RUMOURS of Everton's interest in Portuguese Joao Moutinho don't quite ring true with me.
His valuation, for a start, has got to be a sticking point. I'd say Sporting would be very unlikely to sell for less than £10m, and why should they? He's their 21-year-old highly rated captain who plays for the national side.
Is it likely we've got the funds to be paying double figures for someone like Moutinho?
As our manager quite rightly points out - we need five or six players this summer.
Whenever David Moyes spends big it has largely been for tried and tested Premier League players...Beattie, AJ, The Yak.
He simply can't afford to take gambles on inexperienced, tournament-hyped players (unlike for example, Spurs).
I still think he feels the burning sensation in his fingers from the Per Kroldrup debacle quite keenly.
So let's take Moutinho with a pinch of salt. Just like Huddlestone, Michael Johnson, Arshavin, et al.
Even if AJ goes to Wigan for the remarkable sum of £10m we're unlikely to invest it all in a young player who although promsing is similar to other footballers already on our books.
I'd like to be proved wrong on this but it seems more likely we'll re-invest the potential AJ money on another striker and a more reasonably priced midfielder, possibly M'Bia.
As we all know, it's stature in the holding position which is our cast-iron number one priority before the window closes.
Finally apologies for the sparse posting. I've been away in Berlin last week and only back in work today.
It meant I missed the furore over Peter Kilfoyle's letter about the Kirkby Project. Feel free to leave your opinions on that and I'll get them posted.
I'm almost sick of talking about it until we know the Government's decision.
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Mike G wrote...
Would be great to get Moutinho, but as said highly unlikely.
It doesnt help all our optimism with Keith 'Bully' Wyness stating that his capture is 'highly possible' when indeed it is probably quite the opposite!
However if Bully is saying that, then maybe it means we do have a fair bit of wonga in the transfer kitty, which begs the question why have we not gone in for a young classy Englishman by the name of David Bentley instead!?
Unlike Moutinho, Bentley is just a good bid away from capture.
He would be a fantastic signing, and in regard to the touted £17m price tag- he'll be worth more than that after a single season!
Wouldnt it be great if we got both! I can but hope!!!!
Posted by: Mike G | July 22, 2008 11:44 AM