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Lorik Cana
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Lorik Cana is the perfect anecdote for our midfield. The Albanian beast is the perfect buy for Moyes the Messiah this transfer period.
He has everything in terms of attributes and the temperament, aggression and desire that suits the Toffees. He would absolutely compliment the current squad, imagine Cana, Cahill, Fellaini and Lescott lining up for a corner!!!! Every team would be shaking in their boots! The opposition would also be defecating themselves fronting up to him defending. Think same desire as Carsley but with extra height and ball skills.
View this link it may be long but is very much worth watching till the end: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wTbB5y4Zrk
Steven Duffy, Posted 15/07/2009 at 00:25:56
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I like the look of him and at £6m it’s a no-brainer. I think Arteta and Cana in the middle with Fellaini/Cahill operating in front of them would be formidable.
We can always dream....
Have we ever signed an Albanian? They used to shoot hapless yatchsmen who drifted into their territorial waters didn’t they?
If Moyes could settle him down a bit then he’d be perfect for the holding role. Not going to hold my breath on this one as I don’t trust anything in the papers anymore.
Not sure why we’ve been linked with these defensive midfielders (Cana and M'Bia my lord)... Neville will have to be in the starting line up somewhere, and if Naughton comes in it won’t be at RB.
We really need a playmaker who can help out when Arteta and Pienaar aren’t available. Who knows, maybe we have more transfer kitty than first thought?
Has anyone here scouted him enough to know how good he actually is? I’d never heard of him before this summer transfer window.
Can you imagine him snapping Gerrard’s legs in November?!!
The lunatics in the Street End would love him!!
I'm baffled as to why fellow Evertonians on here keep mentioning that we don't need a holding midfield player because we've got Neville... are your lot being serious? If we're to push on next season and seasons to come, then having Neville in the holding role is not the way forward.
Don't get me wrong, he filled in very well last season but we need better quality in there... someone with more power and aggression, someone comfortable on the ball who will accommodate Arteta and Fellaini/Cahill really well and Cana fits the bill and for that price, £6M, we shouldn’t be messing around and get him signed up!
I also saw on another website that his team mate Valbuena is surplus to requirements at Marseille and doesn't fit in to Deschamp's system. I saw he would be available for as cheap as £4M... Now £10M for the pair would be a steal, a holding midfield player and an answer to our right-sided problems. Valbuena is quality too and for £4M he would be a genuine steal, but then again, it all depends on money, doesn't it?
I’d love Moyes to have £20M and go and fork out £10M on Cana and Valbuena and then splash £8M on the two Kyle’s, Walker and Naughton. I’d be more than happy with those four, and maybe if we had enough left in the kitty, get one or two in on loan as squad players?! Well, I suppose we can all dream, can't we? COYB, IMWT!!!!.
The clip that Steven refers us to, aside from being arse numbingly boring, reveals about 173 two-footed tackles. He wouldn’t last the month and Fellaini’s early yellow card spree would be a distant memory compared to this guy.
I’m sure he’s not without his virtues, but not for us I suggest. Moyes likes teams with discipline.
So it’s just another bloody rumour then.
Is there a poster who has actually watched him regularly and is able to confirm if he is good or not?
If Mark Reily already has his card marked then he should fit right in at Everton.
Fellaini last season collected 13 yellows and 0 reds, Pienaar collected 7 yellows and 0 reds, Neville collected 8 yellows and 0 reds and Cahill collected the same 7 yellows and 1 red card. The referees are a different game in the EPL but Fellaini has cleaned his act up.
I’m sure, having seen Cana in some games for Marseille, he really played his heart out for his team and would be a great asset and power in the middle of the park, putting the fear of Christ up a lot of these Ffancy Dan mercenaries.
As with M’Bia and Moutinho, people are describing players as the best thing since sliced bread based on internet talk. I've seen him play twice and he looks a tidy footballer. I doubt he will be the next Roy Keane.
Would love to see him against Allardyce’s Rovers next season...wipe that smirk right off his face.
£6 million, and wants to play for us? No brainer.
The clip that Steve pasted is like a being zoomed back to the days of Chopper Harris and the like! If and it’s a big if the guy arrived at L4 in the Royal Blue he would be getting so many splinters in his arse because of being sent from the field every other game! Let’s face it the refs in the PL just love a hatchet man don’t they! Look at history and this will back up that fact, Julian Dicks, David Batty, Patrick Viera, Roy Keane etc etc all were refs favourites! Let’s face it Fellaini was clumsy more than anything last season and just look at the example that was made of him by the refs.
I have not seen Cana play and therefore I would reserve judgement that anyone can be made to look good by some clever editing and posting a video on Youtube. If Moyes likes what he sees then he is certainly a better judge than you or I, however as others have stated I think Cana does not look disciplined enough to fit into a Moyes team.
COYB!
After a few seasons with PSG, a new coach came, a Serbian coach (Lorik Cana is from Kosovo), and said that he didn't want Lorik in the team. He was sold to OM for €3M. That same season OM beat PSG in Paris for the first time in 14 years, by a score of 1-0. Guess who scored? Yup, Lorik Cana!
He captained Marseille soon after, through the Champions League and UEFA Cup. He shut down Christiano Ronaldo in both games Portugal played against Albania! Something that EPL defenders were not able to do at all! Last year he got 1 red card, and that wasn’t because of a tackle, but he got into a wrestling match with an opponent, after the opponent tried to take the ball from his hands, during a throw-in.
He is a smart and tough midfielder. He is perfect for the EPL! Lorik can also play as a central defender, as he has done for Albania and OM in many occasions. I have seen him play many times, and he is my favorite player! He’s value is at €10m, so to get him for €6m is an amazing bargain.
I'm surprised Arsenal hasn’t made a move for him yet, since they lost Melo to Juventus, but that was only made official today, so they might still throw in a bid for him. Liverpool was also interested in case they lost Xavi or Mascherano, but it seems like they will retain both. Tottenham, Volsburg, Stuttgart, Sevilla, and a few Italian teams have expressed their interest.
Now you guys tell me, if he was this much of a problem with red cards, would he really gather all this interest? As a fan I would hate to see him play in Germany, cuz... well... really i wouldn't get a chance to see him play ever since the Bundesliga is not at the standard of EPL, La Liga, and Seria A.
If he went to Everton, in two years his value will be at £25M, and the big clubs will come calling. Maybe Perez will come knocking!
Cheers!
If anything, we have to trust Moyes and his scouting network (in other words, his copy of Football Manager), as they’ll know more about him than we do.
Personally, nothing makes me cheer as loud as a hefty, crunching tackle — just look at how Goodison erupted when Phil Neville put "CR7" on his arse — and any man whose nickname sounds like a villain from Superman must be fun to watch at the very least.
If you look at the teams above us, they tend to have at least one player whose sole use is to run around volleying people into the crowd — Mascherano, Essien, Mikel are examples — and the teams without those are seen as having a weak point of their team. Arsenal are said to have a "soft" midfield and United fans blame the lack of Hargreaves or Fletcher for losing against Barca and their struggles against "big" teams.
I think we do need a thug in our team. Neville did a great job last season, but he’s not exactly going to put the fear of God into teams, is he?
Can’t wait until we play the RS this season. Home AND away!
Truthfully, apart from the play-off game on Sky, how many times has everybody seen the two Kyles play? Defour, Fellaini, Witsel, Dalmat, apart from against us and the shite? Cana and the dodgy YouTube link?
I’m not saying their bad players, but it makes me laugh listening to people trying to convince themselves they’ve heard of these players, let alone seen them play!
Judging by Moyes’s comments, he’s only looking for a maximum of 2 signings to come straight into the side. It’s likely Naughton will be one and the other a midfielder. Any other signings will be Bosmans or loans as he said to bulk the squad up.
And as BK said, it’s up to Moyes who he brings in, thankfully, and In Moyes We Trust.
COYB
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1 Posted 15/07/2009 at 14:43:35
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Although we may need to put a leash on a player who would probably be proscribed under the Dangerous Dogs Act.