he would be a nice addition to our mad midfield.

He's Kante-lite, but better DM than anyone we have.

Also been 'linked' to Lukaku after he's declined to sign a new deal.
With the new owner & Koeman as manager I see no reason for Everton to sell anyone unless they want to.
IMO their starting XI / match day squad has genuine quality and it's their depth that is their real issue.
With the new TV money they can build upon their current base and mount a decent shake at top4 next season.

They'll have to offer Lukaku massive money though because he'll get it elsewhere, that will change their whole wage structure. They've done well from him and they'll make a massive profit, I think they'll be happy enough to sell if they get the right offer.

We should make the right offer. 65m pounds. Prevent a drawn out negotiation.
The more I think about our mad team, the more we need to bring in people of the Lukaku talent/age profile. I suspect Wenger built a team with a view to winning in 2016 or 17 and then fucking off, and leaving a mess for the next guy. Now because he so desperately wants to win, he's stuck trying to fix his own mess

Yeah I think he'd be ideal for us. He's quick, strong, good in the air, knows the league and scores for fun. Plus he's only approaching his prime. If he ends up at United or Chelsea we'll regret it.

mourinho already gazzumped us previously and i can see him trying to do the same again.
I, however, cannot see Wenger going back for a player who snubbed him previously and whose signing will be the death knell of the hair.

Wasn't Mourinho the one that benched him and basically forced him out? I think he only moves to Yanited if Ibrahimovic doesn't extend. Alternative destination could be Chelsea, if Costa leaves in the summer.

Yeah. Chelsea seems most likely. If PSG toss Cavani, I could see them coming. I hate that we are going to be spectators as yet another striking talent trades teams.

@woolley
Yup. One of mourinho's strategies, at chelsea, was to use abramovich's money to block as many of wenger's prospective signings as possible.
He didn't need/want Lukaku but offered him silly money to stop us from signing him.

Didn't they get him for £10m or so. Wenger clearly wasn't that interested.

He'd be a good signing but £60m plus is still ridiculous. That sort of fee should = a player that will transform the team and he certainly won't do that.

and watch us get ("only") half that sum for Alexis ...

goon wrote:

He'd be a good signing but £60m plus is still ridiculous. That sort of fee should = a player that will transform the team and he certainly won't do that.

Who though? If Sanchez goes we are in desperate need of goal scorers.

One key factor is that Lukaku's agent is Mino Raiola and he's also Zlatan, Mkhitaryan, and Pogba's agent.

But then Usmanov could have a word with Moshiri.

Money isn't a problem for us nowadays anyway, is how we use it. I would just spend 60m on Lukaku and Mbappe each. We can well afford it.

Grimandi was at the Monaco match yesterday, madness incoming?

Irish, you do realise that Gilles spent 6 years in Monaco as a player?