albionfan37
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I think he’s a decent player someone we should look to bring in perhaps on loan initially and see where we are in the summer
He's not getting a look-in at Chelsea and Everton could be a good fit, especially if they offload out of favour Schneiderlein.
I suggested him about a month ago and met the same response as you. If anybody thinks that he is not an improvement on Kayal and wouldnt be a benefit to our midfield squad, they must be on drugs. He will be on high wages but I am sure a % payment deal could be done as Chelsea want rid of him as we did with City and Wayne Bridge. It was suggested by the popular press that he will be Raniere's first buy at Fulham in January.
I expect he's on c £70k per week so would easily break our wage structure. For that reason we'd not be interested. Number two reason is that we favour players on an upward trajectory in their careers so that the sell on price is higher than what we paid, with certain exceptions e.g. Murray.
He would of course improve our midfield options but would he be prepared to come here and not play. What we have is a good squad of players and we will bring in players that add to that team, not detract from it. Therefore the chance of this happening is next to zero.
Negative comment about Kayal ..how unusual
Why Everton specifically? It always baffles me how people pick the 'ideal' club out of the blue.
Unless you know more than you are saying of course!
He is an excellent player who was a key part of a midfield that won the premier league, got to the quarter-finals of the champions league, was selected for England and was then bought by one of the best sides in the country.......
......... and then left on the sidelines to rot, unfortunately
Chelsea have previous for that with young, english midfielders. See also Parker; Scott, Wright-Phillips; Shaun and Sidwell; Stephen