Manuel Fernandez

So, has everyone been suitably impressed by him this season?

Not sure what the deal is but if I was Moyes I'd be buying the guy.

When he left Pompey they were witting pretty in 6th and Everton were mid-table and since then their roles have reversed and IMO its largely down to this guy. He could play for a top club with ease from what I've seen

See my post (towards the bottom of the page) on the Barcelona thread:

http://europeanboard.ephpbb.com/European-Board-c2/European-Leagues-f4/FC-Barcelona-Thread-2006-2007-t7074-1040.htm

And you think Barca might be in for him?

With his performances in the EPL this season I can see a few clubs sniffing around.

Having said that, Liverpool won't be in, they already have enough DMs.

Chelsea are grooming Diarra to be Maka's replacement and they have Essien.

Utd look serious of Hargreaves so its unlikely they'll be in for him.

Arsenal could and shoudl feasibly be interested in him but there haven't been any rumours at all linking us with him so I'm not holding my breath

I doubt we're in for him, but I would like us to consider him if other options for the DM position don't work out. I think he has a good combination of cultured passing and the ability to tackle/be aggressive.

Tempting him away from Everton can't be too hard, and he won't cost much either (though Benfica/Portuguese fans can correct me on that if I'm wrong).

kas wrote:I doubt we're in for him, but I would like us to consider him if other options for the DM position don't work out. I think he has a good combination of cultured passing and the ability to tackle/be aggressive.

Tempting him away from Everton can't be too hard, and he won't cost much either (though Benfica/Portuguese fans can correct me on that if I'm wrong).

He seems to be enjoying his time with us. Has settled in well and has looked the business when he's played. We have first option on him (I think) - we've got some money available so hopefully we will snap him up.

Firstly, his name is Fernandes, secondly, the deal is already signed with Everton, who'll be signing the 50% of his «passe» that is owned by Benfica. I imagine they'll be signing the rest from the company that owns it, so as not to have the same problems as Mascherano and Tevez.

So how much do you think he'll be costing them?

Great buy for Everton has the potential to be a top class player for them, if he isnt already that is

The fee that Benfica want varies from paper to paper, but it's somewhere in the region of £8million. I have no idea how much the sports consortium that owns the other 50% want.

Fernandes should be playing for a bigger club, no disrespect to Everton.

He should, but who would be interested?

Real Madrid now have Gago and Diarra.

Barca don't seem to be interested.

Valencia as a replacement/stand in for Albelda?

Can't see any Italian teams placing a bid, though Juve should be interested.

And I've already been over the EPL teams

He should be our back up option if we can't get Hargreaves. Very good player.

Braca, Juve, Inter( almost all their midfielders are over 30) and if money is an issue ManU should go for him instead of Hargreaves

Utd should buy him ahead of Hargreaves. IMO he has the potential to be a much better player than Hargreaves

Poor man's Mascherano.

Luis wrote:Poor man's Mascherano.

Stop being a WUM.

He's shown far more ability this season than Mascherano has

Tweedle wrote:

Luis wrote:Poor man's Mascherano.

Stop being a WUM.

He's shown far more ability this season than Mascherano has

Masch has played about 6 games for us, every game he's been MOTM or close to it, so how can you say this?

Because he hasn't been close to MOTM every game. Thats just a blatent lie.

Ferdandes made Popmey tick, he leaves, they drop four places.

He joins a mid-table Everton, he pushed them up to a UEFA spot.

Fernandes has had a far better season than Mascherano. sure Masch has had his injuries but thats no fault of Mauel.

Tweedle wrote:Because he hasn't been close to MOTM every game. Thats just a blatent lie.

Ferdandes made Popmey tick, he leaves, they drop four places.

He joins a mid-table Everton, he pushed them up to a UEFA spot.

Fernandes has had a far better season than Mascherano. sure Masch has had his injuries but thats no fault of Mauel.

Ye, I think you'll find the reason Everton are 5th is Mikel Aterta.

And no it's not a blatant lie Tweedle, he really has been that good

Tweedle wrote:Because he hasn't been close to MOTM every game. Thats just a blatent lie.

Ferdandes made Popmey tick, he leaves, they drop four places.

He joins a mid-table Everton, he pushed them up to a UEFA spot.

Fernandes has had a far better season than Mascherano. sure Masch has had his injuries but thats no fault of Mauel.

As stupid as this sounds, first i noticed of Fernandes was on FM, and he really does make things tick. And then he made a few appearances for Pompey, despite being injured at the start of the season, and really played outstandingly. The boys got some serious talent.

Luis wrote:

Tweedle wrote:Because he hasn't been close to MOTM every game. Thats just a blatent lie.

Ferdandes made Popmey tick, he leaves, they drop four places.

He joins a mid-table Everton, he pushed them up to a UEFA spot.

Fernandes has had a far better season than Mascherano. sure Masch has had his injuries but thats no fault of Mauel.

Ye, I think you'll find the reason Everton are 5th is Mikel Aterta.

And no it's not a blatant lie Tweedle, he really has been that good

Arteta has incidentally been at Everton the whole season, even when they were struggling in mid-table JUST before Fernandes signed incidentally, how queer.

Yes, Arteta has been the best player for Everton but Fernandes has made a much bigger impact in terms of results. He doesn't score many but he's made Everton a much more soldi side.

Fernandes>>Masch

Fernandes is a big fish in a minute pond.

I knew you'd come round to that point in the end.

Fact is, when Masch was a big fish in a small pond, he looked $h!t, Fernandes looks pure quality though

$h!t? what because he played about 3 games in a team who were completely de-motivated? rubbish.

Surely it's better to be good for a bigger club rather than a small, shows you havw what it takes at the highest level

Dear oh dear luis.

Remember what Benfica did to you last season? remember who was playing for them?

Benfica are a big club, and Fernandes showed then what he is capable of.

PWNED

No see you're arguement is transparent, I can see what you're doing, you don't like Liverpool because we've had a better season and so you're saying their small rival's new midfielder is better than ours, which is wrong, you'd be mental to choose Fernandes over Mascherano and everyone knows it

Mascherano > Fernades at the moment.

Though Fernades has buckets of talent and has age on his side too.

Masch is only 22.

Mascherano - 08/06/1984

Fernades - 05/02/1986

So a good year and a half. Mascherano has alot more caps too.

you're a fucking imbecile luis

I actually started the thread because I'd noticed how decent a player he was. THEN you make a throwaway comment saying 'poor mans Macsherano' to which I respond.

So, how the f@ck does this make me bitter about Liverpool's success? you're clearly deluded and an idiot if you think that

Tweedle wrote:you're a fucking imbecile luis

I actually started the thread because I'd noticed how decent a player he was. THEN you make a throwaway comment saying 'poor mans Macsherano' to which I respond.

So, how the f@ck does this make me bitter about Liverpool's success? you're clearly deluded and an idiot if you think that

you're funny well done. Laters..