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Everton are closing in on Villarreal\u2019s 22-year-old striker Thierno Barry and are willing to pay his release clause, reports reliable transfer journalist Matteo Moretto.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Blues have made Barry their number one choice<\/a> for the striker position after failing to sign Liam Delap from Ipswich Town. The French forward has made 35 appearances in La Liga this season and scored 11 goals and registered four assists.<\/p>\n \u201cEverton is chasing Villarreal striker Thierno Barry,\u201d Moretto wrote<\/a> on the social media platform X (earlier known as Twitter).<\/p>\n \u201cThe English club is reportedly willing to pay the \u20ac40 million buyout clause. Evaluations are ongoing and no final decision has yet been made.\u201d<\/p>\n Born in Lyon, France, Barry was a prolific goal-scorer for FC Sochaux-Montb\u00e9liard B and SK Beveren in France and Belgium respectively. He spent a year in Switzerland with FC Basel, scoring 20 goals in 41 appearances before joining the Yellow Submarines in La Liga last season.<\/p>\n While there\u2019s certainly a talented player with plenty of potential in there, the amount being mentioned is too steep. The Blues would be better off trying to negotiate a fee a lot lower than the release clause, but with Villarreal qualifying for the Champions League next season, they might be unwilling to sell him for anything less.<\/p>\n It remains to be seen how the situation evolves but what can be taken for granted is that Everton\u2019s interest in Thierno Barry is genuine, as confirmed by several reliable outlets over the last few days.<\/p>\n \t\u00a0<\/p>\n Reader Comments (28)<\/p>\n Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer<\/a> ()<\/p>\n \n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n \n I wonder can we have a Goodison News section of ToffeeWeb where this endless shite can be deposited and not bother the front page we rely on for proper information? <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n \n I’d much prefer the German kid from Stuttgart but have a feeling we’ll end up with this lad. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n If he played for Villarreal in 2005 we’d have got in the Champions League. No thanks. <\/p>\n What about Castellanos at Lazio? <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n \n Grant@3. He’d have only been 2, so yes we probably would have won. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n \n All round game looks like that of a 2 year old still. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n I hope this is true from what I’ve seen of him. He came on in the second half against Barcelona in the Camp Nou the other week and terrorised them helping them to a 3-2 win and qualifying for the Champions League.<\/p>\n He is the next big French striking sensation after Ekitike and he seems to score all sorts of goals. I would much prefer him than Delap as he looks to have a much higher ceiling to me.<\/p>\n The last Barry we signed didn’t do too badly for us. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n \n Let me see, that’s um, four strikers we will have. Beto, Chermiti, DLC, and Barry. Shame that 3 of them are not very good, and that’s obvious because we will end up with four strikers, um, 3 not very good. I think this is where I came in. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n \n These News Now AI articles are killing ToffeeWeb. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n Thierno Barry brings a unique combination of physical dominance and silky skills to Villarreal. His ability to disrupt defences and score opportunities is clear, but refining his decision-making and passing precision will need to sharpen up as he continues to adapt to the demands of the Spanish top-flight. <\/p>\n Considering these improvements, he is still young and has the potential to become one of La Liga’s top strikers. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n Apparently Aston Villa are after him, especially if Watkins goes. He’s had one season in La Liga, is he tried and tested? Is he the answer to our THREE not very good strikers?<\/p>\n Supposedly his hold up play and passing needs working on\u2026 where have I heard that before?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n Is he any relation to Gareth Barry ? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n If so or not, if he is anywhere near as good (different position I know) we will do well. I would prefer the German lad though if it down to choice. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n He’s quite similar to Beto. Might well develop and get better than Beto, but he doesn’t look a superior player at the moment. <\/p>\n With Villareal having qualified for the Champions League, we’d be buying at a premium price too. He only cost \u20ac14.00m last summer, so \u20ac40.00m is good business for them.<\/p>\n Not a massive fee for a striker – much the same as Brentford and Bournemouth paid for Thiago and Evanilson last summer – but obviously a big chunk of our transfer kitty.<\/p>\n Paul # 7, there isn’t really a player on the market who fits the description for us. The real quality strikers who might move this summer are:<\/p>\n Ekitike None of these players would consider joining Everton, although we could have bought them at different stages of their careers. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n \n How can you say 3 not very good strikers Paul? We have hardly seen enough of Chermiti to be making those kind of judgments <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n \n You forgot Jonathan David, Robert. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n \n I scrubbed him off the list Gavin – along with Ramos, Kean and Tel. He might get a really big move this summer – but possibly because he’s free more than anything else. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n \n Robert # 12\u2026\u2026..\u20ac40M would be a large chunk of our transfer kitty, if it had to be paid in one payment, but wouldn\u0092t we only pay so much per year, depending on the length of contract Barry would sign? So he signs a five year contract, wouldn\u0092t we only pay \u20ac8M per year to Villarreal? <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n You are right, Rob, it isn’t all paid out in one chunk – but however you cut it, we are unlikely to spend (or commit to spend) more than \u00a3100m this summer. <\/p>\n If we get Barry, that would mean:<\/p>\n Barry – c. \u00a337m That \u00a350m will have to stretch a long way to cover all the departures and improve the quality \/ depth. We can pick up some frees and loans – but it’s still a big challenge. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n Robert Beto?? Really??<\/p>\n This kid is the total opposite to Beto. He is a natural finisher and scores left foot, right foot, headers and poachers goals.<\/p>\n His movement in the box is excellent and he’s a really sharp, elastic type of striker.<\/p>\n In terms of minutes played he’s better than a 1 in 2 every where he’s been and he’s still only a kid. Beto is 27 and scored more than 13 goals once in his career.<\/p>\n I couldn’t think of 2 more dissimilar strikers<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n \n I would hope our spend is more than \u00a3100m because we will buy players on instalments, which is the norm for most transfers these days. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n \n Annika23. “We have hardly seen enough of Chermiti” <\/p>\n \n \n Is it our money as fans? Yes I understand we can only spend some much. Be we are not prefe to the full deal. So to an extent leave it to the people who get paid professionally to sort it. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n Id be hoping for 3 to 4 perm signings, some loans and a couple of frees.<\/p>\n The squad is thin, plus we have another load out of contract next summer if options aren’t exercised. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n I\u0092ve not seen anyone on here predict we\u0092ll go beyond a \u00a3100m net spend this summer but who knows. You might be right Gavin. <\/p>\n Conor, yes, Beto. If we do sign him, hopefully he kicks on. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n \n Paul, to be fair to Chermiti, he missed a fair amount of last season injured…it’s hard to judge him <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n Lee #21<\/p>\n That didn\u0092t work out too well last time though did it?<\/p>\n (Appreciate it was under a different administration but once bitten\u2026.) <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n Sounds like the sort of player we should be buying, after all aren’t we always saying how Brentford and Brighton always find this type of player? <\/p>\n It’s ‘cos they take the chance, look at Wolves with Cunha, bought for the same sort of price, scores loads of goals and sold at a good profit. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n \n A 5 year contract was mentioned above. Not unrealistic for his age and I’d expect payments to be spread over 60 months. I see Chelsea signed Delap, also aged 22 on a 6 year contract, no doubt expecting to sell him for bucket loads after half that time. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n Does anyone else read these comments on Barry’s style of play and hear the same attributes of Beto ?<\/p>\n I wouldn’t believe myself to be saying this 10 months ago but if we can’t buy a top up and coming striker (like Delap) as we did when buying Lukaku, then we should be giving Beto a proper go, back him and get players around him to can play to his strengths. He managed to bag under Moyes, why not see if that continues.<\/p>\n Chiamiti needs to be given ago as back up also or we have spoknked our money yet again, plus he looked like he has something in the short minutes he’s played.<\/p>\n If we are realistic we have 100m tops, we need half a squad, I’d have happily paid \u00a330m for Delap as he looked to have resale value, but taking chances on players who just about hit double figures in la liga seems like more of the same…same as Sandro, same as Tosun, Niasse, and so on (although not from Spain league I’m aware, just talking about levels).<\/p>\n One thing worries me with Moyes, he’s very good at spotting bargains, but hes always been average at best at picking strikers. Yakubu was his best buy in the strikers department, injury killed him, but even at West ham when they had the Rice money he could t get better than Antonio who he inherited. <\/p>\n
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