Villarreal's Jackson in the frame

According to the red Echo, Everton have turned their attention to the Villarreal striker Nicolas Jackson, who has a 㿇M release clause. Can't say I know anything about him at all, other than he's a 21-year-old Senagalese but, if we sell Gordon for the quoted 㿔M, then this could be a goer! The red Echo say we have been watching him for a while now.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-transfer-news-live-maupay-24752140

Rob, I watch La Liga regularly but I cannot say I have ever seen Nicolas Jackson playing for yellow submarines! So 㿁M is way too high if the rumor is true.

Rob,

Just watched YouTube highlights, looks similar to Mosie Keane!

Guess we can rule this one out then.

Scored for them yesterday.

“Not a goal scorer”, forget it then. We have got a complete team of not a goalscorers.

If this lad is coming in, then Gordon's off to one of the Barcodes, Pensioners or Spurs. Then we buy one and loan two in.

Although it would be great if we could swap Gomes with this lad, it's so frustrating that no-one even wants to touch the deadwood we have at our disposal!

I can't see Frank selling Gordon. But 㿔M just shows how cheap Spurs got Richarlison. Absolute steal.

Chelsea looking to pay 㿼M for a centre-back. They got a Brasil regular, still not in prime, proven Premier League performer, for a snip.

In the ideal world I would like Gordon to stay but I'm afraid beggars can”t be choosers so if we can get Borja and Gallagher in we should take a deal.

Gordon is clearly Blue through and through but at the moment doesn't deliver enough, in 51 appearances he has only 4 goals and 3 assists.

It's mismanagement of the highest order that, two games into the season, and we're still desperately searching for a striker.

It's not just the failure to replace Richarlison, when we all knew he was going at the end of June, but the failure to adequately replace Lukaku. He was the last out-and-out goalscorer we had and we've struggled for goals since.

And come the African Nations Cup we'll all be cheering on Onana, Gana and this bloke for Senegal while they go missing for a month. Not to worry as Gbamin will still be here.

Yet another midfielder... for fuck's sake, what's up with these idiots? Get a striker first!

If it has been reported as a rumour by the Echo, it is just another load of twaddle scraped up from who knows where in order to encourage clickbait. Ignore it.

It is also said he is a midfielder who isn't a goal scorer. Expecting anyone to pay 㿇M must be a joke.

No further comment is necessary.

It looks like he might be a bright emerging talent but we're talking about a player with just 9 top flight appearances and 1 goal, and (maybe better context) 17 tier two appearances and 1 goal.

That does not add up to 㿇M for a support striker / winger.

He's not even a player of the type we need, being a fairly orthodox centre-forward.

Alan (12),

Amadou Onana is a Belgian international.

Hopefully this is the last time someone makes that mistake.

You left out Alex Iwobi, who plays for Nigeria.

It always makes me cringe, the way football is, and has been going for some time.

Now here's a guy I reckon 99% of us had never heard of prior to this Window, and even then, only recently. He has probably had a few good games, never played in the Premier League, and yet 㿇M is being mentioned as the fee for his services.

I've said it once, I will say it again, these so-called superstars (not saying Jackson is one) started off at grassroots level (no pun intended) and possibly only went for a few bob initially.

Why can't we identify these sort of players when they are unheard of? The likes of Norwich, Southampton and Brighton do it regularly, in fact often flourish by selling on at inflated fees to cash rich Clubs such as Chelsea and others. Just a thought!