Another episode of "Where's Jarrad going?"

There is no doubt about Jarrad's talent and promise.

The figure that I seem to remember being bandied about was £80m+. United baulked at that, offering a derisory amount for his services.

There is no doubt that City and the RS will need some rebuilding this summer, but would they come anywhere near our valuation? Didn't Vermin V Dyke cost £75m or so we were led to believe?

Anyway, we have JB under contract until 2027, BUT talent and promise can soon disappear as we well know. God forbid that anything happens to him but we have seen careers ended in a blink of an eyelid.

Jarrad's future lies in his own hands, he has the world at his feet and Everton would dearly like to hang on to him. However £80m buys a lot of talent and players.

Sadly, I believe that Everton will part company with Jarrad over the summer. We are in a re-building phase and we are well known for selling our top talents.

I cannot see him going to either City or the Shite. If I was him I would opt to get to Real Madrid and prove that he is a true Galactico.

Robert #1, yes we have been "well known for selling our top talents" but that was under previous management. Our new owners may well have significantly different business priorities.

There was no major selloff at Roma when the Friedkins took over, and that club was in significant financial trouble at the time.

Moyes will sell if the price is right, 'come with a big bag of money'. And we know from Lescott that there comes a point where it's counterproductive to keep players against their will. Liverpool's presence may in fact work to our advantage, as undoubtedly Madrid and United would try and get him on the cheap, whereas Liverpool have to replace Virgil, and may be tempted to come in high to just get it over the line.

I hope someone has a quiet word with Jarrad that going over the park is not going to go down well. And I hope TFG are aware of that as well.

Reserves (Sheedy, Harper) and fading stars (Beardsley) or via another club (McMahon, Johnson D) is OK but remember the reaction when Barmby moved to his "childhood club"?

Tony Abrahams seems to have the inside track on Jarrads career. Please have a word Tone! I wish him well if he HAS to move on but for Gods sake NOT to the shite!
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I think offering an improvement on his contract now is a must, so that’s good to hear if that is the case. At least that way if we do decide to cash in at any point then we will be getting proper value for our player.

As part of any culture shift we need to be renegotiating contracts for players we want to keep at the latest when there is 2 years left on their current deal.

There's only 5 other clubs in our division who have conceeded the same or less than us this season so Jarrad must still be doing the business.
Maybe its just me but he has not shone so brightly as last year.
If I had to bet on him being an Everton player or not 1 year from now I'd say not. It's very hard to know though, there's that many factors involved.

I don't think him going to Real would be a wise choice.

Max Kilman cost £45m last summer which sets a bit of a marker.

Only 4 CBs have ever been sold for over €80m. They are:

Maguire to Man Utd €87m

DeLigt to Juve €85m

Van Dijk to the RS €84m

Fofana to Chelsea €80m

But it's also worth noting that no-one has spent €80m on any player this season, whatever position.

What does all this mean?

Well ultimately the price is set by the need (or not) to sell - and competition from around the market.

We shouldn't need to sell any more for PSR or solvency reasons, but we may "need" to sell to fund a rebuild. The Roma comparison makes sense Mike but their circumstances were very very different to ours.

If he is to be sold and the fee is to be £80m or more (and you'd hope it would be) there's only about 3 to 5 clubs in Europe who could afford that.

Sadly, in terms of wages we can't afford to keep him. That's the reality of it. He knows his worth and we'll need to spread the wealth across all of the defensive positions.

Remember we're losing Keane, (Holgate), Seamus & Young and have zero left full back cover.

Yes we can look at free transfers, there'll be a few decent picking around for right full back for example but that tends to go hand in hand with larger personal terms.

Jarrad will be running out for us onto that lush green carpet at BMD next season!