Mirallas drops strong hint over his future

A brilliant player on his day. Our one genuine creative forward who is capable of something magical. Frustrating, too (at times) when because of his forward momentum and style of play he can be seen to drift out of games.

Always love to see him in the starting 11 even if he rarely makes it to Â’90. He can change a game in the blink of an eye and think just how great his goal return would have been this season without the lay-offs.

ItÂ’s so important to have him with us next season.

All talk at the moment. WeÂ’ll see in the summer.

But if his heartÂ’s back into playing for the Blues, thatÂ’s good news. His main asset is scoring goals. He can make a valuable contribution next season. Stay injury-free, Kev; good luck for next season!

Being a bit of a cynic, I wonder if this change in attitude is, perhaps, down to a lack of interest shown from Â’CL teamsÂ’?

We just arenÂ’t a club who can write off a significant value for an established international, who whilst isnÂ’t as good as he, or some on here think he is, but is still a useful member of the squad. He would still only be 28 and in his prime and to allow him to run down his contract and get nothing would be criminal.

In my mind, he either signs up to a longer contract or we cash in for a reasonable pay day in the summer. The size of any potential fee would dictate which option IÂ’d prefer. More than 㾸m and sell to reinvest, less than that and give him a four year deal (3 year extension till heÂ’s 31).

Cold hearted and pragmatic – oh yes – the only way to be in our current financial position.

IÂ’m really pleased that RM is allowing Ross Barkley to play in his best position too, I personally thought he was very good against United. The big worry is replacing DistinÂ’s role (why not Browning who seems a perfect fit for me) and keeping the magnificent Stones and McArthey long term. Van Gaal must have been absolutely impressed with them and they are desperate to strengthen those two positions. Stones is also a big advantage under FFP but how about McCarthy whoÂ’s from Southern Iron I think?

Everton had De Gea bamboozled Saturday, he just didnÂ’t know when to stay or come out. That was the quality of Evertons attacking play and never mind possession which is irrelevant now and which always seems to be our enemy.

Oh yes, please find the money for Aaron Lennon, he is made for us.

IÂ’ve shifted back to giving Martinez my support but that interview after the United game was Wow, the most phenomenal yet.

I think he has found his level with us. Doubt any of the "big hitters" will be interested in him. So far, Spurs are the only team sniffing round and they are hardly a step up so he is better off where he is.

I would like to keep him and sign Deulofeu and Lennon. If not possible, then would sell him at his prime to buy other two. (I suspect their wages combined would not amount to more than KM will demand.)

The only criticism I would have is, pass the ball to your team mates a bit more.

Wish Barkley possessed some of KevinÂ’s swagger, arrogance, call it what you like.

Wingers get criticized for drifting out of games or for being greedy but nearly all in the prem seem to have reliability or end product issues bar Hazard and Sanchez.

I do however agree with you that his turnaround maybe due to no Champions League interest but I like ambition in our players, I only wish our board shared Kevins vision. If we sold him we would get less than 㾶 million yet hes been probably our most important player for the last few seasons whereas Ross is apparently worth over 㿔 million and contributes little in terms of goals and assists.

Maybe Lennon coming along on loan has shocked him. Since Lennon has been quality, tracks back (something Mirallas does not do enough of). And has basically been a revelation and yet he cannot even get into the spurs team. Mirallas afterall said first team football is what he wants more than anything. He knows now that he might be a bench warmer at teams with money.

Having said that, Mirallas is quality. And I would rather him stay to run down his contract than for him to leave for 7m. Having him and Lennon on either wing would be great for next season.

Kanchelskis is my favorite player of all time and Kev reminds me of him. I wasnÂ’t offended when he said he wanted to play Champions League, doesnÂ’t every player? I want every Everton player to want to play CL!!

Take a hike!!! Overrated and underachieved!! Pain in the ass.

HeÂ’s arrogant, yes, but IÂ’d rather judge him as a footballer than weigh him up as a potential best mate.

Because Distin is left CB and Browning RB/right CB. We should replace like with like not right pegs in left holes.

I was also shocked when I discovered heÂ’d scored 11 this season. Pretty impressive considering heÂ’s injured half of the time.

I agree, the lack of interest from CL clubs may be a contributing factor in his latest pronouncement, but if so, maybe it has taught him a little humility and made him realise just where he is well off. Better to be a big time player for us than a bench warmer elsewhere, unless all he wants is the money. That, however, would show a lack of professional ambition, something I believe he is not short of.

So, maybe heÂ’s weighed up his options and thought things through logically and if so, and he has made peace with himself, we may just find a Â’newÂ’ Kevin Mirallas in there with a better, more positive attitude for the remainder of this season and the start of the new one. We all want CL football, Kevin, so stay where youÂ’re well off and appreciated, and help Everton to achieve that dream.

However, he is no Messi, so I doubt he would ever get a move to any of the better CL teams. Maybe he has begun to realise where the grass is really greener...

Well said, sir!

Lennon in, wouldnÂ’t mind Charlie Austin in, would love Deulofeu in (donÂ’t think it will happen) sell Kone, Distin released, Pienaar released and get Garbutt on a decent contract! Keep everyone else in the first team squad.

Even though we know heÂ’s finished now, I still think itÂ’s been a sad way for him to bow out of his Everton career after 6 years.

It would be nice to even see him for the final 5/10 minutes on the last day and give the guy a proper send-off.

Like some others above, IÂ’d be curious to see him get a run out as a second striker. Would definitely add more goal threat than Barkley. Otherwise to have Lennon and Mirallas on the wings gives us great counter-attacking threat so long as we continue to persevere with this current more direct style to utilise that pace.

I also see that we are linked to Januzaj again today who is quite a Mirallas-esque player.

Mirallas, sell him and get a decent price; one good game in three, maybe, is not worth the trouble in my opinion. Best to let him go, heÂ’s had enough chances; consistency is not part of his outlook.

Â’Release PienaarÂ’

I honestly canÂ’t fathom how anyone can be of that mindset. If you canÂ’t see the quality Pienaar brings to the side, then I honestly donÂ’t think you understand football. I donÂ’t say that as a gratuitous personal insult to you. I simply canÂ’t come to any other conclusion.

A lot has been made of his Champions League comment; well, if a journalist asks "Do you want to play in the Champions League?" – what are you supposed to say? "No, I don’t"? He has said he wants to stay and I hope RM sees the light and offers him a new contract and starts playing him to make him feel like he is important to the team.

A club with our limited resources should not be casually discarding a maverick talent like KM and the assists and goals he brings to the team.

People took umbrage at a quote in a newspaper. Yer know ... those rags written by toss pot journalist so many on TW seeth about?

IÂ’ve seen more than one video interview with Kevin where he has been extremely funny, with a twinkle in his eye. HeÂ’ll do for me.

But then ... he does have a gold Bentley ... what a tosser, eh...?

I think the language barrier may have made Kevin appear disaffected; these foreign players arenÂ’t 100% literate in English and can come over the wrong way. We have looked after Kevin throughout his injury problems and he should feel this is his home; it just needs him to scrawl that signature to make everyone happy.

Mirallas is not a consistently good player IMO but, if you like him, thatÂ’s fair enough, heÂ’s a very good player... ON HIS DAY, just not often enough.

By the way, heÂ’s scored 28 goals in a 101 appearances for Everton. I cheated, I looked that up!!!

I donÂ’t buy the Champions League and big ambition business. As a recently retired pro stated only last week. "DonÂ’t kid yourself. ItÂ’s all about money. ItÂ’s always all about money."

Thinks he is far better than he really is.

We have the same conversation at the game every time we mention him, great players get involved and change games whereas he is happy to sit on the wing scratching his plums waiting for the play to come to him.

We need to add to the squad for an assault on the top 4 next season and not diminish it by getting shot of one of our only goal threats.

Keep what we have, add Lennon, a central defender, a playmaker and another striker and thereÂ’s a good squad lurking.

Mirallas is injury-prone – hence why Arsenal never took him.

His goals-to-minutes ratio is pretty good for a wide player. He is better than Lennon and Naismith and most other wide players in the league. He gets hurt on the pitch playing, not doing something selfish and stupid. People might not like his lack of always tracking back, but if that is the playerÂ’s style then a good manager can account for it. Never see Baines or Jags or Barry yelling or gesturing for him to get back like they do for Barkley.

The arrogance and selfishness in this are the people who want to offload a player who admits he wants to play in the CL. What player wouldnÂ’t? Instead of slagging off the guy who has ambition, the criticism should be directed at the people who donÂ’t, namely the Board.

Personally, I would like to see him stay as I think he is more important to EvertonÂ’s success than most do. If he goes, I canÂ’t begrudge him and will wish him success.

Nightmare scenario for Everton fans would be he goes to West Ham (about to become a bigger club financially than us with a new stadium) and joins Moyes there (if the rumours are true).

Roberto’s insistence on possession football may have been driving him insane like the rest of us until he saw the light.

I donÂ’t consider him good enough to play at the very highest level of the CL so his ambitions were misguided to say the least.

Players have contracts, they honour them up to a year left, and then get sold – it suits player and club and that’s why the Bosman rule exists.

As for his desire to play Champions League football, I donÂ’t see any problem with ambition, and there are plenty of teams in the CL, not just Barcelona and Bayern, Madrid etc. There are loads of second-tier teams in the CL that would take him.

Marvellous stuff there young man. I see you have the same keen eye for a tallented player as I. Let's hope the lad stays and we achieve that dream of his, to play in the Champions League.

There are games were he is our most creative player on the pitch, and then other times when he is totally anonymous.

All the paper speculation, and that infamous penalty miss seem to have been a distraction for him. He needs to refocus for next season. I believe he can add to our goal tally, and provide numerous assists.