Summer transfer thread 2022

POKERKING

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119266949#Comment_119266949

No i meant Romeo and yes i have seen him play in the flesh(imagine that eh?) so i have heard of him. Point stands its another good deal for City.

machiavellianme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119267494#Comment_119267494

In the flesh? Hopefully he was at least wearing shorts? 😉

Tis indeed a decent sale price for a lad most of us never heard of though.

SlickRic

Richarlison to Spurs looks like it's done.

Impressed with how they're backing Conte. Under normal circumstances, they're close to title challengers, but City and Liverpool aren't normal.

Kiith

Yeah, seems to have been done last night. Good buy, as he can play across the front 3 and gives us much needed depth there.

https://twitter.com/sistoney67/status/1542404093280493568?s=21&t=-MFOTePxMPDO43yuXFuN2w

I've never been fully convinced by Richarlison. It's a big step up for him going to Spurs, so it'll be interesting how he does.

wanderer100

Not a big fan of Richarlison but if there’s any manager that I think can take him up another level I think Conte is the man.

Question is how many games will he be starting with Kane , Son and Kulusevski already settled in the side.

Impressive business by Spurs nonetheless with Bissouma and Perisic already signed. Theyre squad suddenly beginning to look very very good. Could be the dark horse next season under Conte

Fitz*

~£50m rising to £60m is a lot of money to pay for a forward who averages around 9 non penalty goals in the league over the last 5 seasons IMO. You'd be expecting more bang for your buck there.

Kiith

It's what you'd expect to pay for a proven Premier League forward these days. Plus he's been in a very poor Everton team, and with better support, could do very well.

He's a bit improvement on Moura and Bergwijn (who may have been great with more game time), so i'm fairly happy with it.

LineOfBeauty

A player that I feel must be a complete blinddspot for me because I can't tell you anything he's done to warrant that kind of money. Even Raphina, who with the eye test looks a much better bet to succeed at a big club, seems costly at €50 million.

eh i dunno

No player has scored more goals for Brazil since 2018 than richarlison so easily worth 60m. Chris wood went for 30m.

jacool

Richarlison done and dusted. £50m plus add-ons.

Everton soon to be in Leeds territory having to get in replacements.

Bounty Hunter

If Chelsea sign both Raphina and Sterling, do they keep playing with WBs ? Does Mount fit into such a formation ?

ArtyM

Lots of transfers being completed, or close to completing, yet one Team stands out as not being linked to any new players - Everton.

Given that they just about scraped through last year you would have thought that they would be scrambling to get some players in to help them avoid a repeat relegation battle.

Are they out of money or are they just banking on the promoted teams being worse then they are?

dr.kenneth noisewater

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119272705#Comment_119272705

Under serious financial fair play pressure, need to sell before they can buy. They've agreed to sign Tarkowski on a free which is a great signing for them in fairness

Weepsie

Tarkowski would've been a good signing for most clubs. If I were a defender, lampard is not who I'd sign for

Fitz*

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119272875#Comment_119272875

Rooney will be manager by Christmas yet.

thebaz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119272705#Comment_119272705

Everton are in a lot of trouble - can't buy cause of FFP - selling out best player to balance book - our only hope is the club gets sold and we start planning properly (even with no money) instead of basket case signing strategy like Alli and Winks - if things stay as they are , minus Richarlisson , we will be battlingbig time to stay above relegation.

Bounty Hunter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119272194#Comment_119272194

Saw this online but that doesn't make sense, does it?

This was also there but makes a lot more sense and I'd say Spurs fans would be a lot more confident going into the season with a side like this lead by Conte.

Haven't seen more than 1 game of Gvardiol but he is hugely rated and I'd assume Kulasevski would still get loads of game time.

augustus gloop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119270705#Comment_119270705

Is richarlson premier league proven? I’m not sure, maybe he is. He is a fighter I’ll give him that. Don’t know if he can rumble son Kane and kula. They are a high quality 3

machiavellianme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119274423#Comment_119274423

A fighter? Or a petulant whinger?

I'm not sure he's all that, I wouldn't want him in my team as I utterly dislike players throwing continuous tantrums when things don't go their way like he does. I'm sure he'll fit right in at Spurs though.

Kiith

He's scored 48 goals...surely that's enough to be PL proven?

decent signing for spurs, he will get plenty of games across the season and that’s a very competitive attack across the league.

The price tag in some ways is irrelevant, transfers are all crazy. Everton’s most important player and a starter for Brazil, he was always going to cost big bucks.

Fattybojangles

The reaction of Everton's fans to him leaving tells its own story most are gutted to see him leave many fans of other teams dislike him cos of his diving etc (Kane will have some competition on that score next season) but he is a quality player who IMO kept Everton( along with Gordon) in the PL last season.

eh i dunno

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119274957#Comment_119274957

Is Darwin Nunez not a bigger risk @85m with just two international goals in 4 years?

augustus gloop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119275218#Comment_119275218

I pay very little attention to international goals, they have little bearing on club achievements in my opinion. I do appreciate your point though, the only hting that is a plus with Nunez is also a negative... Richarlson has hit his ceiling or thereabouts, Nunez has the potential to go much further. In the same breath, Nunez might be wooden, a one season wonder. Its unlikely with Liverpools recent track record though.

ShamoBuc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119275218#Comment_119275218

Wouldn't use international stats as any kind of barometer really.

Trent can't be any good because he can't get his game with England while Fred plays for Barzil - for example.

I've seen enough of Nunez to believe he could be a major star for Liverpool.

I've seen enough of Richarlson to believe that Everton did very well indeed to get that price for him.

Fitz*

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119274896#Comment_119274896

In 173 games. That's 1 goal every 3.6 games, including penalties.

The modern game, the better forwards score goals more consistently.

pjohnson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119275461#Comment_119275461

He played for two goal shy PL sides and wasn't even the primary striker for either team. Yet he was Evertons Top Scorer/Joint Top Scorer in 3 of his 4 years there - joint with Sigurdsson 1st year (13 g), joint with DCL the second year (13 g), behind DCL two years ago (16 vs 7 g) and outright top scorer this year (10 vs DCL's 5).

He really couldn't have done much more than he has given the state of the teams hes been at and the fact he isn't a striker and was an awkward replacement when put there in place of DCL to lead the line.

TitianGerm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119275540#Comment_119275540

I'd he better than Son, Kane or Kulusevski? I don't think he is and would say he's a similar level to Bergwin but can play in more positions and is a bit stronger on the ball.

£60m is very expensive for him (I thought it was £50m but others are saying £60m) but I'd imagine Everton and Spurs are both happy enough with the fee.

DM_7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119275461#Comment_119275461

I don't think Richarlison's goal return is what he should be overly focussed on.

On a basic level Richarlison has top scored or joint top scored in 3 of his 4 seasons for Everton. He scored 48 goals of the clubs 188 goals in that time.

If he continues with those type of returns (10+ per season and close to 1 in 4 of the clubs goals) he will be doing exactly what is needed considering the goals Kane and Son will get. He is an obvious significant upgrade on Berwijn and Moura. Last season after Kane and Son the next highest scorer had 5 goals (Kulusevski) so I would see Richarlison as someone who will get lots of good chances to score.

In considering his wider game, if Spurs were after a Kane replacement then Richarlison would not be it, but as a player to add to the forward line he seems ideal.

In terms of a Conte team, he is quick, powerful,mobile and skilled. Scores a fair amount of goals, works hard. Also showed great committment when seeking to go to the olympics (to his country) and by returning to play for Everton without a break. His link up with a fit DCL is also a good sign for linking with Kane. He looks like a player Conte will love having.

pjohnson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119275568#Comment_119275568

He isn't but given they haven't had much depth the last few years hes a very good signing. Hes years younger than Moura and much better than both Moura and Bergwijn. They've also never replaced Llorente through the years as a back up to Kane so he also ticks that box.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119275461#Comment_119275461

That's a pretty poor way to judge a player who has played for a bottom half team for all those seasons.

Your be better off looking at how he performed against xg or the percentage of goals he scored for the team. Has any forward playing for a a lower half team racked up loads of goals season after season I'd say it's rare at best.

It's hard to fully judge him fully as he was with a terrible Everton team?

One goal every three games might be good enough for a team challenging for little or nothing. He'll need to up his game at a bigger club potentially fighting for honours next season.

Cookiemunster

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119276186#Comment_119276186

One goal every three games is excellent for the teams he played for and the amount of chances that would have been created for him. As was said above his xG would be a much better stat to look at. You can guarantee that he'll score more goals for Spurs as they'll create way more chances for him.

Saying all that, £60m seems a bit overpriced. I'm surprised Levy of all people sanctioned it.

eh i dunno

Is Richarlisons goal record not similar to firmino who has played every game as a number 9? Richarlison has played left wing for much of his time at Everton. I see less moaning about the raphina price.

El Gato De Negocios

The efforts of Liverpool fans to shyte all over Richarlison are hilarious tbh. He's over priced but PL to PL transfers generally are. The reality is he has done consistently well in a very poor Everton team and scored 1 in 3 last year which is a respectable return considering where he was playing and that hes not an out and out striker. The likes of Bowen and Foden are consistently fawned over and their numbers are more or less exactly the same. Peresic, Bissouma and now Richi are three really good acquisitions for Spurs and make them a dangerous outfit. Would be great to see another team slug it out with City and LFC in the title race.

pjohnson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119276607#Comment_119276607

Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino have the exact same 1 in 3 record. Dunno why Liverpool fans have been talking up such average players the last few years.

Fattybojangles

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119276684#Comment_119276684

In a far better team as well.

Salah signs new contract

ShamoBuc

Salah stays at Anfield - that's one transfer that was possible for weeks. Great to kepp him, with all the other ' average' players.

El Gato De Negocios

Fair play to Salah, held his nerve and knew his worth to the team. £400k per week is some wedge. It does now present potential massive headaches for Liverpool in future contract negotiations. The likes of TAA, VVD, Robertson and Fabinho are at the top of the pile in their respective positions and are critical to how Klopps team plays. Quite possible that when they see Salah getting that kind of coin that they will want to be near the top of the pay grade for their positions too.

dmigsy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119276936#Comment_119276936

Salahs salary seems fair enough to me. Similar to what the likes of De Bruyne is on. Salah's delivered consistent so deserves a top wage. Not sure the deal will rock the boat too much at Liverpool. The best player getting the most money seems an equitable way to do things. It's not like having Pogba pissing about and getting 500k a week.

VVD and TAA are on deals to 2025, Fabinho and Robertson to 2026. All except TAA will be 32+ by the end of their deals. Sure, TAA will be due a big deal if he keeps current form. The other have likely peaked in terms of their earning potential at Liverpool. If any of them want to move, Liverpool will want a big transfer fee. Seems like Liverpool have played a blinder here tbf.

eigrod

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119276607#Comment_119276607

Fair game to be honest. Richarlison (and Pickford, Townsend and others) have spoken all sorts of shite about Klopp and Liverpool in the media over the last few years so of course he’s going to get it back from the fans. And add in his assault on Thiago that left him injured for months.

El Gato De Negocios

I see Torino have announced that Belotti isn't signing a new deal and is a free agent effective immediately, could see him ending up at Madrid.

El Gato De Negocios

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119277053#Comment_119277053

Oh I've no issue people giving out about him at a personality level or whatever but there hasn't been much mention of that until yourself. Grand if saying he's been a bit of a prat by times and that's he's dislikeable for some of his behaviour but he is a good footballer and will be an asset to Spurs.

LuckyLloyd

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119276936#Comment_119276936

The interesting aspect of the deal is that it's a two-year extension that expires just after he turns 33. So Liverpool has paid for the remainder of his peak / elite years and has not had to commit to his age 33 - 35 years. Does that set a precedent? Yes, but it's potentially a manageable one - hit an elite level and we'll reward you for your peak years. But we're not signing up to guarantee years that are likely to be bad value.

Fair play to Salah indeed, he could have played this in such a way where he was guaranteed a bag into his mid-thirties. He must really want to stay.

A great day for Liverpool.

El Gato De Negocios

A great day for Liverpool indeed, he has been one of / the best in the world in his position pretty much since he arrived although the second half of the season gone by was poor by his own inimitable standards.

Bounty Hunter

Some interesting names might get snapped up on a free in the next few days. The likes of Isco, Romagnoli, Dybala and Mertens have now all officially left their clubs as well as the already mentioned Belotti.

Could probably add Dembele to that list too but there are still suggestions he could be staying at Barca

Cookiemunster

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119277265#Comment_119277265

I wouldn't be so sure about Dembele. As he's now out of contract he'd be seen as a new signing by the Spanish authorities, so they can only put 1/4 of his salary back onto the wage bill. That wouldn't have been an issue if he'd renewed before today.

billyhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119277265#Comment_119277265

Erikson aswell.