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• David 25, who’s to say that’s not how we’re conducting our business? Maybe we are scouting out the players and reaching out to their clubs and representatives just as you say.rnrnThe thing is, every player purchase is a four-way transaction. Not just us, but the other club and the player and his agent. And none of them have any incentive to operate on our time schedule. Maybe the club or the agent are waiting for a better offer. Maybe the player wants to stay at his current club. Nobody’s in a hurry.rnrnAnd apparently neither are we. According to the various media reports we all saw, our transaction guy knocked a total of 15 million off the buy prices for George and Hackney by patiently negotiating. Reportedly, we even walked away from the table on George.(which is, I would note, exactly the same strategy TFG used when buying Everton.)rnrnWe won’t know what’s going on until it’s done.rnrn...
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• Stan 27 I haven’t forgotten how Everton has conducted transfer business over the last few years. I just don’t think it’s of any relevance now. The people conducting our business today entirely different from those who were doing it 18 months ago. Everything that could possibly have changed at Everton has changed, from management to finances to business philosophy, and nothing that happened before December 2024 matters a bit now.rnrnExcept, of course, that we’re still cleaning up that mess....
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• David 24, of course you’re right, and obviously we have done some pretty miserable transferbusiness over the years, so we have a lot of holes to fill.rnrnYes, not just Brighton, but Brentford and Bournemouth have done some really good business over the years in terms of finding players, growing their value and selling them on for big profits. But that’s not a business model I think Everton should aspire to. We have resources well beyond theirs – wealthy owners, much bigger stadium and game day revenue, potentially larger commercial partnerships – and I hope and believe that we are intended to play among the big boys, not the B’s. It takes years to build that, but I see no reason we can’t do it....
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• Mike #22,rn\"My point is that we\'re not \"slow\" in comparison to other clubs, as other posters seem to believe (\"dithering f***ers\").\"rnrnYou\'ve clearly forgotten how Everton have worked the transfer market for the past X number of years.rnrnOur business this summer so far:rnrnRöhl was an obligation to buy which came into effect due to last year\'s loan agreement. rnrnGeorge an option to buy but similar deal to Röhl. rnrnHackney is the exception but not exactly a marquee signing or a great discovery by the recruitment team....
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