i think part of the problem is that he was switched from wingback to central defense - the other part of the problem is he played for a pedestrian, clueless (or more to the point, chivu-less) roma - to me, he is not a shut down central defender
Why couldn't we do this last month....jeez is it really that hard?? Everton management blew it, more faces would've equalled 12 mio euros and a place in the most prestigious competition.
You guys have a new left defender Nuno Valente (Portuguese international, won everything with us, now leaving due to problems between our president and the NT...) --» http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/noticia.php?div_id=1304&id=576213 (in Portuguese)
Isn´t official yet, Nuno Valente travelled to London yesterday to meet with Everton directors after the Fulham game. The transfer fee will be something like 1,5 million euros. About Benny McCarthy FC Porto president said it several times we only sell him for his 9 million euros clause, he rejected several offers of English teams, including Blackburn Rovers and recently West Ham, they were offering something like 6,5 million euros.
i think McCarthy will leave because he does not want to be there and has publically complained that Porto would not let him leave and that he wants to go to England
Looks like valenti has been signed, so that's 2 left backs in 3 days. You'd wonder why they didn't sort this out sooner now cos we're now paying pistone to sit on his rear for the reat of the season. Rumour has it that van der meyde will be out for 6 weeks if we sign him so to my mind this puts the deal in doubt - we've knocked back quite a lot of players in the past few years due to failed medicals (forsell and sean davis spring to mind). There were rumours about mccarthy last year so the latest stories could just be a rehashing of that but I think he'd be a good signing. Other stories linking us to a couple of strikers from the lower divisions so hopefully we'll get someone before the window closes on Wednesday.
heh, i like how Toffeeweb is bitching about Moyes signing a back. christ, he only has 4 to choose from right now, which has been bumped alllll the way up to 6 with Ferrari and Nuno.
Did you guys see this? Valente comes at the recommendation of Jose Mourinho Why are we listening to that twat? Davey's a genius all on his own.
Maybe because Davey's respects Mourinho ...and realizes he JM knows a thing or two about footballers. Jose recommended former FC Porto defensive-mid Pedro Mendes to the Tottenham board ...and things have worked out well for them. I'll say this, if Nuno Valente can stay healthy, and get into good shape, Everton will have a solid LB on their hands, especially offensively. At 1.5 million pounds that is pretty cheap. As i said, he's got to stay healthy, because he's been injured on and off the last year or so.
I hate Mourinho, I hate his attitude, I hate his team. I don't give a ******** what he knows. That being said, I'm glad we have a new left back. Anything's better than Pistone.
Maybe because Mourinho has won a thing or two? I'm disappointed that Nuno Valente is no longer with Porto. When healthy he is a top notch LB.
If you haven't noticed, Sara, Mourinho has a fine eye for football talent. And though Jose is arrogant as hell, I get the impression that he'd be pretty honest with David -- if Jose says he'd be a good addition, you can pretty much take that to the bank.
Only if anyone pays the 9 million euros, we aren´t needing money, McCarthy knows that, he was sad since he wanted to go to England but now he is ready to help us again. Plus he is a really good striker and would creat an instant impact in the premiership, so 9 million is a reasonable fee, unlike Peter Crouch and other crappy players that are sold for ridiculous fees...
This is the strangest rumour I've ever seen: http://www.toffeeweb.com/season/05-06/rumour-mill/index.asp#050828d
I read that ... a very impressive display of saying nothing in as many words as possible. If that had been posted a month earlier, I'd have guessed Javier Saviola. As it is now, though, it's anyone's guess. ----------- If we do sign Shinji Ono, I will be very pleased. He'd be a great pick-up and is another option for set piece taking aside from Arteta.
Ono would be a great option..but he is too small and gets injured quickly. Iono about how well he could hold up in the hectic Premier League.
Still waiting for a decision on van der meyde. We have a habbit of missing out on players carrying slight knocks but i think that he would be worth taking a chance on. The only other news today are rumours linking us with robbie keane (again) and young nugent from preston (again). Updates when available - only 8 hours left
looks like our threadbare squad of a week ago actually has quite a bit of depth. If only we could get a striker!