26 Dec 2023 13:38:38
Ed002 hope your well. what's our january going to look like. Will web actively pursuing some players or if any outgoings happen be reactive to that.

{Ed002's Note - I would not have high expectations of significant additions with Everton having to clean up the financial mess they are in. They need to reduce the wage bill further and utilise the cheaper or free options available to them and utilise youngsters where they can. There will also be a need for the sale of players liked by the fans, such as Branthwaite. Leicester, Burnley and Leeds are open to negotiation a soultion to the concerns Everton have about being forced in to Administration which would see a further points deduction and financial constraints which could strangle the club. So a negotiated solution makes sense - but it could hit the club very hard.
Everton have another eight players who are out of contract in the summer - Harrison (who will return to Leeds), Lonegan, Young, Coleman, Gueye, Dele Alli, Gomes and Danjuma (who will return to Villareal). They have a huge issue with respect to Dele Alli which needs to be fixed somehow. There are another seven players who will be entering the last year of their contracts. Selling Onana would help them out as any loans or sale of part of the club would only help with the stadium they cannot now afford.}

1.) 26 Dec 2023
26 Dec 2023 13:48:12
Ed on the deal with Leeds and Leicester surely only one club can ask us for comp as if we got relegated only one of them could be stayed up?

{Ed002's Note - No. It is not just relegation, it is loss of income. Leeds will perhaps step back.}

2.) 26 Dec 2023
26 Dec 2023 13:55:14
I see. Hopefully we sale high make a profit and re invest in some youth and pay the debts.

{Ed002's Note - The best way forward Eddy.}

3.) 26 Dec 2023
26 Dec 2023 14:10:38
Hopefully look at Birminghams Jordan James. We’ve been linked with Sam tickle from Wigan and a left back from gent.

4.) 26 Dec 2023
26 Dec 2023 15:35:30
In the bleak midwinter, we can’t afford our ground,
Moshiri ruined our finances, they’re no longer sound

Dough had fallen, dough and dough,
Dough and dough and dough

In the bleak midwinter, our best players will have to go…

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Cheers for the reality check Ed2. Administration is a big fear and more realistic than I had previously thought.

Can we survive without Onana, possibly (if Gomez can cut it) . Can we survive Branthwaite going? I don’t think so. Could we sell anyone else?

Christ knows what will happen with Dele Alli. What are our options Ed?

5.) 26 Dec 2023
26 Dec 2023 16:47:38
Adam Wharton, 19 midfielder at Blackburn meant to be very good.

Agree we need to sell big where possible and invest in freebies and youth.

I like DCL but we could get some decent money still and having Beto helps softenthe sale, I'd sell him and Onana. Try keep Branthwaite as long as possible because he is class.
Play Dele for 6 games
I'd also have Barkley back, looking very fit and playing very good attacking, skillful football again.
Does anyone know how our young players out on loan are doing?

6.) 26 Dec 2023
26 Dec 2023 19:33:24
I have no clue how the whole issue with the leeds, foxes situation works but my pennys worth is this. It would be very hard to prove we had an on field advantage such that would have kept us up over them. 19.5m what would they attribute that to that kept us up. Regardless of that we did break the rules but they got them selves in a position to be relegates by them selves as we did. Sueing us is never going to happen because if they won that would open a whole new world of law suits across the football world. I just dnt see a big payout to them at all.
Like i said i have no idea how it works i am prob well off the mark. Its just what i feel.

7.) 26 Dec 2023
26 Dec 2023 20:48:15
Perhaps we should just wait and see what the result of our appeal is first. Before we decide to sell our best players and make fictitious payments to other clubs.

8.) 26 Dec 2023
26 Dec 2023 20:54:11
Ed 2 Yes it maybe a loss of income. But we can only be relegated once every year. Therefore only one club 18th placed (9th and 20th went down on own merit) has any right to possible compensation.

9.) 26 Dec 2023
26 Dec 2023 21:04:55
Obviously 19th + 20th.

10.) 27 Dec 2023
26 Dec 2023 22:36:35
Absolutely, really don't get Leeds or the others, only Leicester and Burnley have any justification imo, both finishing 18th in the 2 years it took for action against us to be taken, and how is it our fault the premier League took this long, surely they should be suing the premier league as well?

Just imagine when City finally get their belated PTS dock, that means all teams in premiership since 2008 can sue them due to lost of earnings, league positions, sponsorship etc etc. Be barmy if happened but the way football is and the way the premier League and our club is ran wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.

11.) 27 Dec 2023
27 Dec 2023 11:02:25
Tell them all to fek off.

12.) 27 Dec 2023
27 Dec 2023 11:52:08
We are not going into administration

The clubs can not sure Everton as no sporting advantage was gained while at the same time 3 separate accountants and the premier Leagues accountants all signed off our books and we only failed P&S because the premier league changed the rules as they needed someone to throw to the wolves as they were up in front of the select committee (I'm not saying our accounts are great but at least say it how it is)

Jack Harrison wants to stay at Everton (why wouldn't he)

And we won't be selling Branthwaite in January and I will be very surprised if we sell Onana (one will prob go in the summer with Onana being the more likely)

13.) 31 Dec 2023
31 Dec 2023 04:25:52
Dont see how we can spend anything til the takeover situations are resolved. However, Leicester and the others have zero legal basis for any claim, administration is doubtful but still possible though. My main concern is the issue with finishing the stadium.