Everton manager acknowledges club’s interest in Liam Delap

Delap only has to choose whether to play week in week out for the likes of Everton (and I am sure West Ham would offer this route too) or late sub cameos and cup games for the likes of Man Utd, Chelsea and definitely Newcastle as Isak is the first choice.

Doak, from what I understand, is a right-wing speed demon but must be surely put off by Liverpool's stance on player action like Elliott, Ramsey and Bajcetic. All highly thought of but never likely to be regulars.

I don't put too much into dour Dave's pressers. He's a minimalist in the extreme. He'd make a good poker player.

Imagine how much they are enjoying all this.

Fellows: 4 goals and 14 assists in 45 games (Championship) age 21.

Both players heavily linked for a while now.

Similar-ish but Doak I think has the higher potential. Pace and aggression to go with obvious ability.

We didn't even try and get his dad when he was at Birmingham.

Going back to what I've said previously, I don't know too much about him and haven't watched him closely. Others seem to rate him.

If Moyes is calling the shots, it will depend on if he's a good fit for the team he wants, as that is how he tends to operate. It is going to be an interesting summer, with the speculation starting already.

We'll just have to wait and see what the club throws up.

They don't have much else up front.

I think Moyes would throw his hand in if the stakes went over a nicker — watch the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves, as Dour Dave would say!

Not sure we should be aiming for non-league level of football, but his brother isn't too bad.

Neither player is anything like as bad as Man Utd are making them look. Same for quite a lot of that underperforming squad.

There's something very rotten at Man Utd.

If we were to get Delap, we'd also need attackers like Doak and a really good RB to give him a chance to perform.

Keeps the ball very well. Think it would be £25M+, which would probably rule us out.

I did see a picture of Delap at the new HDBMD stadium on social media, it was a selfie by someone who works there.

Cheaty Chelsea, who keep using loopholes to give themselves a massive PSR advantage, are faves for Delap I guess.

Man Utd, who could be in debt for a billion zillion gazillion £'s and it wouldn't breach P&S rules under Fuhrer Masters, is not a great move football wise, but is the more glamorous than cheaty. But he lives in the South-East and they are nearer too with guaranteed European footy.

As for Doak. I have no idea if crossing over would be a major issue. I've never seen him play. But at least some of the noises coming out are positive. I just hope we won't need to sign the Toffee Lady and one of Dixie's boots to boast squad numbers next season…

Grabbing at straws I know but just for once it would be good to get one over on the Sly Six.

Delap has it al, ie, pace, strength, two-footed, good header, winds opponents up, he's a bit gobby etc… What's not to like?

That was a photoshopped photo. A really obvious one too!

It's clearly a deliberate strategy, I can't really see the point though (although I'm sure there is one).

Obviously they will probably pay more and Chelsea will be in Euro competitions too, but plenty players have spoiled their careers going to such clubs in the past.

Hopefully he will have seen the error of his ways and will now make the right choice this year and by that I mean, come to us, not go to a club where he will sit on the bench for most games.

Let's put bang-average players in the first-team squad, big them up in the press, and then flog them to some idiot club that thinks they are getting a Liverpool first team player.

I would rather keep Harrison than hand over that amount to that lot.

And Delap, if other Premier League teams are after him, we have no chance.

Surely a better option than Patterson and a replacement for Coleman and Young.

Old pineapple head rears his over-rated, over-paid, under-performing, useless body again.

I can't believe that people on here want him at Everton. It dosn't make sense. Moyes left him out of the first team squad at West Ham when his coaches told him about his shocking attitude in
training. That alone means that this is pure paper talk.

Why would Moyes want him? He must be the luckiest footballer in the last 20 years to have won by default his medals. If he comes to us, I hope he's sent off in his first game, that's how much I rate him.

I would rather have Tom Davies back, at least he's an Evertonian. People on here wanting him, give your heads a very big wobble. Pineapple Philips? You're 'avin' a larf, ain't ya?

Phillips didn't do much at Ipswich, I reckon he'll go back to Leeds.

I've always like him.

Quite a few other decent frees out there:

- Mitchell (LB) Palace
- Gomes (CM) Lille
- Tete (RB) Fulham
- Egan-Riley (CB) Burnley
- Pasalic (CM) Atalanta
- Brownhill (CM) Burnley
- Hughes (CM) Palace
- Wilson (CF) Newcastle
- Semedo (RB) Wolves
- Lamptey (RB) Brighton
- Bardghji (RW) Copenhagen
- Puado (LW) Espanyol
- Reguillon (LB) Spurs
- Davies (LB / CB) Spurs
- Dolan (RW) Blackburn

And a good handful of free GKs too.

I think we'll bring 2 or 3 frees in overall.

it's going to be a very new First XI on the first day of the season.

He's useless, and apart from bringing the side up to eleven he offers zero.

Re your...

'His agent and someone who gets big back handers for putting bang average players in the England squads to increase the transfer fees put Philips in the England team ( Most agents get at least 10% of players wages.)'

Sorry, of course, that makes sense but perhaps only to you.
I'm going to practice head wobbling