on July 28, 2025, 9:53 am, in reply to "A lot have said no is quite the wake up call NT"
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"we're a long way away", "trying really hard", "a lot have said no", "we need to want them to come, they have to buy into what Everton have got"
Sounds like a lot of time has been figuring out what we can afford, how much we think player X is worth, negotiating with their club, getting the nod to speak to the player and then finding out they are not remotely interested. Fine, these things happen but if the number of rejections is coming as a surprise then we need to get a bit more savvy in our approach instead of blaming the targets for not "buying into Everton".
Be ambitious by all means, we want to be pursuing the real quality, but you would hope pragmatism and moving down the target list in a reasonable time frame would also come into it. Previous Message
Says we are trying hard but sign players but many of the ones he wants have a preference to play for teams in Europe so a lot are saying no.
Mentioned he is keeping an eye on Championship market too.
Is ensuring the team are super fit to compensate for lack of quality. Says they are already used to training hard because of previous regime (one for the ultra Dyche haters there).
Says the grass at the new ground is currently too dense making it a slow pitch. Has told them they need to fix it ahead of the new season.
Lots to do then…..
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