Everton bid £18m for Sunderland defender Lamine Kone


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I really dont know what you expect, all clubs sell players. Hopefully Moyes has a plan to make us more competetive even if |Kone does leave, after all, thats why he has been employed.

I dont consider myself a happy clapper, just a realist. If we turn down Everton, what would we do if Chelsea come calling?

He will still be worth a stack of cash in a year's time and we have more than one week to plan for a replacement. Don't you think that more sensible?
 
It's looking more and more likely that Short is unwilling to shell out this pre season, maybe in an attempt to balance the books a bit - you cant blame him on a personal level, but the benefit of spending a few bob and increasing our likelihood of remaining in the Premier League has to outweigh the risk of having a season with restricted net spending that could finally see us relegated.

On the other hand, maybe we will spend a few bob regardless. The only things we're absolutely clear about, is that the season starts in 2 days and we have positions (RB/CF) with 1 recognised senior pro, and we still haven't signed anyone that we can say with confidence will improve us. As crazy as it sounds for a team that keeps narrowly avoiding relegation, we appear to somehow start each season with a worse team than the one that finished the season before.
I'm not sure if that's true or not. Unless we knew Kone was off then we spent £8m on someone who I imagine wasn't a guaranteed starter. That suggests to me that there is a fair amount available. I have no reason to suspect otherwise we have fairly consistently spent reasonable amounts.
Our squad looks in a poor state as it stands agreed.
 
I'm not fussed either way if he stays or goes. If his head can be turned so quickly after arriving there is something wrong and if he stays now perhaps we'll have the same carry on with him every window ...
 
I'm not sure if that's true or not. Unless we knew Kone was off then we spent £8m on someone who I imagine wasn't a guaranteed starter. That suggests to me that there is a fair amount available. I have no reason to suspect otherwise we have fairly consistently spent reasonable amounts.
Our squad looks in a poor state as it stands agreed.
It's been suggested that Djilibodji was brought in when it seemed like Kone would be away by prehab. Not sure how true that is, it's all guesswork at the minute, but the events of pre season certainly seem to indicate that we're struggling. BSA's comments early doors about his frustration over transfers, to where we are now, bringing in 2 players that are basically risks, potentially as replacements for Kone and M'Vila, and another who could end up spending most of his time with the u23's.
 
It's been suggested that Djilibodji was brought in when it seemed like Kone would be away by prehab. Not sure how true that is, it's all guesswork at the minute, but the events of pre season certainly seem to indicate that we're struggling. BSA's comments early doors about his frustration over transfers, to where we are now, bringing in 2 players that are basically risks, potentially as replacements for Kone and M'Vila, and another who could end up spending most of his time with the u23's.
If that was a week ago suggests they may be some hold up.
We will never know the full facts, I'd be surprised if Moyes would have taken the job without reassurances about money available.
We need to do some fairly significant strengthening over the next few weeks.
 
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