Report: No Everton move for Lukic

David Unsworth will no doubt be assessing him with Roberto this season and if they think heÂ’ll make the grade, theyÂ’ll sign him in the summer. If not, no harm done...

The same leaving.

He watched the Bosnia Argentina game in Sarajevo and after the game all they (locals) did was burn Croatian and Serbian flags.

Serbia is not an EU member but that applies to both the UK and the Netherlands.

Anyway, I can't see much downside to this latest deal. We pay £40k, farm him out and take him in if he's any good .

The £40k is the rough currency equivalent (it's £38.9k at today's exchange rate) of €50k we would pay Partizan as a development fee to compensate for what would otherwise be the loss of a product of their youth system for nothing.

Barry (18), the work permit restrictions in the UK are set by the Department of Employment, I believe. I imagine the Dutch have different requirements than we do.

Is this the same team that banged five passed us once we got Collinered out of the CL? If so, screw 'em!

Regarding your question Kieran, situation in former Yugoslavia countries is still complicated, nationalists in every country are loud, while majority has moved on. Usually, players from different countries are good friends at European clubs.

I guess £40k is cheap for a punt.

But off topic.... With regard to Lukic, British work permit requirements tend to be tougher than those of the other European countries (you'd think we'd have common laws but no!), so he'll be able to get a work permit somewhere else, in this case Holland, but not here until he has a certain amount of international experience... or some other criteria that may exist.

No, he is a footballer and in fairness to him he was actually quite a pleasant and well grounded young man. I have spoken to others about him and there's a genuine feeling that he will be a v v good player. I spoke to one person who has had a £10 on him to score the winning goal in a World Cup final??? Dunno what odds like.

The only other Spencer I can think of is Scottish strike 'sensation' John Spencer. Although, the only person in the world ever to call him 'Wonder Boy' was probably the weird 'Lawro' lookalike who lived next door and was forever telling young 'Spence' he'd love to play superheroes with him, as long as he dressed up in Linda Carter's skimpy 70's tv costume, tied him up with his 'lasso of truth' and took extra care not to leave his bullet proof bracelet behind when removing his wrist from his arse.

There's been quite a few other hotly tipped youngsters turn up at the club though. Mustafi being one we seemingly never made the most of. There was also the much hyped Azerbaijani amazo boy, Araz Abdullayev, who Everton paid to have a two year 'first option' deal on, duly signed on a three year contract, sent out on loan as soon as they could and then....god knows....probably sprinkled him in salt and pepper, sliced him up and served him piping hot in the following seasons Scouse pies or something.

Neil Wood @ 34, I hope after that comment you're not a police officer

Despite what UKIP will tell you, if you're not from the EU it's actually not that easy to steal our jobs!

Not seen him play but heard good things. No risk involved and could be a decent premier league player, if not a world beater.

Then again even worse we could sign him, not use him, let him go and he becomes another Mustafi who is interesting Real Madrid with a €50m buyout clause with Valencia...

Maybe. Maybe not.

Get him signed, his value is closer to the 3.5 million mark, but we just pay an arbitrary fee based on his development & he gets first team football for a year.
If he's cack we move him on. We just need to ensure when we do we negotiate future sell on clauses or we look silly a la Mustafi.

One of those situations where a promising player takes a step back to make two steps forward. He signed for Sampdoria when they were in Serie B and worked his way into the German squad from there.

Mustafi said: "I asked David Moyes to release me. They were a really professional club and they always thought about the players not themselves. That is unusual.

"They wanted to give the players the best opportunity and for me that was to move on and go somewhere where I could play.

"I just needed a new challenge and when I wasn’t playing I had to move on and play somewhere that would help me develop as a player."

Nice story, actually.

Love to know who is on Roberto Martinez's shopping list this month...

Thank fuck Moyes got us in Coleman and Mirallas but itÂ’s not doom and gloom with the fight we gave Fat SamsÂ’ bunch of snidey clonkers.

Also remember Martin Murray and the hype on Radio Merseyside. WerenÂ’t Man U and the rs in for him but EFC pulled off another master stroke in trumping them?

Then there was Jeffers, Danny Williamson, John Paul Kissock.

But the hyped-up signing of all time for me (again not a kid) was Terry Curran. Great while on loan but a major disappointment after we signed him.

But once the Everton PR machine gets into gear it's like we're signing the next Messi?

A top, top central defender and any midfielder that actually knows how to attack with a little imagination is what I will get excited about.

He'll turn into a world class player, and sold on for about £40m.