11 Jun 2026 08:20:39.
Morning fellow Evertonians bluenose, do you know anything about striker?
Lois Openda plays for Leipzig, not a tall striker by any means but had his fair share of headed goals on his obligatory YouTube. He has pace and seems quite tenacious.
11 Jun 2026 09:15:27
Didn't he just have an unproductive loan at Juve? I think they have, or had, an obligation to make it permanent if certain conditions were met.
Although rumours a while back were that they would look to sell him soon after making the loan permanent.
Did look good at Leipzig though, and wouldn't be against us making a move for him, but I can't see it happening myself.
11 Jun 2026 12:37:49
Thanks for the info, Toffejase. Yeah, he looks to have raw potential.
11 Jun 2026 19:06:06
Not sure he is what we should be after, Toffebwoy1. He did very well for Lens before replicating his form for Leipzig for a season, but then fell off the year after. Not entirely sure why Juventus went after him, but they do some bizarre business, tbf to them.
Would have made more sense to get him when we were linked with him from his breakout seasons for Vitesse and Lens, I think he was 22/23 then. 3 years older and a player that very much relies on his pace, that is something that is only going to be on the wane the older he gets.
He would certainly offer a different profile to the Chuckle Brothers, as he loves to run in behind and exploit the space, but the way we set up under Moyes, I am not sure we would play to his strengths.
Beto has shown time and time again that he likes to run onto through balls, but seldom do we ever give him what he wants.
It is much easier to score goals in the Bundesliga than it is in Serie A, and he struggled whenever he was played as a loan striker for Juventus. I can't see us playing with two, and he doesn't have the attributes, physically, to lead the line on his own.
I doubt he would come cheap either, with Juventus having to sign him for close to 40m after the loan clauses were triggered.
He would be way down on the list for me mate.