
Kalvin Phillips (DM/CM) No.
Weston McKennie (CM/DM) Could look to a part exchange as his agent is hawking him around English and German sides without much luck. Everton or Newcastle could be interested at perhaps €20M depending on sales. MLS perhaps.
Florentino Luis (DM) Scouts continue to watch Benfica but they have no interest in selling Florentino Luis unless his buy out clause is met and the player wants to leave - although realistically they would perhaps accept €40M. Seen previously by Barcelona as a potential Busquets replacement, but they opted for Oriol Romeu - interest may remain. His sale would also be dependent on whether Joao Neves is sold. Interest of Everton to take him on loan has been rejected out of hand by Benfica butr they could look to a lowball offer. Aston Villa are talking to his agent about taking him . Leicester consider him an Ndidi replacement.
Emiliano Martinez (DM) The Uruguayan plays for Midtjylland but has attracted interest from several clubs including Marseille who have held talks with his club and have been granted permission to speak to the player who they consider a suitable replacement for Matteo Guendouzi. Everton enquired after the player with his agents, and it could only be as an Onana replacement, given they have Garner as well. Unless paying over the odds it will be difficult to get a Work Permit to play in England. Basel offer an option with Xhaka and Frei now well in to their 30s. Player has said he wants to play in Italy. Can be forgotten.
Amir Richardson (CM/DM) Seen by Everton as an Onana replacement and Leicester as a potential Ndidi replacement.

16 Jul 2024 10:38:06
Great info ED002, as always. Thanks!

{Ed002's Note - You are welcome.}

16 Jul 2024 10:51:00
Wow thanks for all this Ed. So reading through it all it looks like Arthur Melo is most likely? I don’t really know enough about him, he barley kicked a ball over the park when they had him.

{Ed002's Note - I cannot answer most likely but there is certainly interest.}

16 Jul 2024 12:56:21
Interesting read. Melo was highly regarded for a time and seems to have lost his way a bit.

15 Jul 2024 22:02:52
Gnoto linked again.

15 Jul 2024 22:39:29
De Ja Vu! Hope we start getting the business done soon. Whoever’s going needs to go so we can get the squad together.

15 Jul 2024 10:12:19
Reading this morning that Andy Bell and George Downing have been offered a stake in Everton by Dan Freidkin seems a good idea.

15 Jul 2024 20:49:13
Not sure why he would do that?

15 Jul 2024 21:26:31
Same reason anyone would offer/ sell a stake.

15 Jul 2024 22:02:02
But he doesn’t own the club yet. So doesn’t have a stake to offer.
From what I have read about the guy he likes ultimate control of things. So given that what would he actually be offering them. If and when he buys the club.

16 Jul 2024 02:37:31
I think that bringing them in is brilliant strategy. they can run the club day to day while he oversees things. Everton run by Evertonians is brilliant PR.

16 Jul 2024 06:47:09
I might be wrong but doesn’t the club still owe them 2 money? If so could be another reason to offer a stake in the club?

16 Jul 2024 07:41:19
Wasn’t that the loan they paid back straight away?
Likewise I might be wrong but I know they immediately paid off one loan.

16 Jul 2024 08:28:20
They have been paid off. As for Everton being run by Evertonians haven’t we been there before?

15 Jul 2024 17:52:22
Can eds 02 confirm this?

{Ed002's Note - I can confirm that they are looking for additional investors and this would be to offset some or all of the debt owed to them if the sale goes through.}

15 Jul 2024 08:28:22
West Ham showing interest in DCL.

15 Jul 2024 22:02:31
Up the Irons.

14 Jul 2024 09:18:47
The Sunday Daily mail reporting we’ve reached an agreement with spurs that no fee due if dele resigns.

14 Jul 2024 10:37:33
If he resigns, we are fools. £100k to sit on the medical table and possible the bench with a few cameos. It’s not like he’s setting the world alight in training as we never hear about him or see him.

I hope this is just rumour and nothing comes of it.

14 Jul 2024 10:53:13
Was a crazy scenario. I can't imagine that the deal ever imagined us re signing him once the duration had elapsed. Obviously this was some sort of quirk. Glad to hear common sense has prevailed. And if the lads fit and the deal isn't crazy wages then he's more than welcome.

14 Jul 2024 11:23:16
He’s back in full training with the first team, Sean and Kevin must be confident he can play for us if the deal with spurs is true . Let’s face he was a great player and hopefully could be again.

14 Jul 2024 13:39:01
I hope he can recapture his best form but it seems like a long shot.
Definitely last chance saloon for Dele.

14 Jul 2024 14:30:01
It was last chance saloon when he signed for us. Now it falls into ludicrous and desperate. Given our PSR problems, we can not afford £100k a week on someone who doesn’t do anything.

If he goes on the bag 20 assists and 10 goals I’ll happily admit I was wrong but the kid will have to make a resurgence not ever seen before in the premier league and I think there are cheaper and less risky options out there.

14 Jul 2024 14:39:50
Maybe his pay has been renegotiated as well BR mate, would make sense.

14 Jul 2024 16:01:37
What would be an acceptable wage though GB? It would have to be pretty low with lots of bonuses to even think about signing again. He’s already taken us for a fair few million!

14 Jul 2024 17:25:24
Just to drop a fun bomb and step back and watch:
What would be the value of his motm performance in the Palace come back from 2 down at half time to win and seal the 3 points to secure another season in the EPL? Hmm? He. was pretty good in a few of those last games albeit from the bench on occasions.

14 Jul 2024 17:29:12
Maybe once we see what he is like we could negotiate, goodness knows he owes us big time mate.

14 Jul 2024 18:22:07
Well guys we can only hope that KT and SD do a comprehensive evaluation and only sign him on a low wage with added bonuses if he performs. It's really a crap shoot, if he could get back to anywhere near his best it will be looked at as a master stroke. On the other hand, well you can guess!

15 Jul 2024 22:03:39
What happened to in Dyche we trust?

13 Jul 2024 19:22:31
Bobble saying fee for Onana is £55m with add ons and we have added a sell on clause.

13 Jul 2024 20:55:32
That sounds good to me mate.

13 Jul 2024 23:33:43
Take that all day long. Could turn out to be a top player, but not been overly effective for us, and clearly wants to move on so let it be.

14 Jul 2024 10:39:56
A possible deal that favours us - doesn’t sound like us but I would take that all day.

13 Jul 2024 15:01:29
Afternoon Ed02 - you mentioned in a different post that Everton were looking at a different replacement for Onana than Dendonker. If we do sell Onana to Villa, who do you think our new options/ targets are? I’m hoping they reinvest the money on the attack but know we will probably throw it into the stadium.

{Ed002's Note - I am travelling right now. Back Monday afternoon so please ask again then.}

13 Jul 2024 17:41:45
I think it’ll be Phillips on loan.

13 Jul 2024 18:19:08
Hope not.

13 Jul 2024 19:24:45
Will do Ed02. Safe travels.

13 Jul 2024 19:24:45
Will do Ed02. Safe travels.

13 Jul 2024 16:27:36
Lesley Ugochukwu from Chelsea on loan for the season being reported.

13 Jul 2024 18:18:02
I mentioned on the Chelsea site earlier today that you are in the hunt to get Ugo on loan.

I will be gutted if he leaves on loan. He looks class and in my opinion is better than the player you have sold.

13 Jul 2024 23:35:26
Never heard of him. Better than Onana now? We need someone that can come straight into the first team.

14 Jul 2024 07:06:49
To be fair JB Onana wasn’t exactly first choice. I’d prioritize RB, striker, and probably another winger over a CM.

14 Jul 2024 10:41:36
I think we could strengthen in a few positions Denver, and CM Is one of them. Don’t think Garner and Guaye can see us through a season.

13 Jul 2024 11:05:37
Looks like Onana's off to Villa.
£50 million is a decent return. Hope that means we'll have a couple of incomings soon.

13 Jul 2024 11:13:53
Hopefully we get the bulk of the money up front.

13 Jul 2024 11:30:46
Think it bit low personally we paid 33 for him and we got give lille 20 percent I think we should be looking for 60.

13 Jul 2024 11:36:13
Agree £50m will do nicely.

13 Jul 2024 11:55:06
Never saw r.

13 Jul 2024 11:55:30
Never saw that one coming. Thought it'd be Arsenal myself.

13 Jul 2024 12:14:43
Just read that it's 20% of any profit we make on selling him so that knocks it down a bit. If true, that is.

13 Jul 2024 12:53:17
I’d like to see a sell on clause in this one. He’s a class player who is going to get better and very quickly outgrow Villa who I believe will struggle to replicate CL football again. Therefore he’ll get another move so it’d be nice to get some money from that possibility.

13 Jul 2024 13:56:10
I thought Villa had PSR issues like we do so surprised they can form out £50m.

13 Jul 2024 14:07:39
Got to be honest but from what I've seen of him 50 million is fine. More bothered about the talk of resigning dele Ali.

13 Jul 2024 14:31:29
£18m profit for a mediocre player will do just fine.

13 Jul 2024 14:50:05
With you there Witty mate.

13 Jul 2024 18:22:28
Villa ran the risk of breaching PSR for the last set of accounts ending June 30th - they made several sales before then which avoided the issue.

They got a considerable sum for David Luis so imagine they’ve used some of that towards the Onana deal - and with purchases you can spread the cost of the purchase over the length of the contract. So if they pay £50m for Onana and he has a 5yr contract as is being reported then it’s only £10m against this PSR period from what I am aware.

Just hope we have a decent replacement lined up.

13 Jul 2024 20:00:34
But why are you bothered about the Dele deal?
Right now nobody knows what sort of deal he will return on
I think he’s going to be hungry to prove doubters wrong myself, wherever he ends up, and whether with us or elsewhere I hope he does.

14 Jul 2024 08:27:06
I believe it’s £50m with £5m in add ons if there is a 20% sell on payment on any profit and we paid £33m is £17m in profit which equals £3.4m to who we bought him from . Just on a purely mathematical basis not getting into exact finances and the other unseen costs but hopefully that’s probably £40+m going back into the club.

13 Jul 2024 08:38:20
Jesper Lyndsrom is supposedly in talks with us about a move left winger.

13 Jul 2024 09:13:16
22 games last season zero assists?

13 Jul 2024 09:22:36
Strange one that as Harlex points out no assists in 22 appearances last season, also no goals.

Not actually a winger but more of an attacking midfielder which is similar to ndiaye and dele.

Doesn’t appear to make much sense when we’ve supposedly been after out and out wingers - hoping it’s more nonsense from Fab who rarely gets anything Everton related correct.

13 Jul 2024 20:15:59
If you dig into his appearances there was only 2 starts out of those 22 appearances and a total of just over 400 mins and 13 games of 15 mins or less, 4 showing as less than a minute
Possibly a gamble, maybe a loan with obligation if he hits certain clauses
Predominantly a left winger from what I have seen and read
Can’t see us paying big money for him based on that return though, well I hope not.

12 Jul 2024 21:15:02
Doing a deal with spurs so we can resign Delle, Sean must have seen something in training . If he’s fit and his heads right he’s a player.

12 Jul 2024 21:32:54
He could be a great player for us, he also could be a dud as he has been since he signed, time will tell but I hope that we are not paying out too much for the trial.

12 Jul 2024 23:34:44
Is he still under contract at Spurs?
I keep reading he's a free agent.

13 Jul 2024 08:47:02
He’s a free agent FBS, but there are clauses in the contract he had with us which mean we would owe spurs a chunk if we resign him. Appears that we’re trying to renegotiate these terms. Makes sense as Spurs would get nothing if he signs for another team.

13 Jul 2024 09:16:28
We would still have to pay them the 10m if he plays so many games. That’s what the club are trying to negotiate on.

13 Jul 2024 09:43:08
That's absolutely mental. All of a sudden I have flashbacks of very early Dragons Den where someone would be offered a smaller deal and they'd turn it down only for one of the Dragons to use the expression "What's 100% of nothing? "
So does that mean if Deli signed elsewhere as a free agent, for any other club in the world, he'd be a free agent? Able to negotiate his own terms without any Spurs entanglement? So even if we signed him in 4 years time from say Wrexham, that original deals clauses would be due and kick back to Spurs? How is that even legally binding?

13 Jul 2024 10:40:22
Well as mad as it seems that’s the agreement the club made. Levy won’t let that go easy.

13 Jul 2024 11:16:47
If it's seven more games then we will be ok. Chances are he will only make five before being injured.

13 Jul 2024 12:26:28
Levy is a genius.

13 Jul 2024 14:19:19
He’s not a genius FBS; we are just fools!

14 Jul 2024 21:01:12
By the sounds of it no fee will be due and only a sell on clause. Dele also has agreed a lower wage.

I personally think, now he's shed some enormous baggage that I can't even imagine how he has coped in silence, that we may see a player again.

I'm absolutely able to give him a chance. He was magnificent in his prime and if anyone thinks back to the palace game when we stayed up, it was partly because of him.