Everton look to sign Carlos Alcaraz on loan

Not sure what the purchase price is but if it’s under £14m then it could be a very sensible move.

Old school that no one seemed to know about this till deal was announced by Flanengo!

Is he available for tomorrow's bench ?

Very much can play anywhere, other than LB and CB.

Primarily RFd,but has a decent Left foot too.

At 22 he is at a good age to either to develop or sell on, and he's not a prolific goal scorer or provider, but he has, looking at his stats, a very good engine for a young player.

Good work team Moywell-TFG 👍💙

played 104

Goals:14.

Assists: 7

Booked: 18

Moyes was probably meaning Alcaraz when he mentioned the quality of player we'll sign this window due to FFP.

I'm hoping for Carney Chukwukemeka from Chelsea. Cracking player when Chelsea rotated and used him.

I owe you an apology for 'dropping you in it' on the other thread, where you said Mangala wouldn't be recalled.

When I posted on the Transfer Window thread that he wouldn't, I had read it from French press.

Why he has been recalled is to oversee his Rehab, and as far as I can see, his Loan has been terminated too.

Which thankfully means his wage is off the books, and as such has probably enabled this loan..?

Good wishes Sam.

PS You're no relation to Col. Mike Hoare are you?

He is certainly the right age if he proves to be good, towards any rebuilds, should we make his loan a permanent one. Look forward to see what he can offer !

let's hope he's better than his Dad.

Ian@15, Gana has arguably been our best player this season and will start every match when fit.

I anticipate us getting Chuck a butty from Chelsea on loan and sending Harrison back to Leeds and the spending what's left on a striker of sorts. Pity we missed out on Tom Cannon IMO.

Only if certain targets are reached Jay.

We have the option to buy which, as I say, can become mandatory if certain targets are reached.

Other clubs seem to shop from that particular continent and usually you find these lads are technically gifted and have a nasty streak to match a work ethic.

I had to look twice to see the words "attacking midfielder" so it's refreshing on that front anyway that it's not yet another holding player.

We are crying out for a new technician in that midfield so here's hoping.

I'd see him sitting alongside Gueye, with probably Doucs at 10 still, until Jimmy-G is fit, then Charly to 10 and Garner at 8 alongside Gueye.

I doubt he'll be eligible to play tomorrow (hopefully it's all been done under the radar and he's passed his fitness tests and got his playing clearances, but...)

Also, as several have said, what a refreshing change, we sign a player, and the first we fans hear of it is via confirmation we've signed him.!

Charly Alcaraz to Everton, "Here we go!"

Deal signed today

PS I wonder if this is the sort of gamble that Moyes was referring to in his presser today?

He's coming for a medical tomorrow I think. Knowing our luck he'll fall down the aircraft steps and do his ACL.

Not doubting you, but it is highly unlikely we'd sign a player who hasn't had a fitness assessment. Oh, hang on we're Everton..? Hehe

That might be why Sky are poo-pooing it's a done deal while Fabrizio says it's a done deal.

I hope he does well with us. "In our shirt Is our man"

He looked a tidy player alright, I think he will chip in, but I think he'll be the type of player to feed our wingers for the 'Big Chance' / assist ball.

In any regard, once we have Jimmy back up to fitness and Timmy coming back, he'll make a superb upgrade on Doucs.

Though in fairness we owe Doucs our PL status and some "good times". Unfortunately as with us all, Father Time is a cruel parent.

PS Day 43/100 and we make our first signing under our new custodianship

I think Sky were being careful as the agreement was "subject to medical" but I'm now not sure whether he's had that or not yet.

Likely to be a good technical player, goal contributions and a good age.

Sounds like a Thelwell signing

I have a feeling, that with the deal being announced this late on a Friday, it may well be subject to papers and medical first.

He has played twice for Argentina, so that should mean he gets his papers, not to mention he played for Soton.

Just his medical. The fact that he has only had two injuries and just missed 55 days of playing time in nearly six years. I expect him to fly thru the medical too.

A great addition for the FA cup game methinks!

Loan him, but pay as you play with a review of his performance before we commit.

What is that meant to mean? If Charly can be a positive addition to the squad, I wouldn't care how many relegations he has on his CV.

One player doesn't relegate a team...

Read Rob's post at [33] and Brian at [23]

There are some wonderful players over there and hopefully Charly is one of them.

Morrisons biggest achievement in life is eradicating the phrase”you know what ah mean” from his vocabulary in his time as a football “expert”.

On Lyndon's second project 'Evertonia', in the article on there regards Alcaraz, he has stated that the deal is dependent on passing his medical, so I assume you're correct regards his medical, whether tomorrow or Sunday, to sort his personal situation out at home maybe. I.e. just the usual stuff, sorting the cat out and milk etc.. hehe

Weird he went off to juve and then flamenco for their record signing only to be going out on loan 6 months later.

It's only a loan so let's see what he has to offer, 22 years of age, and experience in the prem is a bonus. Bit more concerning juve and flamenco have got shut pretty quickly.

(trying to use up all the tennis jokes here)

Alcaraz will provide some maximum security in the midfield as long as we don't cage him up or leave him on an island.

(trying to use up all the prison puns here)

Svein-Roger and Pete Day, thanks for those scouting reports.

Simon, no, he has not made his full debut for Argentina... just the U23s.

That's Euro's.

It's around £64m, still ridiculous though.

“It’s certainly not for the want of trying. Undoubtedly we’re still hampered with PSR. I’m really jealous of watching a lot of teams who can attempt to go for players at expensive prices. At the moment, we’re not quite there but we don’t want to get ourselves in a position we’ve been in before with points deductions so we have to be really mindful of what we do. We hope to bring in some players but maybe it’s not the ones who, if we really had the money, we’d be trying to do.”

The Everton manager admits the PSR challenges have increased his admiration for the business conducted by his predecessor, Sean Dyche, and director of football, Kevin Thelwell, to keep the club afloat in the Premier League in recent seasons. “I’ve been really surprised at the way it’s restricting the football club,” Moyes added. “Everton’s a huge football club and should be competing with many of the big clubs in the country and hopefully spending in a way where it’s right and challenging for the big players who are available.

“There’s not that many in January, to be honest, but the PSR is hindering us. I think I can see now why the last few years at Everton have been so difficult. The people who’ve had to work under the restrictions have done a remarkable job.”

Interesting that he apparently wasn't clear on our situation BEFORE he joined the club.

Worth having a look at at only 22 the sort of younger players fans have been asking for, Guaye and Doucoure are not getting any younger, so this lad might slot in alongside Iroegbunam and Garner for the long term future.

Firstly, does this mean we have managed to cancel someone's loan? If so, presumably Mangala - because otherwise we wouldn't have another loan space free?

Otherwise, it kind of illustrates where we are as a club at the moment. Although Alcaraz has some talent and did well at Saints in their last relegation season (6 goal contributions in 18 games), he isn't now a sought after player.

His career seems to be on a downward trajectory and he's behind the likes of Buonanotte of Leicester (on loan from Brighton) in the Argentina set-up (in fact Alcaraz has never been capped by Argentina).

Really, we are signing him because he is available - and in truth there probably aren't many players we would be remotely interested in who are available to us and might actually improve the side. Very, very few.

But, on the upside, he is young - and has possibly just had a series of unfortunate transfers since leaving Argentina as a 19/20 year old. Varela and Danilo were the other two top prospects who left South America at about the same time - and both have done well at Porto and Forest respectively.

Everton could be the right club at the right time. If it happens, I'll be excited to see him play as the more advanced of a trio in a 433 - and certainly a much more technically gifted player than Doucoure in that role.

Ok, so West Ham are based in London, so what, doesn’t mean any player should go there just because of that. They are a fuck all club,in a shithouse stadium and have won fuck all.

And Paul, # 100…..no they haven’t! He’s not going to West Ham.