Everton boss confirms Adam Aznou interest

With the amount we require, hopefully there are lots of negotiations for players going on in the background, if we are just doing one player at a time, this is going to take forever.

Better to wait for the official announcement for the club before celebrating, although I reckon most signs are pointing in the direction of the deal being over the line.

Let's wait and see.

Quite frankly I am tired of these speculative posts that are supposed to give hope, I am giving up on them until 9 August, giving myself a break from anything I would normally look for on Everton until then. I want to reset the date and hopefully read about actual signings then?

Talking of "signings" white brackets have appeared on the west side of the HDS, could we have our name overlooking the Mersey? Now that would be good news.

What a stunner she was.

Moyes said that at West Ham, with them being in Europe, it was a lot easier signing players. I think the club are finding out that with our recent past history of a few seasons fighting relegation, then we aren't a very attractive proposition, and the better quality of player we are trying to attract makes that job very difficult.

If we do well against the Hammers, Man Utd and then Roma, and still not got first team recruitment, will that be papering over the cracks?

We can't compete with the squad as it is, we already have injuries, and the season has not even started.

We looked good first half against Bournemouth, but woeful defending cost us. I won't hang O'Brien out to dry as even the best have mistakes in them. But Patterson as a defender is just not good enough.

So right-back, right-winger, sell or keep Chermiti in the squad, a couple of loans with experience… and we should be okay.

Whilst there were some positives from the first half v Bournemouth, we didn't really create a great deal.

Martin @5 and Brian @7,

Talking to Anne earlier and she said she didn't remember either of you guys!

It's not the strikers that we need, it's creative players that we're short of. Watching the game Saturday, Beto and Barry were chasing shadows. Garner ain't good enough, McNeil got as much pace as Stephen Hawkin, and Alcaraz ain't exactly going to go by a couple of players.

No pace, no creativity, and certainly not enough options.

When I say there's not enough goals, I don't solely blame the strikers. Across the board we have very little creativity in the players or the set-up.

Both are dependent on the other – until we get the players, we are stuck.

Bit strange for the club to speak about him before it's done. Looks terrible if he doesn't end up here, and just invites others to have a go at getting him too.

Unless it's all agreed bar the medical. Still bit premature.

I still have sleepless nights over it.

Stu 13#,

I think competing with Elvis may have had something to do with it? She wasn't exactly All Shook Up over the prospect despite The Wonder Of Me

I move on.

Calvert-Lewin is wanted by Newcastle. What a surprise if he goes to them for free, as opposed to round £30M last season. Well done, Dom, if he pulls it off, fleecing the team that made you a wealthy man.

Gratitude is apparantly not a word that you are familiar with. Make sure you have some Vaseline for the splinters you will get sitting on your arse. Once a blue? Ungrateful Ponce.

That's just blind loyalty to a man who has cheated his employers out of millions, not to mention the fans, loyalty that Calvert-Lewin obviously dosn't have. Now it looks like he's found another club stupid enough to pay him millions, for very little return, just as he gave to us.

Blind loyalty is characterized by an inability or unwillingness to question the actions, decisions, or character of the person or group to whom one is loyal. In your case, Paul, Calvert-Lewin.

Also I need to point out that the guy I've been pushing for, Tim Weah, is still available -- his long-assumed move to Marseilles seems to have fallen through -- and I'd still love to see us go in for him.

The fact that the club missed out on a transfer fee is due to the fact that the club didn't offer him a contract extension that was acceptable to him. He saw out the terms of his contract, that was freely entered into by both parties, so de facto he has not "cheated" his employer at all.

I would also add that, in recent years, he has copped the most awful abuse, not least on this site, as well as saving the club from pretty much certain relegation (with all the costs associated with that – we may not even exist at this stage had we been relegated) with his header against Palace. I, for one, am extremely grateful for that!

Take your time.

But I agree, I'd take Weah and Douglas Luiz.

Do you think he's worth £130k a week? Apparently you do.

And if he's found another club, what do we care? He's worth what an employer thinks he's worth and is willing to pay him. That employer isn't us anymore.

Of course he was hampered by injuries and the style of play promoted by our previous manager. If he is now able to have a good career with another club, good luck to him, and I wish him well.

Spot on, Dominic Calvert-Lewin owes us nothing. He gave us great service — something, as a centre-forward, he was starved of.

So tell us.

They might possibly consider it if we were to pay them silly money each week along with a 5-year contract — but that's a slippery slope.

We will no doubt sign 6+ more players but will they be good enough? It sounds familiar, doesn't it?

But despite the constructive comment from Steve @27, I'm still none the wiser as to why Aznou wouldn't feature in the first team at all — as Steve said @6.

League Cup, FA Cup, times if we're chasing a game he can come on, Mykolenko injuries etc .

"So what should Calvert-Lewin be doing to show his "gratitude" for Everton? Turn down other offers? Retire?"

Do the honest thing for the club that made him, and accept a very good contract from Everton or accept a contract from Newcastle. He turned them down to go for free.

And don't say "Why should he?" — because we are back to square one. My opinion, obviously not yours, is loyalty, regardless of any issues, should bring about loyalty, both ways.

Calvert-Lewin turned his back on us, stuck up his middle finger, and let his contract run out — to benefit one person: himself.

Yet you want him back? You think he ought to sign Everton's "very good offer" (now off the table because we replaced him already)? Why???

I would have thought that, holding that opinion of him, you would think he has demonstrated the appropriate gratitude by getting out of the club.

Any No 9 would have struggled in our team over the last 4 years plus with the lack of creativity given to our strikers.

Brian, I had that Anne Margaret thing too, small world. Beautiful and really talented, what was not to like.

Amazing theatre program that also produced Charlton Heston, Ralph Bellamy, Rock Hudson, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Dern, US TV stars William Christopher and Michael Shannon.

Jack, obviously it isn't done, but it feels like this one is in the home straight. I can't see Moyes talking publicly otherwise, but let's see it done.

And please don't use the Moyesiah word. It makes me cringe!!! Maybe that's just me.

I never bestowed anything resembling that on Howard Kendall.