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If/When Felliani goes...
  • cuza 1878
    Posts: 192
    I don't want to think about it happening but im really curious as to who we could get as a replacement if he did leave (does anyone else play like he does?). Assuming we have £30m who would you buy and would that mean any changes to tactics, formation, etc.?
  • Jxg
    Posts: 1,537
    I'd get the Ofoe bloke Moyes wanted. I'd then try for M'Vila or someone similar who is a solid CDM. Butland in goal. I would have gone for Holtby to play RM and put Mirallas as our CF but after what he said about Liverpool I'm not so sure. It'd look like this:


                      Butland
    Coleman - Jags - Distin - Baines
    Holtby - Ofoe/Gibson - M'Vila - Pienaar
                      Mirallas
                       Jelavic



    However, Fellaini will leave for £15m because that's how things work with Everton.

  • CharlieCroker
    Posts: 958
    £30m is conservative, if this season's games are evidence. He's in Ronaldo/Messi territory, IMO. What happened to the notion that he has a release clause in his contract?
  • Deus Ex Machina
    Posts: 3,233
    There's nobody like Fellaini so to replace him would be impossible, but, if we could get Santi Cazorla from Arsenal, or two players of that ilk in midfield, his loss won't be anywhere near as impactful IMO. As long as the player/s we bring in are comfortable on the ball.
  • Knoxy2001e
    Posts: 1,424
    felli would be a serious loss but no-one is irreplaceable. price depends on what someone will pay for him. my guess is 20mill would be tops.
  • Jxg
    Posts: 1,537
    People aren't going to pay more than 20m for him because we're Everton and while we like to think we hold clubs out for the last penny, in reality, they exploit us because we have no money.

    Ronaldo - United - 80m. If he was at everton he'd probably have been 40m.
  • Deus Ex Machina
    Posts: 3,233
    I get what you're saying, in general, but with Fellaini we paid £15m. With the level he's playing at there's no way we would take £20m, and if we did, the fans would go batshi.t crazy. I know I would.
  • NSNO
    Posts: 3,126
    CharlieCroker said:

    He's in Ronaldo/Messi territory, IMO.



    if he is, he's trespassing.....
  • brett
    Posts: 665
    why can't we talk about how much we may get selling decent pies instead of this all the time.
  • escla
    Posts: 2,453
    must say, had a scouse pie at the Derby match, excellent quality in my view and good value for money, highly recommended !
  • brett
    Posts: 665
    did you bring it from home
  • brett
    Posts: 665
    in the 80s the pies were seriously dangerous. some strange grey grizzle with bits of odd white chewy bits and piles of grease that could burn through metal and pastry that had to be banned from the ground when they banned bottles. if its better than that then we are a club going places
  • Jxg
    Posts: 1,537
    Deus Ex Machina said:

    I get what you're saying, in general, but with Fellaini we paid £15m. With the level he's playing at there's no way we would take £20m, and if we did, the fans would go batshi.t crazy. I know I would.


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    Happened before with Rooney. "We won't sell for less than £50m". He goes for 25.
  • Smigone
    Posts: 2,776
    Jxg said:

    Happened before with Rooney. "We won't sell for less than £50m". He goes for 25.


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    heard it was 28 million plus 4 in add on's since he won every trophy on offer, still not the 50 million he was worth though
  • escla
    Posts: 2,453
    brett said:

    in the 80s the pies were seriously dangerous. some strange grey grizzle with bits of odd white chewy bits and piles of grease that could burn through metal and pastry that had to be banned from the ground when they banned bottles. if its better than that then we are a club going places


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    I remember those ! disgusting things they were, no, these were truly great and no I didn't bring from home, if you were to ask for a scouse pie in London they would look at you suspiciously before calling the police !




  • Beano
    Posts: 3,297
    I saw it somewhere.....Bluekipper I think....that Fellaini has a £24 Million release clause

    I dunno where they got that from....probably a number they pulled out of their _arse!!
  • brett
    Posts: 665
    escla said:



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    tried to explain the important difference between scouse and stew to my girlfriend and realised I sounded insane. but then same thing used to happened wihen I talked about dinner and apparently meant lunch. this isnt't working though, people still want to sell Fellaini rather than pies
  • brett
    Posts: 665
    as Fellaini isnt a disruptive influence and has so much time on his contract is it naive to think that his value depends on what he is doing when we may have to sell him in few years. I doubt many players have a serious sell on clause that means a club is forced to sell at that amount. i mean could he really walk out of his contract if we don't sell him
  • CharlieCroker
    Posts: 958
    Beano said:

    I saw it somewhere.....Bluekipper I think....that Fellaini has a £24 Million release clause

    I dunno where they got that from....probably a number they pulled out of their _arse!!


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    It's believable. He is good enough to play for teams with a realistic hope of winning the Champions League. It would represent a reasonable compromise between running his contract down and leaving on a free (which was an option to him), and tying himself to EFC for the length of the contract, with any future club put off by a huge transfer fee- should he decide to move on. It is up to our club to give him the incentive to stay, by doing what it takes to qualify for the CL- even if that means letting a few moths out of the wallet.
  • brett
    Posts: 665
    depends on the timescale. I think lack of cover in the squad could mean we are fifth or sixth this season, maybe next, but if Fellaini stays then Champions League is probable in the next few seasons as the rest of the squad looks unlikely to leave. we need cover and some of the youngsters to develop but that seems more likely than not. makes it worth telling Fellaini he is going nowhere while we need him and risk him going for free if it all goes wrong. Just don't see him as a sulker
  • davylar1
    Posts: 56
    Jxg said:

    People aren't going to pay more than 20m for him because we're Everton and while we like to think we hold clubs out for the last penny, in reality, they exploit us because we have no money.

    Ronaldo - United - 80m. If he was at everton he'd probably have been 40m.


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    tut tut tut tut
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