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• Look, Everton are onto a winner here either way. If Palace have led the deal, and all Everton had to say was \"no extra cash\", then this will do for me. If youve got what you want, sometimes the best negotiators say nothing.rnrnThis is either going to book a nice gain on the sale of Mcneil, as his book value is practically nothing. Or johnson goes onto the books at a negligible value, with a reduced amortisation value for scr purposes on a player that cost £35-43m over his last two moves. rnrnThe Mcneil sale had to happen this summer. Everton weren\'t offering a new deal, and his value was £10-15m tops. Winter window £5-10m. With no other options, this was the best deal on the table.rnrnWas Johnson a primary target, probably not. I liked Palaces move for him In January, as he is proven at the Premier league level, can play a couple of different positions and is young enough to impact games over the next 4 to 5 years.rnrnWeve needed right wi...
  Ian Bennett in “You can see this is a club that wants to go in the right direction” — Brennan Johnson on why he chose Everton move
• Great collection, Andy....
  Derek Thomas in My Everton Collection
• Brendan #83, possibly even more than that. Both Spotrac and Capology confirm your number, because Johnson was making £5.7M/year and McNeil only £1.3M, but that\'s just fixed salary. Reportedly Palace was also on the hook for £1.4M in annual bonuses for Johnson (which he probably didn\'t earn if they were performance-based).It\'s definitely a square deal financially. We\'re just getting a younger, faster and potentially better player. BBC now reporting the Norton-Cuffy rumour. Never seen him. Can anybody fill me in?rnrn...
  Mike Gaynes in “You can see this is a club that wants to go in the right direction” — Brennan Johnson on why he chose Everton move
• Stan,You have conducted yourself with dignity and respect throughout this conversation. So I would like to end it by affording you the same courtesy.I've railed against stat compilers for years on this website, and I do mean years. So when I refer to the stattos @13, I'm talking about people like Opta, FotMob and all those countless here's-half-a-story websites.I know exactly where people on here are getting their misinformation from. I know there are millions of people swallowing millions of stats everyday believing them to be fact. Not once did I say it was only a few on here who believe the demented claim that Beto is a 1 in 2 striker. The error you think you are correcting was never made.Having earned a living based almost entirely on stats in a former life, I understand the importance of them. That said, we are not daft-arsed Yanks. We can't allow what is often outright f***-wittery to become gospel. We cannot allow stats to distort what we ...
  Darren Hind in “I haven’t shown my best yet”: Dibling determined to make Everton impact after confident Stuttgart showing
• I\'d rather - much rather - have Munoz that inconsistent Spence, but despite the rumours I don\'t see it happening, sadly....
  Paul Griffiths in “You can see this is a club that wants to go in the right direction” — Brennan Johnson on why he chose Everton move
• Spence to Inter for £30 m. The lad just did well at the World Cup. Show some intent and go and get him, or at least try....
  Ray Jacques in “You can see this is a club that wants to go in the right direction” — Brennan Johnson on why he chose Everton move