Mirallas weighs his options

Top striker in Greece, but unproven here. Too much of a gamble in my opinion. I would go for Adam Johnson if possible.

Nothing to do with being mercenary... it's who will give him first team football is what he said... now if both teams can give him that... where is he going to go? The team in the Champions league or the one not in Europe....

I don't know if the text has been changed since you read it but I can't see how you arrive at that conclusion. Looking at your options before making a career decision seems sensible to me. As for him being a mercenary: we all are. Footballers just get paid more.

Well, it's David Moyes scouting, so yes.

Glad to hear he has his head screwed on the right way - where ever he goes - he'll be better off at Everton' This place is different from all the others - but will he have realised that yet?

As for him being mercenary.. surely his comment that he's leaning towards where he'll get more game time make a mockery of that.

Hopefully he'll pick Goodison, he looks decent.

If Miralles is asking for £90K p/w then should we just pay it?! No - of course not. We have made an offer that we can afford and the lad has gone to consider it. I don't understand how anyone can have any complaints

Well said.

Best to not get too excited either way and just sit tight and hope for the best.

Talksport saying he's chosen us and will sign a 4 year deal. Fingers crossed.

Understand your frustration but that is simply not true. In the days of social media rumours can spread like wildfire, and often are picked up (or started) by media outlets and then are presented as fact.

Back in the day you would maybe read a snippet in a paper, but would then have to wait 24 hours for the next snippet. Transfers back then were a lot more straightforward, but these days with so many agendas, middle men etc. it is almost impossible to get a deal done quickly, and under the radar.

I was lamenting about this yesterday with someone at the Echo, ironically on Twatter.

Gavin O'Leary - Answer me this: How come most clubs linked with a player announce they have signed them within the same day?

Just like Man Utd with RVP
Just like Real Madrid with Modric
Just like Barca with Song

You're talking out yer arse mate. We've bid for a player that nobody on here has seen play 90 minutes. Let's just give the lad £100K a week so he signs and fuck the consequences. Yeah it will bankrupt the club, but at least Gavin O'Leary from South Wales won't have to hide his Everton tattoo in embarrassment.

This is not our one and only transfer target. Moyes will have a list as long as his arm. We also have to be realistic and note that the best value for 'buying clubs' is found at the end of August.

The only way you wrap up a transfer in 10 minutes is by throwing money about. We can't do that

Exactly

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19289850

I love football. I hate footballers.

No mate, it's just that in our case buying at the end of August saves a couple of months wages for the player.

I'm bored.

Now let me ask you this...if you were brokering a multi-million pound, with two parties with different perspectives, other interested parties, an agent with personal interests, and a player who is expected to change countries, cultures and re-locate a family...how long do you think that takes?

Blaming the board in this case is understandable knee jerk but misplaced I believe. I don't think there has been anything official from Everton on Mirallas (or Kev Johnson), it will all have come from the agents trying to squeeze more out of a deal. As for why this didn't happen with Rodwell well that's a very easy one: once an agent is negotiating with the Eastlands Lottery Chavs it's not very likely he will get more money elsewhere is it? Especially if Rodwell interest is lukewarm elsewhere - he's a known quantity remember. So he doesn't leak.

I also think the Arsenal hopes/options for Mirallas are mostly agent talk also as Wenger doesn't seem that keen on getting another forward, see

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19280162

The only gap in his quotes would be that he wouldn't see Mirallas as a VP replacement, just a squad player also, and Arsenal don't tend to splurge cash on players in the same way as other clubs. Arsenal have also been wading through wodges of cash for ages without spending it on so the VP payments won't make any difference to their player acquisitions.

What will be will be.

PS Peter Barry - it's not often I agree with you but I am 100% in agreement about Charlie Adam. Before you drift off into paranoid Scots conspiracy theories that is.

Have Sunderland signed Fletcher from Wolves yet?
Is Carroll back in his bar code shirt?
Is Modric already enjoying his callos y tapas variadas in a Madrileno restaurante?
How long did the Van Persie saga drag on for?
and ask your red mates about Sigursson - heralded as the shites missing link signing then just an over-rated near miss when he signed for Spurs.
Its normal to negotiate but these days theres so much more social media awareness that possible transfers are in the public domain much sooner than they used to be.
And those calling this lad a mercenary need to remember that not every one is an Evertonian from birth. He has options to sign for one of two clubs - club A and club B. He is weighing up two job offers is all. don't take it personal that he doesnt support or favour the same club that you do.

Also, I think Adam is a decent player, but he is a thug. I would rather not have him representing this football club. Although, given that we have taken the French Guy on trial, and Mirallas is a penciled in possibility, I don't think the interest in Adam as a permament signing is authentic.

I've never known anyone with City's resources or the propensity to throw them round like that. I've also not known anyone else to come in for a concrete offer (apparently) for Rodwell in the last few years despite all of the paper talk.

Ask yourself this:

If you're the agent with the first (and possibly surprising interest) from a very rich club offering upfront money (which is again pretty unheard of these days) are you going to mention or leak it to anyone when the finger of suspicion of leaks will only point at you? It wouldn't be in the interest of the clubs to leak at all if they both want the deal to go through. Especially when dealing with someone as volatile as Mankini who may just as easily walk away? I think not.

As for your point about secrecy then off the top of my head I'd say the Carroll transfer (snigger) was a bolt out of the blue in exactly the same way and for exactly the same reasons above. Tim Cahill as well?

I'd say there is plenty of precedence, it's just not the norm when scumbag agents try to drive the price up for coveted assets if they think there is more money to be made.

I won't pretend to know how good he is, but if he is good hopefully he comes to us. The fact that he is mates with Fellaini will help us.

Also, Arsenal do not pay huge wages, so this is an instance where our package (oh er missus) may be more attractive than theirs.

Agreed.

I suspect Wenger's attitude will be much more take it or leave it than ours because of the relative squad strengths.

I'd also say that if our board are playing a bit more hardball and not upping an initial offer (which may well be the case here - I don't claim to know) then I would applaud that as it is based on sound business principles, not "dithering" - sometimes silence is the best option in negotiations.

If not, Royston is still a free agent! What a waste.

Howard
Neville Heitinga Distin Baines
Gibson Fellaini
Marallis Naismith Pienaar
Jelavic

... is frighteningly good.

Apart from that I fancy a draw on Monday.

Because Moyes really ruined the attacking prowess of Cahill, Arteta & Pienaar, Ian... Do you think all attacking players should just be allowed to go out and have fun in the Premier League and forget about defending?

I've heard it all now

Absolutely priceless Dean

Bit of a winge though, Man Utd have completed the signing of RVP in time for this lunchtime's deadline so he will be pulling on a shirt at Goodison on Monday night while we are still waiting and wondering.

Priceless indeed!

..Got a load of plastic Mancs in my office and fed up with their RVP this, RVP that.

Praying for another one of Tony Hibbert's banana shots under the floodlights.

Much bigger transition in terms of geography and culture for him to make compared to RVP switching from Arsenal to the Mancs. Plus Van Persie could do bugger all for 88 minutes while we lay siege to their goal and then latch onto a lob over our back four to blow us out of the water, whereas we are more likely to need everyone switched on and working together throughout the game to get something from it.

A couple of players in before the transfer deadline will do me, though obviously the sooner the better and the more the merrier.

Putting one over United would be a fantastic way to announce our intentions for the year. Holding off Rooney and RVP will be tough but strangling them in midfield should be easier, they don't have any inspirational midfielders without bus passes.

Exciting!

A wide right player of quality. I'm actually beginning to have a good feeling.

Probably will end Monday night, but fuck it. Get this kid in.

Where'd ya see that? Who u following? Link?

Fingers crossed for the medical!

Really hope this comes off and that he and the team have an amazing season.