Everton confirm Iroegbunam as first summer signing

A good start, I hope he's ready for first team.

Definitely an area we have to strengthen. Main worry is fitting that name into a song.

Also theres rumours saying the Skunks are closing on Calvert-Lewin.

Looks like a busy week ahead to aboid any potential PSR scrutiny.

Virtually all of the £10 million we spend goes on next year's PSR, when hopefully the rules are different.

3-year deal, so does that mean it is amortized over three years? In other words, approx £3M per year?

Everton then pay Villa over say 5 years, which will only account for £2 million outlay per season.

If it helps in any way, shape or form to keep our young central defender this summer, it will be a masterstroke.

'Masterstroke' is not a word often used in connection with our club.

Concerned by the DCL rumours but if he wants to go and there is only 1yr left on his contract so be it. If so I hope the Illman Ndiaye rumours are true, Beto can be used to disrupt and Illman is a much finer ball player than both Beto and DCL, pace and vision too but not a target man.

Ndiaye can also be best utilised as a no 10, gives us options if the Duke is not firing again at any point.

Villa well and truly navigating psr successfully.

If Dom wishes to leave, now is the time. Sheikh ‘em down for some serious cash and we are out of hell in a flash. Olise is gone to Bayern so Palace should slip although it is too early for watching the trapdoor at the bottom.

Good Luck to DCL on his possible move.

A couple more like this will do nicely, winger,left back, creative cm and a centre half are a must before we even think about replacing Onana, DCL & Branthwaite.

It shows deals can be done and the takeover isn't affecting the work needed to be done by the dof and manger hopefully .
Positive signs !

Let's see what he can do for us then judge him.

You never know how a player will turn out.

Tim Cahill, who many where sceptical about.

And the Liverpool reserve player, whose name I won't mention as you know who who I'm talking about.

Give the lad a chance. He's now an Everton player.

"Let's see what he can do for us then judge him.
Give the lad a chance. He's now an Everton player".

But no one on here has judged him and no one has not given him a chance so far.

Sorry Paul couldn’t resist the invitation.

These two lads have the opportunity to be amongst something like the top one percent earners in the country if they are able to keep at Premier League level for their careers. From their mid thirties they will have massive choices on how to live out the rest of their lives in comfort.

Plenty of people have really had to become economic migrants just to get a basic standard of living. Plenty of youngsters move to new places and make new friends just as a part of growing up / becoming independent.

I’d like to know where these two lads preferred choices were for starting next season? considering there clubs buying and selling strategy are due to EPL “rules “.

If he's any good, why on earth would Villa sell him?

The Dibbin to Villa links make this sounds like just a PSR scheme, but if it is, which I’m not convinced I think we’re getting the better deal.

Dobbin is not going to be a winger for a top ten premiership club, it just won’t happen. This kid has decent England recognition and was pushing for a place in MF of a Champions League qualifying club.

He’s not a change the world signing, but is someone who could be very good in a couple of years. Exactly the kind of singing we should be making - Brighton-esque.

This is the right route, he may or may not be a success, but if he’s the first of many of this type of gamble I think we’ll be ok and on a much stronger footing. In Threadwell I trust.

Now Everton and Villa are both doing clever / creative business to balance their books you are crying foul about it. That’s fine if you’ve always been in the ‘sports clubs need specific regulation that allows them to exist outside of the usual financial considerations’ camp.

Having to make life choices due to businesses needing to make business decisions is something plenty of us have had to deal with, including top level sports people in most sports.

Just not sure why you are so vexed about the young players. They are not being sold due to any ‘rules’, just simple economics.

We need a midfielder who can carry the ball, and who is athletic and quick. Iroegbunam can probably fulfil the same role that Onana was expected to play, but hopefully with greater dynamism and higher intensity. If Onana is leaving, which he surely is, then Iroegbunam is a good replacement at a fraction of the cost. A 3-year deal feels at least a year on the short side, but I guess that's a future bridge to be crossed.

I don't think Dobbin was ever likely to progress under Dyche. While he has certain weapons - mainly pace and directness - but he is 21 and still very raw and his ball retention/protection levels are (in my estimation) not good enough.

As a side-note, the PSR rules need to be reviewed - and soon. Right now clubs are looking to offload their home-grown academy graduates - and if this continues then the reality of any club retaining their homegrown talent is going to become more and more of a rarity.

Neil, hopefully see you outside the Harlech before the match.

I can't wait to have Everton back.

What are we complaining about? It seems that some are arguing for an owner to have the right to run us into the ground.

There is also a school of thought that FFP etc, was brought in not to 'save' the bottom 14 (from themselves) but to 'protect' the top 6 (from others)

As for the Top Six, PSR is skewed to protect those that are better run and to try to curtail those that would try to get more powerful than the Premier League, thus guarding its survival.

Of course the Rules change. Compensation has been quietly dropped.

As for us just being financially shackled rather than run into the ground... I don't think we got too far from the latter. But in any case I'd like some safeguards in place to ensure it doesn't happen. It's already happened to football clubs.

Anthony have you not read other posts regarding PSR, and using your logic clubs never sell good players and that's just not true is it?

Have Villa signed Dobbin over the same contract length so at least we can offset one with the other?