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Man City prepare two players plus cash bid for Marouane Fellaini
The 25-year-old Belgian is supposedly also a top target for Chelsea, but the European champions will, so it is claimed, have to battle it out with mega-rich rivals Man City in the summer.
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Sunday People
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239 Posted 17/02/2013 at 19:25:44
That would be a good move, only for Chelsea to counter with Lampard and Benayoun.
Now if City where to come in with Yaya and Silva we could then let Chelsea once again counter with Lukaku and Hazard we may challenge for top ten under Martinez, Rafa or BIg Sam whilst dithering Dave commentates for MOTD whilst ruing the day he did not sign his contract whilst waiting for Real Madrid to come for him!!!!
More lazy journalism gives us something to read I suppose.
250 Posted 17/02/2013 at 19:37:09
265 Posted 17/02/2013 at 19:50:12
Wonder who Fella will be playing for next season and what price? I suspect his slightly dwindling form will see the price tag much nearer £20m than £30m.
271 Posted 17/02/2013 at 20:06:28
276 Posted 17/02/2013 at 20:11:43
I wouldn't mind taking Micah and their argentinian left back who's name escapes me, plus a boat load of cash!!
283 Posted 17/02/2013 at 20:20:58
286 Posted 17/02/2013 at 20:22:54
287 Posted 17/02/2013 at 20:28:02
321 Posted 17/02/2013 at 21:12:14
331 Posted 17/02/2013 at 21:38:42
And not to single you out for more Barry, but how come you recognise the monied elite when having a pop at one of our players but completely fail to acknowledge that status when it comes to Moyes and his record?
339 Posted 17/02/2013 at 21:55:39
Barry too old?
Milner a plodding workhorse?
Lescott? Forget it.
Just the cash, please.
340 Posted 17/02/2013 at 21:55:08
Fucking hell... he only has to step on the pitch and some fans purr over him like a teenage girl staring at a One Direction poster! The adulation for this imposter knocks me fucking sick. I suppose I'll get shot down but really I don't buy into this hype for him at all.
342 Posted 17/02/2013 at 22:11:43
345 Posted 17/02/2013 at 22:17:54
355 Posted 17/02/2013 at 22:21:35
Aka, shit deal.
356 Posted 17/02/2013 at 22:20:31
He's also a knuckle dragger who can't see a pass, has nil vision, limited skills and I'd fuckin hate him at Goodison.
357 Posted 17/02/2013 at 22:27:17
359 Posted 17/02/2013 at 22:29:31
361 Posted 17/02/2013 at 22:33:08
362 Posted 17/02/2013 at 22:34:55
363 Posted 17/02/2013 at 22:31:54
When the team is playing well, he profits from it... and when they're not, he looks terrible. If people want to see better football, more incisive attacking play, more pace in the final third, and less hoofball, then the answer is obvious... sell Fellaini and buy a real number 10 and watch Jelavic start to bang the goals in again.
As long as he is doing his Kevin Davies role upfront for us, we will continue to have nil threat on the counter attack, Baines will continue to float every single cross to the back post for him, and Distin and Jagielka will remain unable to resist a glorious smash up the pitch towards his head. Possibly Moyes's greatest ever mistake was wasting €15M on him, Spurs brought Modric for a similar price.
369 Posted 17/02/2013 at 22:43:44
384 Posted 17/02/2013 at 23:14:05
Work horse or not I think Milner would be a good addition.
Lukaku? The man thinks he's going to be the world's best. Not a hope.
386 Posted 17/02/2013 at 23:15:30
I wouldn't want to see Barry or Milner at Everton as I don't rate either player; also, taking Lescott back now would be a backward step as we should be looking at bringing in a young center back who can be with us for the next few years at least.
Best option would be to sell him for cash money upfront and then spend pre-season looking for a good center midfielder in the mold of someone like Manuel Fernandes, who wasn't scared to attack, and take the ball in confined spaces and had a blisteringly accurate shot on him, which is more than can be said for Osman – who is shit.
Neville, Hibbert and Osman should have gone a long time ago IMO.
404 Posted 18/02/2013 at 01:25:04
408 Posted 18/02/2013 at 02:01:57
410 Posted 18/02/2013 at 02:50:12
411 Posted 18/02/2013 at 02:51:16
412 Posted 18/02/2013 at 03:05:49
413 Posted 18/02/2013 at 03:27:34
414 Posted 18/02/2013 at 03:38:34
422 Posted 18/02/2013 at 04:42:25
424 Posted 18/02/2013 at 05:12:06
Now this season he has half a season actually living up to his hype and performing like a world class player he's now gone off the boil. Lets hope he gets his form back for the remaining tough games of the season or we won't get anything for him come the summer.
441 Posted 18/02/2013 at 08:11:24
456 Posted 18/02/2013 at 09:14:53
No to Richards and Lescott, I would rather sell on Heitinga and bring in Hangeland from Fulham on a Bosman if he doesn't sign his new deal.
487 Posted 18/02/2013 at 11:14:36
I thought he looked okay in the first half against Oldham when he was in that position; what's more, Anichebe and Jelavic where getting some half chances. Once we changed in the second half to the trusted Fellaini behind Jelavic model then the hoofballs came out and Jelavic's chances (apart from the one when Gibson bypassed Fellaini) dried up.
I don't know any other team in the league that plays with a tall target man off the striker. It just doesn't work. You might get pretty football like at the beginning of the season but it will not get you many goals as a team, regardless of how many headers he may get individually.
488 Posted 18/02/2013 at 11:04:43
489 Posted 18/02/2013 at 11:21:05
496 Posted 18/02/2013 at 11:33:16
524 Posted 18/02/2013 at 12:28:48
This press story is about us swapping Fellaini for two Man City players plus cash - not what Fellaini's best position is, or whether he's any good. Or, indeed, what two Chelsea players we'd like in an exchange.
The funny thing is, of all the players we might find good use for, Clichy has to be about the last! We've got Baines (who I think will stay), Oviedo, Bidwell and Garbutt, which is more than enough LBs to be going on with. I'd like Milner (an effective team player who looks like a Neanderthal but is deceptively intelligent in football terms) and Lescott (a proven left footed replacement for Distin). But, putting aside their big stars, even the standard City players are on ridiculous wages which makes it hard to move them on. Bring on 'fair play' financial regulations, I say... Or at least I would do if that's what this thread was about.
556 Posted 18/02/2013 at 14:20:13
637 Posted 18/02/2013 at 19:39:17
666 Posted 18/02/2013 at 21:48:45
Or if its Chelsea we'll get Peter Bonetti, John Hollins, Ray Wilkins and Kerry Dixon plus a million. Jeez I'm showing me age.
667 Posted 18/02/2013 at 21:56:29
671 Posted 18/02/2013 at 21:58:54
We all know that if we fail to qualify for Europe we will lose the likes of Fellaini and Baines and one or two others I fear,so whoever the manager is will probably have no team but a fair few quid to spend.
733 Posted 19/02/2013 at 09:51:52
842 Posted 19/02/2013 at 18:27:13
It would be extremely unfair to the next man if the club and Moyes agree to sell any of our best players (assuming DM leaves) and brng in new ones. The new manager will be left in a position of probably having to ship out players who'd only just joined the club.
Also, which player is seriously going to join us without knowing who the manager will be?
All player transfer rumours from now on are pretty much irrelevant and baseless until DM finally says whether he's going or not - which apparently wont be until f'ing May! (Journos have nothing else to write about so conveniently choose to ignore this point.)
850 Posted 19/02/2013 at 18:43:11
Every cloud has a silver bin liner!
961 Posted 20/02/2013 at 12:02:03
Everton need it to bring in players who can be consistantly good not players who have made a name but cannot command a first team place.
We have had too many like that in the past who come in, play well for the first few games and then nothing much thereafter.
Swansea can find the likes of Michu so why can't Everton unearth a similar player given the funds are available.
Fellaini may be in a distracted mode until the season end which is bad for the Blues.
He knows that if Everton don't make Champions league he will be off to the money clubs who are qualified. It's the nature of the beast.
964 Posted 20/02/2013 at 12:51:39
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237 Posted 17/02/2013 at 19:28:14