The Blues had offered Loic Remy as part of a deal to land the Belgium worldwide, who Everton value at north of £70million, but the Toffees remained insistant Lukaku was part of Koeman’s plans.
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“I don’t have any doubts about this because the boy is working hard trying to be fit for the team and what happens in future we will see”, he said.
Martin O’Neill’s side are due to travel to Belgrade for their opening qualifier on September 5th, meaning that Coleman remains unlikely to play.
“It’s very hard to enter the market with these prices and in this condition”, the Italian said.
“We lost a bit of control of the game in the last part of the second half, but overall I am very happy with the performance”, he explained.
Asked by the Liverpool Echo if he needed to reinforce the right fullback position before the deadline, Koeman said: “That is a possibility”. I thought that’s where he wanted to be? Since then he’s played in a World Cup and the Euros and he’s still only 23.
Woolford has been deemed surplus to requirements at Bramall Lane by Chris Wilder and was placed on the transfer list soon after the Blades chief arrived at the club in mid-May.
Albion signed Evans in a deal rising to £8 million from Manchester United last summer and he was a stand-out player for them in his first year.
Another one that I can’t say I know much, if anything, about is Konate. Top clubs usually have three strikers. “His workrate is high, he will give us a good intensity and he’s one of the best wingers in the Premier League”. “He lives his football in the fashion that you would want a top footballer to”. “One of our jobs is to improve the team and if we don’t have that type of player we will sign that player”.
“Really what we need we will bring into the team”.
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“Nobody is more keen for Saido to stay than me”.
