Kone is a good player, bit brainless but quick and good finisher so that's a good signing, some pace in the Everton attack now with him and Mirallas there.
Joel Robles played well for Wigan last year as well after displacing Al-Habsi, very good back-up option.
Alcaraz is a poor signing though as a budget squad option not much of a worry.
Everton are on a tight budget as usual so I think Martinez is trying to pick up some players that he knows could do a job at Everton. Better signings could still follow.
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I love it when fans are delusional.
Ronaldo is NOT going back to Man Utd and Xabi Alonso is NOT going back to Liverpool (he physically wouldn't handle the PL anyway IMO), take off the tinted sunglasses. Especially Ronaldo.
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Shakhtar confirm Mkhitaryan sale - ESPN FC
?23.7m have Shakhtar squeezed out of this deal, that certainly makes me feel better about the ?30m signing of Fernandinho.
Perez: No offers for Higuain - ESPN FC
C'mon Arsenal, pull the trigger already!
Eriksen 'still hoping to move' - ESPN FC
I for one can see Barcelona coming in for him if Thiago goes off...
BBC Sport - Swansea close to ?13m deal for Wilfried Bony
Well done Swansea!
Toulalan completes Monaco move - ESPN FC
Missed this one in the midst of some bigger players moving in the last week or so, but what a squad Monaco are putting together, should give PSG a good run I reckon.
Florentino Perez says Cristiano Ronaldo will retire at Real Madrid - ESPN FC
Nowhere.
Some good signings there. Mkhitaryan is a very good player, but I think one of the later players you've mentioned there Eriksen would be a more natural replacement for Gotze. I reckon if he goes to Dortmund they are stronger with Mkhitaryan and Eriksen than just Gotze. Dortmund are still very much in it.
Also very good business getting Aubameyang in early to make the possible loss of Lewandowski felt much less. I'd like to see him stay though and play second fiddle to Aubameyang as they try to bed him into the team.
Toulalan is a very good midfielder. The Malaga exodus is in full swing after their CL ban. Isco, Toulalan and Joaquin all gone not to mention Cazorla, Monreal, Rondon and Apono all gone the season before. They'll be battling relegation perhaps, they've replaced them with some real budget ~1 m euro signings.
Interesting Laudrup getting his wish of being able to spend more than 5-7 m on a player. Bony may not fit in with their style I reckon, he isn't that quick and he's not really one to fit into a passing game, I thought he'd do a better job somewhere like West Ham. Still, he can definitely score goals so could turn out being a great signing. I find it quite sad that their transfer record is now almost as high as ours
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Looks like we won't get Higuain now. If he doesn't stay at Madrid I could definitely see Chelsea or City going in for him. Though he'd have to be a guaranteed starter or else he could just stay at Madrid and rotate there.
