When asked, ‘do you still believe you will sign four players in total this window?’ Poch replied, “Yes. I said four players before? Ok, one ‘keeper plus four. Maybe three more.”
For clarity, only Sanchez has signed which leaves three more berths to be potentially filled.
The Aurier deal is only complicated by any hitherto unforeseen legal complications, as per Gladys’ updates this is otherwise full steam ahead.
Aurier is likely to come initially on a season long loan with a compulsory ‘to buy’ clause that is triggered by the player making a certain number of Premier League appearances in the first half of the season.
There will also be an element in the contract to protect Spurs based upon what happens to Aurier in the courts.
Barkley is not a total given either. Although looming dark FFP clouds are threatening to float over Goodison Park, the boy is injured.
Everton have just twigged that FFP rules are going to impact them if they don’t shift out some bodies this summer and in January at the latest. Financial Fair Play and british tax laws regarding declarations of incomes and assets do not make good bedfellows
Ross’ contract is shrivelling in value by the day if not the hour, and EFC have gone from staring at cash cow to something that might produce the sort of leather jacket one would expect to buy from a market stall and some minced beef suitable for incorporating in a supermarket own brand microwave meal.
Foyth is a kid to be thrown into the academy mixer, which leaves a plethora of other potential deals that someone concocted in order to fill a webpage. It might be an idea to spare yourself and others the tedium of examining them over and over to zero purpose.
The element of our possible dealings I do find of interest though are Sissoko’s wages. He’s only worth a spreadsheet commitment of £6million in fees, yet his salary would be enough to give Levy decent leverage with fresh face.
If Wimmer and or Janssen could be ‘liquidated’ this would allow the Bald Supremo to exercise a degree of rarely seen largesse.
If Pochettino holds any sway, now might be a good time to give it an airing.
