Tete to Everton merged

[The Little Dave]

Fabrizio gave Tete to Everton the confirmation here we go. Fulhamish twitter also posted and they don't dabble in rumors so I'm assuming this is a lock and formal announcement will come from Everton next week.

Big gap even if we think post injury Timo can start, need to find support.

[SP]

I'd be surprised if it's a three year contract as rumoured.

[_Putney_]

Damn.

[SerbianLad]

I hope that we will at least get a proper replacement, and not a Kyle Walker/Coufal/Walker-Peters type of replacement. I hope we spend big on someone who is top quality.

[bencher]

I hope that we will at least get a proper replacement, and not a Kyle Walker/Coufal/Walker-Peters type of replacement. I hope we spend big on someone who is top quality.

I hope we spend small on someone top quality. Something in the mould of Tete, a bargain that gives great value. We need to prioritise outlay on top quality attackers, and look for bargains at full back.

[SerbianLad]

I hope we spend small on someone top quality. Something in the mould of Tete, a bargain that gives great value. We need to prioritise outlay on top quality attackers, and look for bargains at full back.

Well, that would obviously be ideal. It's hard to find good bargains like that though. Tete is arguably our biggest bargain buy in recent years.

[Drewry66]

I hope that we will at least get a proper replacement, and not a Kyle Walker/Coufal/Walker-Peters type of replacement. I hope we spend big on someone who is top quality.

I hope we spend small on someone top quality. Something in the mould of Tete, a bargain that gives great value. We need to prioritise outlay on top quality attackers, and look for bargains at full back.

To be fair Bellanova would be an attacking purchase with his assists record. A frigging expensive one however!

If we end up with Coufal as a replacement for Tete I might just stop watching football all together.

[Bal_13]

Really disappointing if true.

I'm going to guess that Everton gave Kenny the big sell on their new stadium and subsequent project and probably gave him a longer more lucrative contract with maybe more assurances on playing time.

Not great. Let's hope we get Bellanova or someone of similar quality. 

[Twig]

Why do we need to spend big on a replacement for Tete when we already have Timmy C available?  I knw his form dropped off a bit but he was playing through an injury in order to cover for the injured Tete. When he's fully fit Castagne is surely a more than adequate starter at RB? Obviously we will now need to sign a new RB, but I would like to see a youngster with real promise who we can develop for a season or two as cover for Castagne.

[hopper]

Very disappointing news to kick off the window. One of my favourite players to wear the shirt.

Hope this isn't the own goal it appears to be. Player retention and contract negotiations seem to be a problem at the moment.

[SerbianLad]

Why do we need to spend big on a replacement for Tete when we already have Timmy C available?  I knw his form dropped off a bit but he was playing through an injury in order to cover for the injured Tete. When he's fully fit Castagne is surely a more than adequate starter at RB? Obviously we will now need to sign a new RB, but I would like to see a youngster with real promise who we can develop for a season or two as cover for Castagne.

Because Castagne will also miss some games. We were really lucky that we had Tete and Castagne, two superb players battling for one position in the past two years. Fullbacks are extremely important in our system, maybe even the most important part of our team. Unlike Robinson, Castagne will also get injured from time to time which is why I think we need another great player there. BDR did admirably when needed in the first PL season under Marco and Cedric did okay, but we really missed Tete in those games, imo.

[H4usuallysitting]

Not happy if Tete is off, but he's had quite a few injuries.... Castagne is more than capable of replacing him, plus maybe the chance for a youngster to step up

[JimmyConway]

Really disappointing if true.

I'm going to guess that Everton gave Kenny the big sell on their new stadium and subsequent project and probably gave him a longer more lucrative contract with maybe more assurances on playing time.

Not great. Let's hope we get Bellanova or someone of similar quality. 

More money longer contract how else do you get these players to uproot their families? Does seem a little surprising with regards to Tete as he gave me impression he might have been content at Fulham? I suppose if it's £20-£30-£50k extra a week then difficult to turn down.
I don't think it's anywhere near a problem if say Robinson or Bassey were off. We were going to have to bring in a new right back sooner than later and this will just hasten the process. I don't think you get half a season let alone full one with Tete at right back nowadays just think with all the injuries his not built for a long season anymore.

[Somerset Fulham]

Why do we need to spend big on a replacement for Tete when we already have Timmy C available?  I knw his form dropped off a bit but he was playing through an injury in order to cover for the injured Tete. When he's fully fit Castagne is surely a more than adequate starter at RB? Obviously we will now need to sign a new RB, but I would like to see a youngster with real promise who we can develop for a season or two as cover for Castagne.

This is how I see it. He's won the FA Cup and is a regular Belgian international.  We don't need to panic with this one.

[St Eve]

Let's all be honest. He is a big loss for us and a big win for Everton. Had he stayed we would have all been happy. We don't know the details but I am sure we did what we could to keep him. Money and/or length of contract was the determining factor. Castagne is a decent replacement so be need to panic

[FFC1987]

Whilst I like Castagne, if we revert to him as our no.1 full back with a rotation full back as the player in, I think we're weaker as a result in that area of the pitch. But that's just my opinion. That's more of a credit to Tete than a slight to Castagne though.

[St Eve]

Whilst I like Castagne, if we revert to him as our no.1 full back with a rotation full back as the player in, I think we're weaker as a result in that area of the pitch. But that's just my opinion. That's more of a credit to Tete than a slight to Castagne though.

Don't disagree. Of course Palhinha would help

[Sgt Fulham]

Wtf not happy at all with this. When he's on it, and he often is, he's the best RB I've seen play for Fulham.

[FFC1987]

Whilst I like Castagne, if we revert to him as our no.1 full back with a rotation full back as the player in, I think we're weaker as a result in that area of the pitch. But that's just my opinion. That's more of a credit to Tete than a slight to Castagne though.

Don't disagree. Of course Palhinha would help

Oh for sure, I'm just talking specifically about the full back position. Maybe Silva doesn't phased by it and thinks we need more athleticism rather than an out and out defender like Tete but hard to see really.

[Jimsbeerbelly]

I like Kene Tete, however, he is 30 this October, and people are forgetting that he missed 19 games for us last season, and a good chunk the season before.

The Club did offer him a good deal to stay, 2yrs and a considerable wage increase, however, Everton came in with 3yrs and almost doubled our new wage offer.

If you look at it from the Clubs perspective, it is a position that we need to reduce the age bracket in, and if anyone is going to play second fiddle to a main RB, then that's most likely going to be Castange who's contract runs until 2027.

I've had it on good authority, that Silva is looking for a more attacking RB to change our system a bit, so this may also be why Tete wanted to go, because he'll get game time at Everton, if he keeps fit.