It's not done.
No Everton player who is away at the Euros has been involved in any form of negotiations.
OK Mr Kenwright.It's not done.
No Everton player who is away at the Euros has been involved in any form of negotiations.
OK Mr Kenwright.
Whilst not saying this is done, or isn't, don't think that players being at the Euros would stop deals, although it would stop the medical and in most cases, an announcement.
A number of clubs have been after Stones for a while. If he'd made his mind up before the Euros, his agent could agree the package whilst the clubs sort out the fee and then sign whenever he's back. If he has offers on the table to consider, then yes, it will take a while after the Euros.
No mate absolutely no negotiations have taken place at any point.....including when he dined with our chairman and CEO and then watched the champions league game with Real Madrid and there was absolutely no communication when England played at the etihad ;-)
No negotiations have happened with the player. Contact has been made with Everton, club(s) have been told to wait until after the Euros are over.
Heard nothing about this "dining", or anything else you've mentioned. Stones has not been negotiating with City yet.
Leave it out.
No negotiations have happened with the player. Contact has been made with Everton, club(s) have been told to wait until after the Euros are over.
Heard nothing about this "dining", or anything else you've mentioned. Stones has not been negotiating with City yet.
No negotiations have happened with the player. Contact has been made with Everton, club(s) have been told to wait until after the Euros are over.
Heard nothing about this "dining", or anything else you've mentioned. Stones has not been negotiating with City yet.
You're being extremely naïve if you honestly think City and Stones' agent have had no discussions whatsoever about him coming to our club. At the very least we'll have been informed that he's interested in joining (if he wasn't we'd have distanced ourselves from the whole thing a long time ago), more likely we've discussed financial terms as well, plus we'll have explained where Guardiola sees him in his plans etc. We won't have agreed a fee with Everton, but we'll have been given an indication that selling Stones is something they'd consider for the right price.
It's equally naïve of you to say "money is no issue to us now". FFP means having an extremely wealthy owner can only help so much, he can spend on infrastructure and things like that but you still need to spend what your earn and are seriously limited in what he can invest in the side. If you're expecting him to be financing a huge spending spree or throwing £100,000+ wages at your squad then you're likely to be disappointed. Everton's chances of challenging near the top of the Premier League will be hampered as long as you're hamstrung by an antiquated stadium which is simply completely unsuited to modern football and the revenue making ability that is required by it.
Will Stones join City? I simply don't know. But to suggest there's been no negotiating just won't be accurate.