El Scorchio 10:00 Tue Sep 1
Stones- are Everton just being stupid?
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Yes, it's a good sign to the fans to not sell the boy, but 35-40 million quid for a central defender is huge, huge money which they could use to replace him and really strengthen 2-3 positions in their side. He clearly wants to go, and as I assume he'll not sign a new contract with them, they might never get as good an offer and might end up losing him for relative peanuts down the line.
No club wants to be tarred with the 'selling' brush if they are supposed to have ambition, but surely sometimes it's more sensible to take the money?
What would you do? I'd sell him.
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Far Cough
10:01 Tue Sep 1
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Agree, that's a lot of money for defender
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Steve P
10:02 Tue Sep 1
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Stones - double my salary, play Champions League, win medals, or stay with Everton.
Tough one, that.
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Texas Iron
10:02 Tue Sep 1
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Ask 50million...take 45million...
/.invest in several top quality players...
strengthen & improve the squad...
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chad sexington
10:04 Tue Sep 1
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It's a lot of money for Stones, who isn't that good yet. Take the money and run
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Steve P
10:06 Tue Sep 1
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Mind you, selling Rio for £18 million to that cunt from Leeds who never had the money in the first place, didn't do West Ham any favours whatsoever.
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Russ of the BML
10:07 Tue Sep 1
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They have been silly. They should've taken the money a week or so ago and then done some serious business. They get the money today they leave it short to do business. Not worth getting transfer money if you can't spend it. Everton are about 3 or maybe 4 quality players from being a very good team. They'd be silly not to take the money for the kid.
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Sven Roeder
10:07 Tue Sep 1
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Unless they have new owners around the corner and have him on a 5 year contract I would take the money.
As said having put in the request I doubt he is signing another contract so the price will start to go down.
I'd ask for £50m though given prices like £36m for Martial.
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Far Cough
10:08 Tue Sep 1
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P, that's because Redknapp spunked it all on a load of shite
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Steve P
10:10 Tue Sep 1
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Half of it, Cough - the other half was to be held back in case we needed further strengthening of the squad, or to fund redevoping the Chicken Run.
As we did neither, I wonder where it ended up?
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Sven Roeder
10:11 Tue Sep 1
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Clubs go a bit mental with big wads of money and try and buy too many players. Like Spurs with the Bale money and Liverpool with Suarez. Reckon you are better off spending at least half on one player and maybe the rest on a couple more rather than trying for 6 or 7.
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AKA ERNIE
10:16 Tue Sep 1
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Trouble is if they sell him for 40mill how much of that would be given to martinez im guessing not a lot
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Norflundon
10:16 Tue Sep 1
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Well done Everton
What's the point if every time you build a decent side a rich club can come and take what they want
They've got a excellent spine to the team with stones Barkley and lukaku if they fold on stones you might as well stick the other two up for sale as they'll be out the door 5mins later saying the club has no ambition
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young woody
10:19 Tue Sep 1
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Norflundon 10:16 Tue Sep 1
I am with you. All these money men ripping apart teams is doing my head in.
Fair play to Everton for saying NO.
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El Scorchio
10:20 Tue Sep 1
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Norf- that would depend on who they brought in with the money though?
Usually yes, selling a player like that is a bad thing and normally I'd say no, but for the likes of 40 million quid, you could realistically bring in 3 excellent players who would definitely be more beneficial to the squad than just Stones.
Assuming Martinez gets it all, as mentioned below.
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TeVaz
10:22 Tue Sep 1
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Happy to see teams finally saying no both to the player and the bigger clubs . Hope WBA stay strong over Berahino too .
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El Scorchio
10:28 Tue Sep 1
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With Berahino, WBA are dead right to say no. It's decent money but not enough to warrant losing him by any stretch.
I just think that the amount being offered for Stones is insane, I'd really struggle to turn that down if I were offered it.
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Norflundon
10:30 Tue Sep 1
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El
Qith the new TV deal any team should be able to spend 40m
If they add three good players to that side they could challenge the top four
How did it work out for spuds or the bin dippers selling their best players????or even us with Rio.....
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Sven Roeder
10:32 Tue Sep 1
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Everton have just signed Ramiro Funes Mori who is a 6ft 1 Argentinan defender for £9.5m ..... hmmm
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El Scorchio
11:05 Tue Sep 1
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That is true Norf. Point taken. They would be trading away a known quantity for a few unknowns.
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Fifth Column
11:09 Tue Sep 1
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He'll be gone by 6pm today.
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