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Pebble Dash

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theres probably less than 3 people in here who know what a Parmo is, and were them

chicken or pork beaten to death, then covered in breadcrumbs and deep fried before being covered in colon cleansing bechamel sauce and if your colon still hasn’t exploded there’s a kg of melted cheese on top to finish you off.
 

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Where was that from?
I believe that I heard that on Chris Cowlin's YT show. Sorry, can't find the link to the exact show.

Here's a link to show that we initially offered 40 million which Kenwright rejected - https://www.skysports.com/football/...ttenham-complete-60m-deal-for-everton-forward.

My point isn't that Levy can't do fast deals. He obviously can (Van Der Vaart and more). The issue is that he has bad chemistry with certain people (Aulas, Gibson, Peace and others). Doesn't mean some of those deals don't work out. But they are tortuous, especially when we are trying to become a more professional and streamlined outfit where getting people in for pre-season is prioritized more than saving a million here or there.
 

gibbospurs

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I agree looking at the first 3/4 of the season but both Doherty & Royal showed substantial improvements in the final quarter. They are different types of player, one better at going forward the other at defending. Whether they’re good enough to take us forward this season, that’s another question?
Tbf, Kulu coming in and making the impact on the right has helped both rbs out.
 

Johno1470

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Where was that from?
It was claimed that we negotiated for days and left it until the last day and offered £40mil just before they needed to comply with FFP. The deal eventually went through however it has claimed to have left us and Everton with a strained relationship.

The £60m package agreed for the sale of Richarlison to Tottenham Hotspur last week is also expected to bolster Everton's position, with the deal concluded in time for it to be included within the annual set of accounts that ended last week. Club bosses are said to have been left furious by a £40m bid for the Brazil star tabled by Spurs at 4pm on June 30 - seen as an attempt to take advantage of Everton's desire to agree a sale before midnight. Despite that, a deal was eventually agreed though negotiations are said to have damaged the relationship between the two clubs.

 

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Priority in terms of position not timescale. Youre right they dont happen in order but i think we would have expected it to be sorted by now. What is slightly annoying is we expect this to happen, just dragging on for the sake of it.
That’s not what chappy I quoted said though. He did say timescale.

To me the fact we have 4 in already (4 days in for some pre-season people, not all) is beyond my wildest hopes.

Not all is lost here. (I don’t think). And if it’s later in the window and Conte is happy with the skill set of the person he’ll have for a whole season then I’m relaxed.
 

JayB

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I’m not overly fussed about getting him in before Korea.

Doherty was in blinding form before the injury and is likely to be the first choice RWB at the beginning of the season regardless of to what extent Spence/A.N. Other gets a preseason with Conte.

Provided that Doc is back to full fitness, whoever we sign at the RWB position will have plenty of time to bed in and learn Conte’s methods.
 

VoteMe4Prez

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Gibson is taking the piss, he really is. Fab needs to tell him to watch himself or he will find a horse's head in his bed ;)
 

Johno1470

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Boro hold all the cards here. Yes, the player wants to leave but every man, woman and child know we’re desperate for a RWB. I’m sure Conte requested a new one to be signed in time for the pre-season tour. Gibson may just have to play a waiting game here until he gets what he wants. It’s evident he’s doing this as he hasn’t been signed as of yet.
2 weeks ago I predicted Gibson is playing games. I don’t blame him nor do I blame Levy either. We’re not crying out for a RWB to begin the season, so we can let them sit tight and get the rumours out we’re after others.
I can’t see Djed having an immediate impact anyhow and it will be good to see Doherty given a chance in pre-season.
 

cjbyid

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Ally G just released a vid covering all transfers etc.

Nothing new on Spence, Spurs, Boro & Spence are all hopeful it'll get done and all 3 parties want it to happen.

Reckons we won't fly him out to Korea even if we do get it over the line next week.
 

Ghost Hardware

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I’m not overly fussed about getting him in before Korea.

Doherty was in blinding form before the injury and is likely to be the first choice RWB at the beginning of the season regardless of to what extent Spence/A.N. Other gets a preseason with Conte.

Provided that Doc is back to full fitness, whoever we sign at the RWB position will have plenty of time to bed in and learn Conte’s methods.
I completely agree, the only thing I’d say is that it sort of feels like it’s holding up some our other business. We had ITK the other day saying that we needed one of our left over targets to be HG so I’m assuming that probably relates to AM more then anything. It be nice to get this done so we know we’re we sit and hopefully move forward with our other targets.

But your right, it doesn’t need to be done by tomorrow for example.
 

y1dk1d

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I really hope we don’t spend much more time on this. Not because its Spence, but for anybody. Transfer sagas never tend to be worth the time invested into them and I’m keen for us to move on
 

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I really hope we don’t spend much more time on this. Not because its Spence, but for anybody. Transfer sagas never tend to be worth the time invested into them and I’m keen for us to move on
But we got loadsa money
 

taidgh

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Ally G just released a vid covering all transfers etc.

Nothing new on Spence, Spurs, Boro & Spence are all hopeful it'll get done and all 3 parties want it to happen.

Reckons we won't fly him out to Korea even if we do get it over the line next week.
Why wouldn't we fly him out if it's done next week? not sure that makes sense.
 
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According to O’Keefe on Twitter… (no idea how to add the image/tweet here)

Not quite. Would be easy if it was just being 2 mill apart. They want PL debut bonus, CL debut bonus, Eng call up bonus & X per appearance in each. Plus a sell on %
 

taidgh

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According to O’Keefe on Twitter… (no idea how to add the image/tweet here)

Not quite. Would be easy if it was just being 2 mill apart. They want PL debut bonus, CL debut bonus, Eng call up bonus & X per appearance in each. Plus a sell on %
Yeah, bordering on the ridiculous, that. Each of those bonuses is basically guaranteed, driving the cost up to 25m+ I'd guess.
 

Timberwolf

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According to O’Keefe on Twitter… (no idea how to add the image/tweet here)

Not quite. Would be easy if it was just being 2 mill apart. They want PL debut bonus, CL debut bonus, Eng call up bonus & X per appearance in each. Plus a sell on %
PL debut bonus?! That's like a restaurant charging an additional 'eating fee' for your meal.

I know he's only 21 but it's not like we're signing him to play in the youth team or be the club mascot - it's surely implied he'll get league minutes next season :ROFLMAO:
 

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According to O’Keefe on Twitter… (no idea how to add the image/tweet here)

Not quite. Would be easy if it was just being 2 mill apart. They want PL debut bonus, CL debut bonus, Eng call up bonus & X per appearance in each. Plus a sell on %
Seems like Levy finally has met his match.
Ridiculous if thats true.
 
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