Ye I’m v relaxed about him leaving.
ONLY question mark is if he goes then as it stands your wide options -
McNeil (shit)
Dibling (MIA)
Iliman Ndiaye
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Blues Mahoney
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McNeil must go surely? Even for £10 mill.
If only Palace didn't get scared off.....
Anyway, we need 5 or 6 new starters, so if selling him helps that, well ok.
Let's be honest, does anyone want to see any of these prime cuts starting next season?
Tark
Keane
O'Neil at RB
Myko
McNeil
Beto or Barry
No, me either.
We need half a starting team. If selling him gets 2 of those, or even 3 championship/unknown bargains, then it has to be done.
We spent over £100 million net last summer, we're gonna have to sell to get 6 in.
If only Palace didn't get scared off.....
Anyway, we need 5 or 6 new starters, so if selling him helps that, well ok.
Let's be honest, does anyone want to see any of these prime cuts starting next season?
Tark
Keane
O'Neil at RB
Myko
McNeil
Beto or Barry
No, me either.
We need half a starting team. If selling him gets 2 of those, or even 3 championship/unknown bargains, then it has to be done.
We spent over £100 million net last summer, we're gonna have to sell to get 6 in.
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StirlingBlue
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Do we really want Moyes having final say on that much money though?Blues Mahoney wrote:McNeil must go surely? Even for £10 mill.
If only Palace didn't get scared off.....
Anyway, we need 5 or 6 new starters, so if selling him helps that, well ok.
Let's be honest, does anyone want to see any of these prime cuts starting next season?
Tark
Keane
O'Neil at RB
Myko
McNeil
Beto or Barry
No, me either.
We need half a starting team. If selling him gets 2 of those, or even 3 championship/unknown bargains, then it has to be done.
We spent over £100 million net last summer, we're gonna have to sell to get 6 in.
Keep Ndiaye, round out the squad a bit more (Wan Bissaka, a LB etc) and keep our powder dry with one more mid table Moyes season and then give an actual progressive manager the new players the year after.
No point buying a bunch of young players as you know Moyes won’t play them and will have McNeil LW and Rohl RW
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Blues Mahoney
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Not ideally, no.StirlingBlue wrote: Do we really want Moyes having final say on that much money though?
Keep Ndiaye, round out the squad a bit more (Wan Bissaka, a LB etc) and keep our powder dry with one more mid table Moyes season and then give an actual progressive manager the new players the year after.
No point buying a bunch of young players as you know Moyes won’t play them and will have McNeil LW and Rohl RW
But now that our Iraola dream has sailed away across the Stanley Park lake, I don't see the owners pulling the trigger.
Moyes will be demanding more players this summer, I doubt we can keep our powder dry until next year.
He does have a good track record of doing well with Championship players though, and that might be the pond we're fishing in due to the number we need?
It honestly doesn't sound like N'Diaye wants to stay and can you blame him?
Re: Iliman Ndiaye
Ndiaye and the striker seem to be the ones most exposed by our non existing patterns of play - strikers expected to feed off scraps, run channels and Ndiaye has to beat 3 players on his own and then track back to cover the right back, with little to no support.
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If he goes we'll get good money just worried that we lack so much out on the wings it'll give us yet another transitory season.
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I'd rather not lose him as I don't think we will get anywhere near what we want. He's a player that is more valuable to us than to any prospective buyer. As good as he can be on his day his end product is far from elite levels.
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Would be interesting to see how he performs and output under an attacking manager.
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If I had any confidence we would spend it wisely I'd say sell, it's not like we will miss his output. Nice skills but end product is average.
As it is we will probably waste the money anyway so I'm not arsed either way. Is what it is.
As it is we will probably waste the money anyway so I'm not arsed either way. Is what it is.
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Indiantoffee75
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Evertonian418
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Definitely think he'll be away from all the gossip going around about him not agreeing to a new contract.
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Paddockoldie
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It's hard not to read he would consider leaving to the right club... mmmmanu
The plus is, we don't have to sell, so get supporting players in, improve his game as a result. He gets better, happier and stays OR, he gets better, we sell for more.
I'd be gutted to lose him, but I've been frustrated more than amazed by him last season, which is why he needs better support
The plus is, we don't have to sell, so get supporting players in, improve his game as a result. He gets better, happier and stays OR, he gets better, we sell for more.
I'd be gutted to lose him, but I've been frustrated more than amazed by him last season, which is why he needs better support
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https://www.sportbible.com/football/foo ... 6-20260612
“You don't know where football will take you next," the 26-year-old says after the subject of his Everton future crops up in conversation.
"As I've always said, I want to be the best player and to do that, you have to play at the top. I want to be playing at the top level. I want to be playing Champions League football."
Looking back at the 2025-26 season at club level, Ndiaye has mixed feelings.
“It has gone okay," he says. "Personally, I think I could have been better. The start of the season was very good but the second part, not so much."
When I suggest that fatigue might have played a factor after a 45-game season across all competitions, the Senegalese forward is quick to dismiss the idea.
“I don't think it's fatigue. For me, the team has not been at its best. You can speak individually, but when the whole team is not working, you can't really say this player is fatigued or not doing well," he says.
“At the same time, I don't think I've played enough games. I went to AFCON but actually, I don't think that's enough. I want to be playing in Europe, in the Champions League, I want to play in all of these games.”
“You don't know where football will take you next," the 26-year-old says after the subject of his Everton future crops up in conversation.
"As I've always said, I want to be the best player and to do that, you have to play at the top. I want to be playing at the top level. I want to be playing Champions League football."
Looking back at the 2025-26 season at club level, Ndiaye has mixed feelings.
“It has gone okay," he says. "Personally, I think I could have been better. The start of the season was very good but the second part, not so much."
When I suggest that fatigue might have played a factor after a 45-game season across all competitions, the Senegalese forward is quick to dismiss the idea.
“I don't think it's fatigue. For me, the team has not been at its best. You can speak individually, but when the whole team is not working, you can't really say this player is fatigued or not doing well," he says.
“At the same time, I don't think I've played enough games. I went to AFCON but actually, I don't think that's enough. I want to be playing in Europe, in the Champions League, I want to play in all of these games.”