Leighton Baines

So you think we'll buy a RB that is "good enough"? Well,there aren't many "good enough" ,and since it's no value in the transfer market then...
You have to choose,if you want a cover than Smalling,Jones is enough (Tottenham even doesn't have a proper cover for Walker atm). If you want to buy a "good enough" RB,then pay for him. And he will block Rafael's road to become world class because he will play most of the games.
Get s.o like Clyne will not improve the quality.Are you sure he will survive in big games? At least Smalling had played RB for England and many times for us. You cannot ask much from a cover.

Makes no sense whatsoever...

And you can't guarantee ANY young player will survive the big games, otherwise we'd have never gambled on the likes of Smalling and Hernandez

Is this a joke? Baines is like a second winger, their isn't a full back in the league even close to him when it comes to getting forward.

TheManc is the worst judge of player I have ever seen. Clueless 95% of the time.

No I didn't.

I'll give my insight given that I probably know most about him here (with all due respect, I watch him every week) Should also state I haven't read the thread properley yet so sorry if I end up repeating everything that has been said.

Best left back in the league at the moment(though I'm sure alot on here will disagree, which I expect) and he was the best left back last year where with the exception of Dani Alves he provided the most goals and assists of any full back in England. He's pretty good defensively too considering he is part of the 3rd best defence in the league behind you and your neighbours.
I don't particularly think he'll leave (unless forced, and i can't see him being forced either) because he loves the city and it's his home, he has gone on record saying he doesn't like being away from his family and his home. I don't know what price is being quoted in her but I remember reading £5m somewhere which is way of the mark as he is worth between £25-30m yet I wouldn't be surprised if we accepted £20m.

£30m.

Yeah right.

How much do you think he is worth then?

Just because you watch Baines every week doesn't necessarily mean you are best placed to judge, as you don't necessarily watch other left backs regularly enough to make a sound comparison. If you did, you would probably know that Dani Alves is a right back, not a left back.

Also Baines may get a lot of assists, that is true. But he plays for a team with very tall attackers who carry an aerial threat as good as most teams in the world, so a lot of your game is based on wide players putting crosses into the box. Having said that, Baines is undoubtedly a good crosser of the ball.

He may be better than most left left backs in the league but I wouldn't agree that he's worth over £20m.

Don't be ridiculous, we wouldn't spend that on him, nowhere near, £15m tops

I meant full back when referring to him having the best attacking stats bar dani ales, apologies for that.

He is worth 25m in the eyes of most everton fans anyway, and we wouldn't accept any less than 20m. I'm not saying that anyone would pay that much for him, I'm just saying that would be the going rate for him.

17m max.

Hes not a young lad, would be far from first choice, no way we would spend more than £15 when hes only going to play 20-25 games a season (at least until Pat leaves)

Don't get me wrong, hes better than Evra on many levels, but Evra is idolised by the manager it seems, undroppable, even when fans are clamouring for Fabio to get a run in the first team...

Saying that, Evra doesn't have much left in him

I hope we get more than 15 quid for him

Hope sir Alex has that attitude then because he will be staying

Isn't he going to be in the last year of his contract next season? If thats the case, then I'm sure it's easy for you(shogun) to see that he can't be worth over 20mil. Plus, he's not young anymore. It's rare to find teams paying that sort of dosh on players in their 2nd half of their prime.

What I do agree with you is that he's the best left back in the league. He's attacking is what sets him apart. He doesn't just add numbers to the attack, but he also becomes a pivotal member of it. He's also great defensively which is a great bonus. Just on the weekend he had Ben Arfa so far down his pocket the poor sod had to change wings, which resulted in Jonas being put in the same pocket. He also plays with alot of intensity which I like.

I hear you also say that he doesn't like being away from home shogun? Well, which better place is there than old trafford which isn't all that far from livepool? He'll kill two birds with one stone. 1. He'll have the chance to further his career and potentially win tropheys, 2 he'll still remain close to home. It would also give him the chance to compete on a level plane to Ashley Cole.
Seriously though, we have to make this signing. Evra has simply been too much of a liability to turn a blind eye. I'm pretty sure 15mil would be more than enough to get him.

anything more than 15mil is just waste to even think about it