Everton complete 11th-hour loan move for Broja after Nuamah bid fails

Premier League experience but not a great record so far. Might have been better trying to get Ellis Simms back but beggars can't be choosers, such is our legacy from Black Bill.

According to Sterling and Chilwell, he is quicker than Kyle Walker.

He's done nothing of note since his loan at Southampton. Not for me this one. Panic has set in at Everton, methinks,

But let's hope he has some pace, as we really need some.

I don't rate him – even if he had no injury problems.

If he gets injured, so what — it's worth a gamble at this point… I reckon he's better than Dom if fit.

Hopefully he's out quicker than Alli and Patterson.

I thought the Ipswich deal was done but seemed to take forever to finalize but I suppose being another sick note we were bound to get him.

Any extra offense will be welcome down the line.

Broja's fitness record, the impact ACL and Achilles injuries may have on his pace and his disappointing loan at Fulham are all concerns. But, he's young (22), strong, technically more proficient than Beto and more experienced than Chermiti so more than just an extra body.

If we can get him fit and keep him that way, it could be a good move and it's low risk as a loan without obligation. Obviously, we've kicked a £30m can down the road which might not look as appealing once we catch up with it in May if he struggles, but that's to worry about later...

Unfortunately the first time I went we lost 5-1 to Dinamo Bucharest – shitist day of my life. We were kept 3 hours after the final whistle. My mates flight was grounded and he got all his money back plus £80 compensation. I got beaten up by the Police! There was a hospital overlooking the ground!

Welcome, Beast!

The Broja move seems to be indicating that Calvert-Lewin might be out the door. Pity, nevermind his injuries and abysmal form from time to time, I had grown a bit emotionally attached to the guy. But life happens, I guess.

And still, hopefully Chermiti is not out for too long. He has plenty of potential, it would be disappointing to see him wasting it behind a loan player. But eh, Broja has felt it and smelt it when it comes to the Premier League experience, I guess?

Fingers crossed and prayers up for a good season. I hope to fly in for my 6th and final time at Goodison. We have only won one of my previous five visits (Brentford 1-0, 11 March 2023), but I hope to keep the streak going!

Best wishes to everyone from Lithuania. Keep the faith, the belief and the spirit (of the Blues)! UTFT!

I had never associated that track with Everton before and I couldn't get it out of my head ever since. What a night!

Let's hope he can stay on the pitch because he can finish.

Dyche doesn't like bringing back his striking talent too fast from injury so we'll hopefully see a fit and hungry young player with a point to prove.

Welcome to the shit show.

I could be wrong but I feel like he's had a number of injuries over the years which is a concern for any young player. At least there is an option. If things work out well £30M for a good striker is a good price.

As for Mangala, Forest apparently had to sell him to help with financial issues. They bought for £25M and sold for £30M. His value remains at £30M which may be a little steep for a central defensive midfielder but it's good to have an option to try before we buy on the two new recruits and worry about funding at a later date.

I have a feeling Chelsea could be Dom's next port of call come January should he play well until then and Broja is part of such an agreement but done as a separate deal.

Sobering to think that the mighty Brighton spent a whopping £196M this window!!!

Jeez, it's about being fit for Football, not an Audition for Porn Hub. Sign of the times we are living in eh? :-)

Welcome aboard, lad!

Rokas, it's great isn't when I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues belts out in the Winslow. It can get very emotional.

I was surprised to wake up to this. Modern footballers, especially young ones, can overcome serious injuries such as ACL. Achilles can be nasty, but once he gets fit, he's another asset to the squad.

With the summer signings, I'm quite optimistic more than my optimistic self.

If he has the determination of Beto (pity the main bit didn't follow) and the finishing of Calvert-Lewin on one of his good days we should be alright!

This is the reality of where we are these days as a club, so Broja might not be a proven Premier League scorer, but he's a good addition to the squad, if only to offer an alternative to the committed (but sadly limited) Beto.

Hopefully this will give Calvert-Lewin the impetus to knuckle down before he leaves at the end of the season (I'd like him to stay but can't see it).

I still can't comprehend some of the negativity on ToffeeWeb. I've supported Everton for over 35 years, and yes, the current situation is pants. But constantly swiping at Dyche (who I'm not a fan of, but he's the boss), Thelwell, Kenwright and the like serves no purpose. Appreciate people have to vent but it's relentless on here. People are just feeding each other's pessimism.

Let's try to put aside the constant vitriol and support the team! If we can grab 3 points today, things will look much rosier.

We got rid of Maupay, Godfrey, Holgate and Gomes.
All with a net positive transfer income of £28M+?

Granted we still have Keane and haven't got the full-back cover we needed (meaning calamity Young will still get games, although Dixon will also have a chance), but given we have no money and are hardly offering players guaranteed success or European football, that surely has to count as a successful window for Thelwell?

But if you wait a little while, I'm sure someone will be along to shoot down your optimism.

This has to go down as a good window in the all-too-well-known circumstances. Kevin Thelwell has earned his salary for sure.

We need to start scoring goals after years of drought.

Got to be better than that clown Walsh buying a team of 10s and squandering eye-watering amounts.

Let's hope the search for a new owner is as fruitful.

I suspect David isn't a fan and hoped the loan bid failed, but now that he is here, I would like to think he wants him to be a roaring success.

Transfer window could have been a lot worse. Two players who don't feature off the books and a little more fire power brought in.

Now Bournemouth.

Sure we have had a slow start to the season, but it's very early doors.

Given our financial situation and the threadbare squad, I'm quite pleased with the additions we have made.

We have brought in some real talent for once.

We have to look forward and hope keep the faith.

This is exactly the kind of player we must now pursue for the future of this club. Young, unquestionably talented, perhaps flawed or recently misdirected, but full of potential. We have now brought in six such players for this season. Only one older than 24.

I'll go a step further and say this is one hell of a window for Thelwell.

Now it's up to Dyche and the players to take full advantage of our pillow-soft schedule -- no fixtures against a Top 4 club until December. Time to pull it together and rack up some wins. Starting right now!

Pickford
Coleman/Dixon Tarkowski Branthwaite Mykolenko
Garner Iroegbunam Mangala Ndiaye
Calvert-Lewin Broja

Had to think about this for once!!!

Looking forward to being at Goodison today — we all need a lift!

Why do we leave it so late though?

Hope he is magnificent when ready.

Take Broja now, give him a spell to get fit, bed him into the club, and then Calvert-Lewin goes the other way in a few months.

I still can't see us letting Dom go for free.

Hopefully the lad can stay fit. Credit to Thelwell and his Team and now to find the winning blend in this squad.

UTFTs!

We have bought players who Dyche states are not PL savvy so he hasnt played them, opting instead for the relegation regulars.

We have a new midfielder who isn't a goalscorer and a crocked forward who may be just another Maupay because his goal stats are poor.

Plus he is injured and out until at least October. With Dyche's fitness test applied that could well be December.

So we have (in reality) one less recognised striker and no natural goalscorers.

Plus a huge issue at right back and a team that lacks pace everywhere.

Those saying Thelwell has done a good job l salute you in your optimism and hope that that positivity manifests itself into a reality between the posts.

Interesting times ahead with some good incomers let's hope to see a new set up and some good creative football. Our supporters deserve it.

Nice work!

Enjoy the game today.

An ideal replacement for Calvert-Lewin. Injury prone and out of form.

It’s a fairly risk free move as apparently we don’t have to pay any wages till he’s fit but the option to buy price looks too high for me at £30m. Not sure how much time he’d get ahead of DCL or Beto.

Perhaps the best part of this is that it allows us to send Chermitti out on loan in January, I’ve high hopes for that kid but he needs a run of games.

Nope, we need another non scoring forward and a non scoring winger.

Broja is the biggest pile of shit I've seen for years. Hawked around all clubs coz he's shit but no suprise he's ended up here, injured

Let the omnishambles continue, ffs

Yes, we've brought in younger, fitter plsyers in ndiaye, Lindstrom, mangala, broja, and obrien.

But let's not kid ourselves that others have strengthened as well. Leicester look like they've got a big problem on psr, but the others have done smart business and look to be more competitive than the relegated teams of last season.

We have no right back, no right winger, no left back cover, and no real signs of goals or pace coming from the team. The star centre back is still injured, and he's partner looks half the player without him. We have too many players knocking on that other Premier league clubs wouldn't carry.

We've shifted some dead wood, made a £20m profit, but the squad looks what it is after selling for the last 4-5 years - short on quality. When rivals are spending £100-200m, and we are selling Gordon, Digne, Richarlison, Onana, etc than you're going to struggle.

Has Thewell done well? He's covered the minimum, but has failed the right hand side for as long as I can remember. Was Obrien a priority signing over a pacey right winger, no he bloody wasn't.

We have strikers that don't really create for themselves, and lack somebody from the right to create those chances. Some will say they've done well, but will be the first to moan when results are shite. Well you can't win games without players, and recruitment is key. Look across the park.

Broja

Ndiaye

Harrison

Lindstrom

Mangala

Iroegbunam

O'Brien

Begovic

Apart from a reserve GK and Steady Eddie Harrison, that is a young and talented group who, importantly, should feel that Everton is a real step up in terms of standard and / or opportunity. Unrealistic to expect them all to get blooded at once (no teams do that)

In addition to Dixon and Armstrong from the Academy promoted into the First team squad (and Metcalfe gets the chance to see if he can shine on loan at Chesterfield).

AND...a handful of talented new players for the Academy in Graham, Loney, Tamen, Benjamin and the Gambian lad now on loan at Lyon.

Equally impressive are the outgoings of Holgate, Maupay, unpopular Onana, Godfrey, overvalued Dobbin - with the most encouraging thing beging that the list of outgoings does not include Branthwaite and DCL. Nice touch that the outgoings do not include young Douglass Lukjanciks either, since Spurs and City and others were courting him all summer.

Other teams have strengthened, it will be a hard season - but we're we're not just building a squad for 2024/25, we're building a squad for the next 5 years.

If Chelsea were only offering £10-12m now, it's not inconceivable that sort of money is still there at Christmas- but with Chermiti and Broja fit.

Only time will tell on ant signing but I fail to see any downsides to this deal.

Considering we don't have a pot to piss in, this window has been handled really well. And Holgate and MorePay have gone!

I have to admit I’ve seen very little of Broja and although it may or may not be a good signing, I don’t like to see it happening so late in the window especially as he almost signed for Ipswich. It just leaves at taste of panic.

I wasn’t aware that the Saudi window stayed open so I am intrigued to see if either of our two main strikers leave.

Given the constraints we're operating under (no money, a league determined to break us, and three years' worth of misery), I'd say that we've done spectacularly. Added to that, we've shipped out Holgate and Maupay.

Time to get behind the manager and the team.

Not ambitious I know but at the present time beggars can’t be choosy and little apples will grow again.

Still feel overall we have not addressed to the genuine lack of pace in the side, particularly on the right.

We could yet be rich enough to stump up the salary DCL is after - as well as having genuine competition for his place. Come on Moshiri sell up and f-off.

We could yet be rich enough to stump up the salary DCL is after - as well as having genuine competition for his place. Come on Moshiri sell up and f-off.

I am trying to find something positive to find in this mess of a club.
In reality, and despite how irritating, irrational and stubborn he is, the only thing I can find is Sean Dyche.
We are on a roller coaster ride of emotions from despair to elation under his guidance.
Apart from two players in our team, there are none of the old guard I can see that are really consistently premier league standard. Clearly the majority of the new purchases (including previous windows) are not good enough to make Sean Dyche's starting XI.
We are now 1 striker down, like Maupay or not.
We have 0 goals in the league, which comes when you buy 0 goalscorers or natural finishers.

I aint putting any spin on anything.
Just stating facts.

Say we had scored 5 goals in two games I would be showering accolades where deserved. I did regarding our cup win.

Are Everton in a position to gamble and take risks with a plethora of unknown individuals who are not premier league ready ?
Would you accept that as a success at the start of the window ?
Because I certainly never.
Thelwell (imo) has disappointed again.
Dyche wont play his acquisitions.
Yeh. Great window.

Where we needed pace we got none.
Where we needed right backs we were told Coleman and Young were sufficient.
Where we needed strikers we got a lad with a knackered foot (?) who is unavailable for at least 2 months and has no goalscoring record of note.
Where we needed creativity we got a player moved on to a lesser league, from a fellow premier league struggling side.
Where we needed goals across the team we got bench warmers.

No I cant see that as anything other than what it is.

Is it true the Samaritans have blocked your number?

I'm surprised you haven't managed to spin Holgate going as a negative.

Dead wood out for fees.

Onana sacrificed to keep Branthwaite.

I mean, seriously, is this not the instructions we would have given Thelwell in May?

This morning, we have Martin # 70, also with a direct line, this time to Sean Dyche, who is obviously telling Martin that none of the new signings will play. Time will only tell over this, but if I were a betting man then I would say that Tim and Ndiaye are almost certain starters for today.

It doesn’t matter what this club does, there will always be someone moaning about it.

Come on Blues, today is the day!

No doubt the excuse at five o'clock will be 'injuries' or 'lack of Premier experience.' Perhaps we should apply for the season's start for us to be put back until after Xmas when all these super-stars MIGHT be 'back on the grass' !

Unfortunately we are stuck with this until the we can shake off this image
I don't think he will as he's been managing a certain way for 15 years, but if Dyche uses the squad more and involves the midfield it's a start.

Oh, yeah, that's right, it's a squad game but even that makes me wonder who will be missing out and which one will be first choice. Still, if they are not good enough we could send them out on loan to improve and maybe one day we'll hire somebody who just might be able to improve players at Finch Farm.

Dom can sign a pre contract agreement in January for another club so we will not be getting a penny for him.

I would certainly start with Beto and give him minimum 60 mins each game and give Dom last 30 to try and give the lad more game time and a bit of coaching on his technique.

If like others have said ownership might be sorted by then, then we could have a sniff in the January window if Beto does not progress, either way for now I would be looking to give Beto a chance and more game time, then have a look at Broja, it might actually suit Dom better coming off the bench for the final 30 mins.

Overall Ithink we have had a decent window, got some good additions in, got Holgate and Maupay out of the door, kept hold of Branthwaite for now, Coleman and garner back from injury, Patterson and Branthwaite to be back for the mid term fixture pile up and cup runs.

Yes quite pleased with our buisness this transfer window.

Most of us would have thought we'd lose more than just Onana when Thelwell wrote in his programme notes last season that 'players will need to be sold in the summer'

The signing of Broja is a no brainer, and although injured at the moment, the terms of the deal present no financial risk. The much much maligned Thelwall has done well in the circumstances.

Our club at the moment is NOT an attractive prospect, for any player wishing to better himself. Six new players in, and the deadwood slowly but surely being removed from the squad.

A fairly positive window from my perspective, and one I didn't expect prior to the window opening.
COYB