35 Carat Stone?

[LeTallecWiz]

Chelsea's first bid of 2x million quid was rejected.

Roiberto Martinez is furious - he's a really gifted young CB.

The press is going on about how they'll have to beat Mangala's fee to land him - i.e. he'll be the most expensive defender in England.

Every time I've seen him, I thought he's a solid young defender.

Is he worth this kinda cash?

 

[superchimp]

Positionally he's pretty darn good.

Think he's worth the cash myself!

Spare change for Chelsea so makes sense on their part considering Terry is near the end...

 

[Mors]

He could well be the successor to Terry and they might be winding him down now. He does look a good player.
They'll just keep waving more and more cash at them until they give in.
Presume he'd have to sit on the bench for the foreseeable future though.

 

[hmmmmm1]

The English premium makes the sterling fee look cheap.

At this rate, Ibe will be worth 100 million when we sell him in a few years

 

[ILD]

Everton fan in work says he's the business and he'll be starting for England come the Euro's. He said it's only a matter of time before he is sold to Chelsea but hopes to hold onto him until after the Euro's so they can jack up the price.

 

[Hansern]

It would probably be the best thing for him aswell. Play the next year at Everton and then move to Chelsea after the Euros.
Seems like a great talent and its probably just a matter of when not if about a move.
Cant see him costing more than Sterling. But 30-35 mill is probably right in this horrendously inflated market.

 

[Piedro]

Yeah he's gonna be a top player. Dont want him to go there. Saying that, its better than him going to the Manc twats.

 

[King Binny]

About time someone take the pressure off Eliaquim Mangala as the most expensive defenderin British football at £31.9 million. 😛

 

[ILD]

Was Mangala highly rated before his move to City or was his signing a bit out of the blue?

How did he fare last season?

 

[LeTallecWiz]

Was Mangala highly rated before his move to City or was his signing a bit out of the blue?

How did he fare last season?

highly rated ... was worse than lovren last year.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

Was Mangala highly rated before his move to City or was his signing a bit out of the blue?

How did he fare last season?

highly rated ... was worse than lovren last year.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

Was Mangala highly rated before his move to City or was his signing a bit out of the blue?

How did he fare last season?

highly rated ... was worse than lovren last year.

 

[cloggypop]

About time someone take the pressure off Eliaquim Mangala as the most expensive defenderin British football at £31.9 million. [emoji14]

42 million it was confirmed as. Bonkers.

 

[Judge Jules]

highly rated ... was worse than lovren last year.

Did you repeat this twice because you still can't quite believe it, Wizzy? 😉

 

[Halmeister]

All my Evertonian mates are expecting minimum £40m for him, which I think is insane. I thought Chelsea's opening offer was very generous. He's clearly a good player with good potential. But that fee is an indictment of the market at the moment. Particularly for English players.

 

[gkmacca]

Oh, no, Mourinho has described Everton as a 'small club'! No doubt Kenwright will complain to the mayor again, like he did after Rafa said the same.

 

[Best Believe It]

It annoyed me to see Cahill's comments yesterday about how you can't turn Chelsea down, clearly designed to get Stones agitating for a move. Everything about that club lacks class.

 

[Aidan O' Neill]

All my Evertonian mates are expecting minimum £40m for him, which I think is insane. I thought Chelsea's opening offer was very generous. He's clearly a good player with good potential. But that fee is an indictment of the market at the moment. Particularly for English players.

It's a ridiculous amount, but they hold all the cards here. I think they'll end up getting 30m minimum.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Didn't they just put up a huge poster of him on Goodison saying 'once a blue always a blue' when they rejected the first bid?

I suppose Chelsea do play in blue...

 

[LeTallecWiz]

Mirror linking United to him now - saying they may have an advantage as Everton are so pissed with Chelsea.

 

[Judge Jules]

...as well as being the Mancs' perpetual bitches in the transfer market anyway.

 

[Buddha]

We should lob a bid in to slow it all down.

They'd never sell him to us by would likely spend days going on about it, meanwhile delaying the transfer and messing up Chelsea / Scum / Bitters preseasons!