Transfer Rumours 2013/14

I don't care at this point.

I'd even be delighted with Gourcuff who we're being linked with again. Bringing back Flamini on a one-month contract would make my day. It's gotten to that point now. If we bring in 4-5 players I'll be fucking ecstatic even if they all turn out to be dogshit.

Blues angrily reject joint £28m Man Utd bid for Fellaini and Baines

Everton FC have been left outraged after Manchester United made a farcical £16m bid for Marouane Fellaini – a fortnight after his £23.5m buy-out clause expired.

Goodison chiefs were rocked by the derisory offer for their Belgium international midfielder, and further incensed when Old Trafford officials also tried to include Leighton Baines in the package for a further £12m.

The shocking £28m approach by former boss David Moyes ’ new club, believed to have been designed to unsettle Everton’s prized duo, was swiftly and angrily rejected.

But United’s offer, which was made by chief executive Ed Woodward only 48 hours before the start of the new Premier League season, is understood to have left considerable bad feeling on Merseyside – especially given that Fellaini's true market value is widely considered to be in excess of the £23.5m clause in his contract which expired on July 31.

Last week Everton boss Roberto Martinez told the ECHO that United’s first bid for Baines in June, also for £12m, was described as a final offer by the Red Devils, and this latest attempt to land the England international on the cheap would appear to contradict that stance from the reigning champions.

As Everton manager in 2008, Moyes paid Standard Liege an initial £15m for Fellaini – a sum which eventually rose to around £17.5m in additional payments.

Staggeringly, United’s approach last week would suggest they believe Fellaini’s value has decreased since then; despite the midfielder making 174 appearances over his five seasons at Everton so far, scoring 32 goals, and becoming an established part of the renowned Belgian national side.

Moyes has turned his interests to Fellaini after repeatedly failing in his protracted efforts to prize Cesc Fabreags from Barcelona.

So far he has only added young Uruguayan full-back Guillermo Varela to his squad, and is under pressure to show his mettle in the transfer market before the September 2 deadline.

£28m for both is derisory. If I were Everton I wouldn't even consider a bid for the pair of them unless it was £40m or above (£25m for Fellaini, £15m for Baines).

Everton can confirm that it has received bids from Manchester United for two players. Those bids were immediately rejected out of hand as derisory and insulting.

The Club did not make public these details as it was vital Roberto Martinez’s preparations for the opening game of the Premier League season were not disrupted in anyway.

Over £40 million?

Christ

What's wrong with that? Everton are well within their rights to reject everything below £40m

I think it's pretty obvious Everton would be within their rights, but that doesn't mean Fellaini and Baines should cost more than £40m nor that we should pay it.

The suggestion that a player who didn't interest clubs at £24m is now suddenly worth more than that is the most odd.

That's Utd's problem then, not Everton's.

I guess Arsenal are at the point where anyone is better than nobody, but I'd be as annoyed by Wenger bidding for players in positions they don't really need as I would him not buying any body.

We aren't exactly well stocked in central midfield, quality-wise.

Anyway I hope that this is the start of something more.

We aren't exactly well stocked in central midfield, quality-wise.

Anyway I hope that this is the start of something more.

I thought Kondogbia was already meant to be practically signed for Monaco?

Regarding Gourcuff, I saw a Ligue 1 journalist talking about the Gourcuff/Gervinho swap saying that both sides would view it as a good deal. As both had good reputations but had been poor for ages. Although Gourcuff has apparently had a good start to the season.