The views below are submitted by registered users of evertonfc.com and do not necessarily reflect the views of Everton Football Club. View the Blueroom acceptable usage policy.
-
Posts: 3,300September 2011AllAroundMyHat said:
Whats your thoughts Beano. Will he sign? leave in Jan? See out contract?
Obviously we don't know what the club have offered him - maybe it's even a case that the banks are dictating our wage cap for new contracts. I think he's probably dragging it out waiting to see who else is interested and I suspect he has some information himself that one or more top club(s) are snooping. It's all guesswork of course but my gut feeling is he won't sign.
-
Posts: 3,136September 2011 well lets hope so.......I'd rule Spurs out of the running (apart from the stadium) as Sandro looks a impressive talent.....
but i certainly think Felli is good enough for most of the top clubs in england.....wouldn't rule chelsea out, Essien despite being one of the best midfielders in the league, has now suffered 2 long term injuries, so lets see how he gets on when he returns.....
-
Posts: 3,043September 2011
Agree with Beano but think there is a decent chance of him signing too.
He's not on great money at all and knows Everton won't let him wind down his contract. If its not a great time to sell him to the sort of top club he'd leave us for now I wouldn't be surprised if he signs and stays for a couple more years with a clause letting him leave for a healthy fee if he wants the move. Even given our financial situation was can quite easily, with Arteta sold, triple his current wages or more...
-
Posts: 776September 2011 `He's not on great money at all and knows Everton won't let him wind down his contract`
really? Pienaar, Gosling ring any bells?
im kinda siding with Beano. I gotta feeling he wont sign.....and i gotta admit i wouldnt be too disappointed
-
Posts: 1,002September 2011
people over rating fellaini again.
he isnt in the same league as mascherano, de jong, yaya toure-i.e. world class DMs. and these guys went for 20m or so.
so how the **** are people rating fellaini at 20m.
chelsea as mentioned already have enough.
united wont have him as he doesent suit the speed at which united play at and they hardly ever play with a orthadox DM anyway since keane left.
RS-wont have him as they already have enough players that can play there.
City-have toure and dejong
arsenal-will never pay over the odds for him, and again he doesent have the pace that suits the way they play
spurs-wont sign him.
from fellainis point of view, financially and for prospective teams, the best thing for him to do would be to run his contract down, and then have a whole host of teams to choose from across Europe. In 1st jan 2013 he can sign a pre contract with any team in europe.
the only ones losing out on this of course would be us.
I dont think fellainis contract is about more money, its about playing in europe. thats the excuse now any of our players can use when they want to leave.
-
Posts: 3,043September 2011AllAroundMyHat said:
`He's not on great money at all and knows Everton won't let him wind down his contract`
really? Pienaar, Gosling ring any bells?
im kinda siding with Beano. I gotta feeling he wont sign.....and i gotta admit i wouldnt be too disappointed
Its nothing like pienaar, or gosling.... but then you know that don't you.
-
Posts: 3,136September 2011Beano said:AllAroundMyHat said:
Whats your thoughts Beano. Will he sign? leave in Jan? See out contract?
Obviously we don't know what the club have offered him - maybe it's even a case that the banks are dictating our wage cap for new contracts. I think he's probably dragging it out waiting to see who else is interested and I suspect he has some information himself that one or more top club(s) are snooping. It's all guesswork of course but my gut feeling is he won't sign.
I think if we take away our own bias towards Everton….you have to ask why would Felli want to stay?.....i know we have some good young players emerging…..but our finances are dictating that we can’t strengthen our team with quality established players, and we’re selling first team players to keep the banks happy. If any club in the top 5 in England, or top European club were to offer him a transfer, I think he’d be daft to turn it down.
We have to remember Felli isn’t a boyhood Everton fan, probably knew very little about our history when he joined. We just gave him an opportunity to develop his game in the premier league & gave him a valuable steeping stone to a bigger club.
There’s no loyalty in football these days……I’d be amazed if Felli were to sign anew contract.
-
Posts: 776September 2011 NSNO.....agree totally. . . even Boyhood everton fans arent guaranteed to stay. . This is the first season in a long time i have actually thought we are a `stepping stone` and `feeder` club
-
Posts: 1,002September 2011
fellaini also has to look at which direction this club is heading and make up his own mind. and he isnt going to sign a new contract just so that we can get a huge tranfer fee for him.
fellaini has seen lescott, pienaar and arteta, all leave in recent seasons doesent exactly look good does it.
-
-
Posts: 3,300September 2011tickets11 said:
people over rating fellaini again.
he isnt in the same league as mascherano, de jong, yaya toure-i.e. world class DMs. and these guys went for 20m or so.
so how the **** are people rating fellaini at 20m.
chelsea as mentioned already have enough.
united wont have him as he doesent suit the speed at which united play at and they hardly ever play with a orthadox DM anyway since keane left.
RS-wont have him as they already have enough players that can play there.
City-have toure and dejong
arsenal-will never pay over the odds for him, and again he doesent have the pace that suits the way they play
spurs-wont sign him.
from fellainis point of view, financially and for prospective teams, the best thing for him to do would be to run his contract down, ,and then have a whole host of teams to choose from across Europe. In 1st jan 2013 he can sign a pre contract with any team in europe.
the only ones losing out on this of course would be us.
I dont think fellainis contract is about more money, its about playing in europe. thats the excuse now any of our players can use when they want to leave.
So you now admit there'd be a whole host of coubs across Europe wanting him!
But you say none of them would be the clubs above us - or the bigger clubs in places like Spain!
So the question begs to be asked, what would be the point of leaving then if it's only gonna be for a smaller or less successful club and perhaps one that pays less wages and where it might not work out for him at all and might go backwards.
Mascherano, De Jong and Toure wre all already in their mid 20s and above before they moved for £20 Million. Fellaini moved for £15 Million when he was only 20 and is still at the point of signing the contract BEFORE that big one!
As for not suiting Man Utds speed....their spspeed is mainly down their wings and up front. You often do not see pace in the centre with the likes of Fletcher and Carrick. When Giggs lost his pace, he was moved to the centre where it's not so important to them
RS have only 2 players who can play there. Spearing and Lucas and you haven't even denied that Fellaini is better than them!
As for Arsenal, if speed was so important to them, how come they signed Arteta? He's hardly speedy Gonzalez!
-
Posts: 1,002September 2011
yes, a whole host of clubs in europe as he would be free, and easy to take a punt on. similar to how we signed beckford, signed him on a free, didnt work out so sold him for 4m.
who said anything about a lesser club, as mentioned on a free big teams would take a punt on him.
fellainis main aim is to play champions league football as for most footballers in the prem. I dont think these contract negotiations are down to money I think the mian point is in fellainis words "we are a sub top team".
as mentioned with man united, the dont need a DM, everyone said there would be a huge void to fill when keane left, but the way they now play, ferguson doesent need a DM.
RS, dont need him either, true fellaini may be better, but there main problem is breaking down teams and scoring goals, Not bringing in a defneive midfielder, and moyes would never sell to the RS anyway, and the RS would never want fellaini
arsenal brought arteta in to play teh "scholes role" for arsenal, they already have the likes of wilshire, ramsey, arshavin, walcott van persie to do the running, they needed an experienced head to sit in the middle of the field.
and if arsenal signed fellani that would surely mean dropping wilshire, which even you must admit is never going to happen. Right now arsenal have the right mix in wilshire and arteta in the middle.
-
Posts: 3,300September 2011 As you mentioned many times when he was here, Arteta will need replacing by us soon becuse of his age. How will Arsenal not need to replace him just the same? I didn't see the game against Swansea on Saturday but I'm told Arteta was playing very deep where Song would have been - so NOT the Scholes role - or the Fabregas role. Why would Wegner not want a new, younger DM than Areteta the same as you did for us - especially if Arteta's form doesn't improve?
And I don't understand why big teams who you say don't need a DM would want to take a punt on him. the difference with us with Beckford was that we desperately needed a striker.
This crap about Fellaini saying we're a sub top team is tiresome. We're a team who even if we have the most excellent season imaginable, we'll be fighting for 4th. 4th is not top. What's the problem with him stating the obvious? You said you think the top teams would have no use for him.
Glad you at least acknowledge that Fellaini is better than Spearing and Lucas. Of course RS would be interested. Any club is always interested in improving their team just as they were interested in Baines, Pienaar when he was here, and are allegedly interested in Coleman now. Fellaini would fit in perfectly with their strategy of buying young with resale value. They've just spent about £100 milion trying to improve on "breaking down teams and scoring goals" yanno! And even if they wanna spend more, it's not mutually exclusive. -
Posts: 24,216September 2011 the RS wouldnt want fellaini cos tickets says so, and if tickets says so thats good enough for me.
-
Posts: 4,685September 2011 I would like him to stay but if he doesn't want to sign a new contract, we have to sell him ASAP.
-
-
-
Posts: 8,859September 2011 Felli wants European football and it's a case Everton stepping up to the mark and either claiming a European spot or selling him before his contract runs out.
-
Posts: 1,424September 2011 "Can't see him re-signing.....hope our situation doesn't mean we end up selling him on the cheap..."thank the blue union for this mess. we'll be lucky if he's the only one now thinking of leaving.
-
Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Forum
- All Discussions19,359
- Sport
- ↳ Everton Talk4,465
- ↳ Transfer rumours392
- ↳ General Sport471
- Non-Sport
- ↳ General Chat1,953
- ↳ Introductions36
- ↳ Competitions38
- Moderator Area
Poll
No poll attached to this discussion.In this Discussion
- 11blue September 2011
- AllAroundMyHat September 2011
- Beano September 2011
- blue stez September 2011
- cjohno September 2011
- happyhound September 2011
- irishtoffee4 September 2011
- Knoxy2001e September 2011
- NSNO September 2011
- sambo applecart September 2011
- scottdblue September 2011
- tickets11 September 2011
- ToffeeCup September 2011
- Warrington Dan September 2011