A lot of Evertonians are convinced Everton must sign a new right-back. But the latest rumour being spun is that a left-back who came through the Everton Academy from the age of 11 is a target for January.
The young American came up through the age groups at Finch Farm and seemed to be destined to break through to the first team but it was not enough to deter his current manager Marco Silva, from signing Lucas Digne from Barcelona, pushing Antonee down the pecking order and forcing another season-long loan to the Championship, this time with Wigan Athletic.
He traveled with the senior Toffees side to Kenya for the preseason friendly against Kariobangi Sharks in July 2019 and featured in the second half of that game but within days he would secure a permanent move to Wigan for a fee rumoured to be less than £2M when a 1-year contract extension was given to Leighton Baines, further blocking his progress to the Everton first team.
A move to AC Milan fell through after a medical revealed a heart problem that required medical intervention. When WIgan were relegated from the Premier League in 2020, Everton Director of Football Marcel Brands told Robinson he wanted him back — a year after selling him to the Latics — but the player was adamant he was not going back to Finch Farm and had chosen Fulham instead, with the Cottagers winning the race for his signature at a bargain knock-down fee of £2M in August 2020
According to Alan Nixon on Patreon, Everton are again keen to re-sign Fulham captain Antonee Robinson and believe £25M could be enough to secure his signature in January.
The 28-year-old is valued at £40M by the Cottagers, so Everton are hoping to make up the difference with a cash plus swap deal with Vitalii Mykolenko.
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Posted
01/12/2025 at
09:43:07
We can dream…
Posted
01/12/2025 at
09:56:58
I could think of a million dreams better than having Antonee Robinson as our left-back!
Posted
01/12/2025 at
10:21:39
I like Robinson but not at such a fee.
Posted
01/12/2025 at
10:41:24
Yes, I realised that, but Mike hypes up those players he likes and Antonee is good going forward but not very good defending.
Nearly the opposite Mykolenko who is not very good defending or attacking, in my opinion of course, and Mike rates both of these players which is fair enough.
Posted
01/12/2025 at
11:30:19
Who do you fancy at right back gents?
Posted
01/12/2025 at
12:10:23
Newcastle showed us how important the modern day full back is to the team performance, they had two super players, defensively and offensively. We have neither.
Posted
01/12/2025 at
12:13:29
We need the Moyes of old, delving into the Championship for the new Cahill, Jagielka, Baines, Lescott etc. There has to be some ‘hidden’ gems surely? Failing that, use the bloody squad/u21’s properly.
Posted
01/12/2025 at
12:22:05
Edward (7) Edward weve just delved into the championship, although Southampton have just got there for the umpteenth time, and got Dibling but he wont be a hidden gem no matter how good he turns out to be—- the price he cost!, we got got service out of the four you mentioned and a huge bonus when we sold Lescott!
Posted
01/12/2025 at
13:43:48
His name is Thierry Small, anyone know anything about him?
Posted
01/12/2025 at
13:59:11
Small’s time at Everton consisted of a few years in the Academy and about 6 minutes playing for the first team in a cup tie that was well won.
That appearance was given to him as a sweetner to keep him here but, although offered good terms, he followed the money and went to Southampton where he never impressed.
He went Scotland, got sent off in his first(?) game there, and has been around a few lower league teams. He is now climbing the ladder possibly — he looked good going forward but wasn’t very good defending — maybe he based his game on Antonee!
Posted
01/12/2025 at
15:18:44
We don’t need another injury-prone player.
Posted
01/12/2025 at
16:55:45
If we had money to burn, then yeah, an upgrade. But we don’t have money to throw around without thinking longer term.
Posted
01/12/2025 at
17:15:07
Go for DeSilva at Coventry instead!!
Posted
01/12/2025 at
19:00:20
Yes, he was the teen whose family couldn’t wait to get him out of an Everton shirt.
Bounced around to no good end for a few years, then settled in League one as a regular. Preston NE signed him. He’s First XI there and doing well at left-back.
Another Everton youth player, Lewis Dobbin, is doing pretty well there, too. Scored another over the weekend.
As did Tom Cannon at Sheffield Utd.
And Ellis SImms, a brace for Coventry, where it appears Frank Lampard has built the attack he tried and failed with us. They’ve scored 50 in 19 so far.
Posted
01/12/2025 at
19:37:55
If this is the sign of TFG’s second window priorities, then we are in trouble.
We need a right-back desperately and we need a striker desperately.
Posted
01/12/2025 at
19:45:31
It seems an odd one really. Usually these links pop up when there’s context for them but there wasn’t a peep about this when we played Fulham a few weeks back.
This now being a betting site, I Iooked for the odds on this one coming off… but no one is biting.
Posted
01/12/2025 at
20:52:23
It was sheer idiocy selling him for pocket change in the first place, but it’s too late to remedy that now.
Posted
01/12/2025 at
21:02:30
As for Robinson, his pace and attacking were supposed to be what everybody here wanted! If healthy he’s the best LB in USA history, but that’s a very low standard after decades of comic stylings from the likes of Eddie Lewis, DeMarcus Beasley, Jeff Agoos, Frankie Hejduk and Fabian Johnson. Bet you never heard of any of them. I wish I hadn’t.
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