Yeah, it's time to get this one started. I read on an Everton fan site that Spanish newspapers are reporting that Tommy Gravesen is unhappy that he's only a substitute and is thinking about moving back to Goodison. Seems like a little wishful thinking on our part, but an interesting rumour nonetheless.
Re: January transfer rumours It would be fantastic though...I never thought he should have moved anyways.
Re: January transfer rumours A buy back clause was put into the Gravesen deal when we sold him, would be a great signing to get him back, but id have to say that a striker (or 2) should be our top priority, although tough to say who would be available this early, Robbie Keane being probably the one we have been linked with most.
Re: January transfer rumours Gravesen has fallen out of favor with the coach, which in my view is a mistake. He has had at least one bad game, but then who hasn't? Even so, Gravesen has played almost every game as a starter or a sub. I would say if he continues as a sub for an extended period there is a very good chance he will be sold back to Everton at the winter break. But right now he is saying he is fine with fighting for a place in the side.
Re: January transfer rumours If Gravesen were to come back it would be a major boost, but the big problem we could be facing is trying to attract quality players, in the summer we had European football to offer, now even if our form picks up we don't have much to offer top players, unfortunately it looks like we may have missed our chance to get a top quality stiker when the summer window closed.
Re: January transfer rumours http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4311034.stm how about this guy? that would be goodish.
Re: January transfer rumours http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=313475&CPID=8&clid=&lid=&title=Toffees+track+striker
Re: January transfer rumours Does this guy make chances for himself? That is what we need... rock bford
Re: January transfer rumours If we're going for an Icelandic international not named Eidur, I think we're in big trouble.
Re: January transfer rumours Football365's gossip page is saying that we are looking at Forest's Kris Commons for 5M come January. http://www.football365.com/news/transfer_gossip/index.shtml
Re: January transfer rumours Would we still have enough money to go after a striker if we go and sign Commons. He seems to be a nice young player, and we can use some of those. rock bford
Re: January transfer rumours That's a good question. I don't really know anything about Commons, but according to the soccernet roster (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team/squad?id=393&cc=5901) he is a 22 year old, 5' 6" defender! Why in the world would we be looking at a midget defender for 5 million quid?!
Re: January transfer rumours Yeah, a lot of those football365 gossip bits turn out to be complete bunk. But, hey, it's a slow day and it's been too quiet down here at the bottom of the table...
Re: January transfer rumours More football365 gossip... ROBBIE KEANE ON MOVE Martin Jol is reportedly willing to sell one of his multitude of players, Robbie Keane, who has been linked with a move to goal-shy Everton in January. The Independent also claims that Everton still intend to re-sign Thomas Gravesen from Real Madrid. http://www.football365.com/news/transfer_gossip/index.shtml I've heard both of these enough that I am starting to get hopefull...
Re: January transfer rumours I'm not even going to bother getting excited until I see a photo of him holding up an Everton shirt with his name and number on the back.
Re: January transfer rumours To late.. I've already decided we will have Keane and Beattie up front with Cahill, Gravesen, Arteta and Van der Meyde in the middle... yes it is official...
Re: January transfer rumours Awesome. Can I get some kind of guarantee on that? Oh, and since you're going for it, you may as well bring in Ronaldinho to replace Beattie.
Re: January transfer rumours No, I'm afraid Ronaldinho would ruin the chemistry I have worked so hard to build.... bford
Re: January transfer rumours Bent to go? There are a lot of rumors about him moving. He's a quality lad, works his socks off, but I don't know if he has Premiership quality. Especially his finishing really bothers me.
Re: January transfer rumours Yeah, I've been worried about this since he was left off the Birmingham roster. I agree that he's not quite Premiership quality, though his work rate is phenomenal.
Re: January transfer rumours Hopefully this rumor is predicated on first signing a new (and presumably better) striker...we don't have the depth of squad to be selling a striker without a replacement already in hand.