RB Leipzig complete signing of Ademola Lookman

16m up front minus Charlton's cut is way undervalue.

It is no good for anyone having him bench warming for another season, so tough decisions have to be made. It will be interesting to see how he gets on and I wish him good luck.

Despite what many think, I believe that this has worked out fairly well for the Club, whatever went on behind the scenes, it was obvious the lad didn't really want to be a part of it.

For all those that say he wasn't given enough game time, that is possibly true, but then again there may have been a reason for that. Personally, I was hoping that he would do well for us... but, in all honesty, in the chances he was given, those expectations were not complemented with any further signs that all would come good.

I wish him all the best, and we have almost doubled our initial outlay, so fail to see how this could have worked out better.

I wish the kid luck, but it was getting beyond a joke hearing about him all the time. We won't miss him.

Good luck to him, I hope he eventually starts enjoying football and finds a decent career for himself, looks at the minute like too much a five-a-side player.

At this moment, we are weaker as a team than at the end of last season. It's a pity because we were playing very well towards the end and things were looking up.

He's 100% a Brands/SIlva type player so in training he must have been sulking/half arsing the place out if he's gone. Such a strange state of affairs.

Is Mosh the Kenwright of Billionaires I am starting to wonder ??

We made a decent profit on him, even after Charlton;s cut given we paid £7m. It's £16m that can be reinvested elsewhere.

(Rooney arguably, but issue there wasn't that we underestimated his potential).

As Jer says, makes no sense commercially or in football terms.

Got cash in hand. Doubled our money on him. Puts an end to speculative, plantiff posts believing he was going to become a player. He may well blossom, but it increasingly never looked likely that he would do so at Everton.

I'm not hopeful, given the long inflated contracts some are on, but it would be really cleansing for the club if the likes of Besic, Sandro, Bolasie, Mirallas and (with apologies to the Ring brothers) McCarthy could also be permanently shipped out in this window to save TW from posters trying to convince themselves and others they could still play a part at Everton going forward.

He seemed disinterested most of the time and didn't want to fight his way into the team. Can walk into Leipzig's lineup and he probably saw what Sancho is doing at Dortmund and thinks he's can replicate it. Let's see.

Good natural ability but glad we're moving him on to be honest!

Move on and get better players into the core 15. Potential is great, but being mid table is taking us no where.

Lookman, Vlasic, Antonee Robinson and Galloway all moved out during a period where the club were looking to lower the average age of the team !!

Holgate and Onykuru also linked with permanent moves away, a little worrying, but let's see what Brands and Silva do in the next few weeks as it will be crucial to the long term effect on the squad.

It is very obvious Lookman is not yet a game changing player at the top level. He may develop into such a player but managers in the Premier League cannot afford to wait for players to deliver on their long term potential if their team is failing to win matches in the short term. Much better to take the profit from an early sale and reinvest in players better suited to the team’s style and character. We must hope Brands uses the money wisely.

Hopefully this money will be put towards a striker. I see its being reported Holgate could leave if its a permanent transfer and the fees acceptable, with WBA hovering. Looks like we are scraping around for money to get a striker.

On another tack - When Maguire moves to Man U, I just hope we are not in for Jones or Rojos to replace Zouma. Would rather we kept Holgate and get another loan in. Its about time Mina started doing the business on the pitch.

What has big nev said? He’s always good for quotes.

Heart not in it.

Reputation in the footballing community.

Didn’t fight hard enough for a spot.

It all just seems to have a hint of the truth in it for me.

Good luck to the kid. He’s got talent, he just needs to be in the right environment for him. And that isn’t under Silva or at Everton.

If we can bring in a striker, I think this window will be a darned good one.

Marcel knows what he’s doing. I can’t remember ever having the confidence I have in him with any other top level Everton brass.

Sans Roberto whom I loved. But that’s in the rear view mirror and didn’t last forever. I get the feeling that Marcel won’t lose my confidence until he leaves or retires.

He commented on another one and said something about "potential has to be realized."

"Slightly worried that we still have Sandro, Bolasie and Mirallas on the books and this guy is gone."

You can only sell if there is a buyer. It is common knowledge on TW the length and salaries of the players you name (and others!) who Everton are evidently trying to shift on. If us commoners know, so will the wider football community.

A potential buyer will also know Everton are desperate to sell, thus strengthening their bargaining position whilst weakening ours.

In an ideal world, the players you named would have gone first and then we could have started offloading other 'assets' such as fringe squad players or younger academy players who won't make it.

The world, the football transfer market of supply and demand, simply doesn't work like that. You sell who you can when you can.

Sadly, I fully expect that once again we will be unable to permanently offload the players we need to, as was the case last summer, and the best we can hope for is further loan deals for some of them.

The situation is not of Brands and Silva's making, so they are innocents in this.

Time to let it go, I think.

I agree about the arranged marriage and to your point, Lookman was interviewed a few days prior to THAT game against Man City. He already was talking in terms of his post-Everton career.

“Of course, I want to play at the highest level – whether it be in England or Spain, I want to be at the top. You have teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid. As a kid, I dreamed of playing for one of those teams and I suppose Manchester United.”

Watching Wigan's new LB playing so well against us last night brought out a few more F-bombs.

As for Lookman I've never seen him look so happy at Everton as he did in his Leipzig unveiling. He may prove to have talent but it is difficult or impossible to get the best out of players who are desperate to move.

I really wish they had stayed and players such as Walcott were moved on, but market forces and all, and hopefully Brands has identified someone who will thrive with us. Kean, and an other.

My thoughts are Everton are reluctant to loose money from what they paid for these players you mentioned and are trying to recuperate as much as they can of their outlay and not taking into account what the players present value is.

We got our money back and a little bit more for a player who hasn't really done anything, so no complaints. He's probably a RS in disguise, so stuff him:)

He's the type of exciting attacking talent that would flourish at Spurs, Liverpool, Man Utd, Wolves etc.

Man City get £15M for a player who has never played and can't get a work permit from a newly promoted side and we get an extra million for a young English talent who, instead of fetching a premium, has been flogged overseas.

I think Moshiri must have really put the pressure on that results are needed this season and the future is being sold off cheaply.

Dream on... we could entice Zaha, never going to happen. It's the type of nonsense real football fans can't make up.

Bit of a contradiction there mate. If he'd have done well enough, he'd still be here.

I hear you. Broke my heart. But in an honest moment I don't think it will affect Everton much in the end, and we are NOT objective in the least when it comes to having a US player come through Everton. We both desperately want them to succeed.

It was probably a great move for our National side. Antonee will develop playing more, and hence contribute when the time comes.

The real villain in my mind is Craig Berhalter, playing Antonee out of position in this new "system" that seemingly can only defeat small island nations. Antonee looked average to poor in the games prior to the Gold Cup, and I wonder if that was the straw that broke the camel's back? And freaking Berhalter leaving him off the team just shows to me he's an idiot, never mind Josh Sargeant (whom I absolutely love).

Anywho this intersection of Everton and the USMNT is probably best left separate for me!

He's a 21 year old International, and Wigan have had us off a few times, so should have had the decency to pay a decent amount say £10M, and I don't think they could complain at that. Instead they are clicking their heels all the way to the bank.

No sour grapes from me I just don’t think he had the mental strength to do the business at the standard required at EFC and the EPL.

Ironically there’s players on the books who aren’t worth a carrot and that’s the predicament EFC faces, it would seem at least the next two years or so, until contracts expire.

Good luck Mola, and hopefully we will be getting some top quality players in who will fit EFC.

"I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my team mates at Everton Football Club for all the love and unwavering support you’ve shown me over the past two and a half years. I’ve made some great friends at Everton who have made my experience at the club truly an unforgettable one. Whilst I’m excited to move forward with the new opportunities ahead of me, I’m going to miss my team mates and everyone associated with the club. Last but not least I would like to thank the fans for their support during my time at Everton, I am truly honoured to have had the opportunity to play for you. All the best for the future, Love AL31 💙 #EFC"

Also, his first season was not bad, but admittedly it did go downhill after that!

On a completely different note, I'd love to see us buying Ryan Fraser. Looks like a good solid player who would fit in at Everton.

A front three of Zaha, Richarlison, and Bernard would scare the life out of any opponent in the world.

Please God let this be true. The football would be scintillating!

Sorry those new bifocals aren't working out for you.

Can't understand the criticism above, seems like the best way of handling young prospects to me - buy, try, loan, sell.

Whether Walcott or Schneiderlein goes or stays has no bearing on this transfer. I suspect no-one wants either which is why they are still here. See also Tosun, Besic, Mirallas, Bolasie...

When you see the likes of Walcott, Schneiderlein, Tosun, Besic, Mirallas and Bolasie getting a start in front of the likes of Lookman, quite a few comments on here are satisfied with mid-table (if lucky), no silverware (haha) and watching overpriced prima donnas every game.

When did bolasie, Mirallas and besic last get a start ahead of lookman?