A Manchester United scout watched one of the club’s main summer transfer targets get substituted at half-time of a 3-0 home defeat and oh dear.
GET RICH OR DIE TRYING
It rather sums up the precarious situation at Everton that while supporters can revel in victory over Chelsea, club suits are rubbing their hands together at the prospect of the scorer’s value going up. Richarlison netted his fourth goal in five games in that 1-0 win; that rich vein of form is being welcomed in more than one way at Goodison Park.
There is hope on Merseyside that an offer of £50m or more can now be attracted for the Brazilian. Football Insider cite only ‘a recruitment source’ as saying the club ‘will accepts’ such a bid and ‘are increasingly confident’ it will come.
Richarlison ‘has made up his mind’ on leaving and so Everton could be seen as simply preparing for the inevitable, particularly with their financial struggles. It is not made expressly clear who will be throwing £50m at Frank Lampard’s feet but Richarlison will have his suitors.
NEVER SAY NEVES
Manchester United might be able to spin one of their senior scout’s attendance at Brighton’s thrashing of Wolves as a positive, despite Ruben Neves ostensibly being the player watched. The Portuguese returned from a knee injury for his first game in gold since the defeat to Leeds six weeks ago, but was substituted at half-time in the 3-0 defeat.
Perhaps that will bring his valuation down. Bruno Lage has mentioned a £100m price tag for the midfielder on a couple of occasions over the past few weeks but the Birmingham Mail suggest something a little more reasonable.
While Wolves are unlikely to demand a nine-figure sum, they will ‘expect a significant increase’ on the £41m received from Liverpool for Diogo Jota in summer 2020. This comes from the ‘growing belief’ that after five years at Molineux, Neves might move on to pastures new.
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