Everton monitoring Inter's Shaqiri

No story here as he’s stated he’s staying in Milan! Plus he would be expensive £15M plus, he’s only just signed for Inter! Sako is the one super season for Wolves, their best player & top goal scorer 15 goals from the wing, Available on a free, complete no-brainer. Could be a Cahill type success quite easily!!!

Make it happen, Roberto!

This would be a great signing.

Loves a dive. ThatÂ’s all I remember of him.

Note the word ’monitoring’ — then smell the bullshit.

He is class but wonÂ’t come cheap.

Pienaar replacement?

DonÂ’t monitor just DO!!

HeÂ’s a class player simple as.

File under Â’ainÂ’t apÂ’ninÂ’.

Be a great signing if it happens but ESPN said in an article 4 days ago that Shaqiri has no intention of leaving Inter.

So it may be unlikely. But any move would probably depend on Mirallas leaving.

Utter nonsense.

No disrespect but this guy will not want to come to Everton and I say that as an Everton fan of over 30 years. His age, quality and experience at the top level means there are far too many big big clubs playing in Europe this season who would snap him up before we could get a sniff.

For someone who has played for Bayern Munich and Inter Milan He would be looking at £100k per week, so this is a no-brainer that the tabloids are slogging round to fill those column inches.

This is one of few signings that would take the sting out of the upcoming loss of Kevin Mirallas. Great player and still young, a total no-brainer at anything around £15m.

Stewart you may be right, but he’s been at these top clubs, and doesn’t seem to be able to settle, and cement his place in the team.

Jim, you should always monitor, or at least look into a players character before you look to sign them. Especially if they are coming from abroad.

Maybe he likes to be the big fish, in which case Everton might be perfect.

There’s loads of fish and chips going round at the minute though, just leave the salt and vinegar in the cupboard for now!

Would be a fantastic signing but canÂ’t see it happening. Too expensive and the player himself is likely to have loftier ambitions if he does leave Inter.

Little, tough, skilful bulldog who would feed Lukaku all day long. Of course weÂ’d love him but so would many wealthy Champions League outfits.

For me, the most frustrating aspect of this particular situation is the fact that Ross Barkley has the ability to do all the things this guy does and more. He has the ability to do all the things any footballer does and more. Unfortunately, he will first need to grow up. To suddenly mature and click everything into focus. We would then see a very serious player. If only.

Sky Sports are reporting that Stoke have had a bid of £12 million accepted by Inter.

So much for loftier ambitions and Champions League outfits.... Why would a player of that calibre move to Stoke, ffs?

Stoke agree fee for Shaqiri.

Sky Italia reporting that Stoke have agreed a £12.5m fee for Shaqiri. Then again they aren’t always reliable.

Nooo. Fee agreed with Stoke, if they can attract him then surely we can, will regret this one, £12M a bargain for him.

Stoke have agreed a £12million fee. I suppose this is when we see just how serious our interest in the player is.

To Stoke for £12m – watch the shit-house of a board dive for cover....

I can hear it now: "We, errr... tried to sign him but he had a dodgy ankle 12 years ago."

Just shows how low weÂ’ve sunk that we canÂ’t compete with Stoke, ffs.

Shaqri has loftier ambitions eh Jim Jennings? it says a lot when Stoke City are buying players of his quality and we are not at the races. I would have loved to have seen this lad at Goodison but as always we seem to end up with the cast-offs and players with potential or those players whose clubs will accept the fees on the drip over longer periods of time. ItÂ’s not the end of the world but it sort of highlights where we as a club truly are in the modern Premier League.

Hard to believe Stoke have him and Bojan now!

Stoke agree a fee with Inter, that doesnÂ’t mean he wants to move to Stoke.

Also, Osvaldo on a free would surely be an improvement on Kone?

Osvaldo that used to be at Southampton? HeÂ’s got a screw loose, we should stay well clear of him.

The reason Bojan ended up at Stoke is his injury record which reared itÂ’s ugly head when he missed pretty much the whole of the second half of last season. Imagin the posts on here if we had signed somebody with his record and that had happened.

Given the price agreed by Stoke, which seems to be less than many expected, surely we can get into the mix on this one. HeÂ’s an exciting player who can make things happen, a very necessary improvement on our attacking flair. This is a signing that would help sell tickets, no crab football with him!

We should match the £12M offer. He should be our stella summer signing. We’ll get most of the money back anyway if we flog Mirallas.

No disrespect to Stoke but IÂ’m pretty sure heÂ’d opt for us over them.

Having a fee agreed and actually buying a player are very different things. Do any of you really believe heÂ’ll be playing for Stoke next season? If any of this is to be believed then thereÂ’ll be an almighty rush to the phones from most top clubs in Europe by the end of the day. If (and thatÂ’s a massive if) he goes to Stoke then obviously heÂ’s not good enough for a top club and hasnÂ’t got the ambition he says he has. ThereÂ’s no way his agent is going to leave it at just one offer from a lower Prem League side. HeÂ’ll be working overtime to get a better club for him and Shaqiri himself should be counting on it. IÂ’ve already read that heÂ’s not keen on the move.
IÂ’d love to see him take over the No.7 shirt from McGeady!

Patrick Murphy

Apparently he does have loftier ambitions. He has reportedly rejected Stoke. Then again, they did finish above us last season..

HeÂ’s joining inbred united, according to sky, Jim.

Shows how pathetic our finances are if we canÂ’t even match Stoke. He is a Champions League quality player and thats a cracking signing for them if it happens.

I think you can expect a bid from us in the coming days for 10m, knowing heÂ’ll put pressure on Inter to accept. CanÂ’t for the life of me see how we wonÂ’t get involved here. The Stoke bid is just a marker for other clubs. They will never get him.

I love how just because Stoke have made a bid it means we can't compete financially. Come on, get real, people – nothing says we are interested, no matter what anyone says who we should bid for – it's the manager and club who decide that!

If our board get involved, weÂ’ll probably end up getting Shakira.

This guy is real quality and we should be pulling out all the stops to get him. If the £12 million fee is accurate, he’s a snip. He is the No 10 we desperately need. Inventive, scores goals and can galvanise the team.

He reminds me of Bobby Collins. Those of you of a certain age will remember him and what a player he was, even if we let him go way too early.

Come on, the board – do the business!

How can Stoke out bid us for this player. Come on BK let go off the purse strings.

Why don’t we make a counter bid of £10 million — just like we did with Alan Shearer prior to his £15 million switch to Newcastle!

John (533)... I wouldnÂ’t mind having Shakira!!

We are getting outbid by West Ham, Stoke, and Crystal Palace.

We cannot rely on players choosing us because of reputation either (as a lot of players outside of Britain havenÂ’t heard of us and treat us as a 2nd or 3rd tier club).

We cannot offer European soccer now either.

And we are not going to throw money to players to Â’convinceÂ’ them to join.

As long as BK is in charge we are heading south every year.

Brian (607) - steady with your "Oral Fixation", or youÂ’ll be needing "Laundry Service"...

IÂ’d like to see Shaqiri in the Royal Blue jersey.

Victor, these clubs are maybe buying players that have been loosley linked to in the media. ThatÂ’s not the same as being outbid.

I’d echo Andrew’s sentiment, which could be applied to many of these posts in this thread. Why are you guys conflating media reports with fact, and then using that ’fact’ to criticise Everton? You surely all know that newspapers print rubbish, time and time again – so why use that rubbish to criticise the club, because we have not bid for Shaqiri?

And one more thing: Do we need Shaqiri? Because it’s quite likely that we are not bidding because we don’t need him. We have Deulofeu, Barkley and Mirallas in the attacking midfield positions – all of these players like running with the ball, and do not move the ball quickly enough, likely leading to Lukaku’s frustrations. Mirallas can assist and is a very good football player, and Deulofeu’s assist rate for minutes played is fantastic. But, they will slow down the play, and they are greedy.

Do we really want to add Shaqiri to the mix, given that he also slows down the player, and will often look to cute inside and shoot? We need to spend our money on a playmaker who can control our tempo, and get Mirallas, Lukaku and Deulofeu in behind.

I like Shaqiri, and he would be a very talented addition to most sides, including ours. But is he what we need if Mirallas stays? And has there been official confirmation that we are interested? Except for lazy journalism?

And Patrick – that’s bullshit about the cast-offs. If we have signed cast-offs, then Shaqiri is also a cast-off, of Bayern and Inter. We signed one of the best young strikers in the world last season for a club record buy. We’ve signed a fantastic young winger who has Messi and Neymar in front of him at Barcelona, and who had offers from other clubs. We signed Mirallas, who was wanted by numerous clubs, and McCarthy, not to mention Stones who was also being chased by other clubs.

Could you, and everyone, stop taking the simple non-nonsensical route? Yes, we are not supported properly by BK. But that does not mean that 1) We have been outbid for Shaqiri; 2) That we have bid for Shaqiri; 3) That we only ever get casts-off.

Jim... most sense I've read here all summer. Thought the same but couldn't be arsed to respond. Wait till silly seasons over before we cast aspersions. If we keep the team we have in place we have, plus 2 more minimum, I'll be more than happy.

Rumours, rumours and more rumours.

ItÂ’s silly season again when the trash media send us all agog with thoughts of players we will never get and have to settle for a lot less and hope Martinez can make a silk purse out of a sowÂ’s ear.

ItÂ’s unlikely Everton will sign anyone who is an established achiever with a top Euro club but thereÂ’s nothing wrong with dreaming.

It is more likely they will be letting a few go before the season starts.

Hasn't he agreed a deal with Stoke already?

Common sense and logic is a breath of fresh air here sometimes... Thanks Jim 773 for that!

YouÂ’re right Joe making the stellar signing of the new Ray "crab" Wilkins who played for the Catalan maestro at Wigan on loan and Deulofeu, then weÂ’ve added Henen. Top four , here we come.
Oh, we might send Garbutt on loan and sell Mirallas (IÂ’ll cheer) and Coleman. Then if weÂ’re still in need of financial muscle we can sell McCarthy and Barkley. Sounds good business, Bill.