Tony Barrett @TonyBarretTimes 20 mins Just landed at JFK to discover that Everton have completed the transfer of Muhamed Besic. The fee is around £4 million.
My mate said Besic was nailed on a few days ago, his agent situation is complex and that's why it took a few days longer. Lukaku is the one most blues want to see signed, i reckon a back up goalie is a bigger issue, David Blunket would be a better option than Robles.
Rumours gathering that Lukaku is all but sorted, apparently we're haggling over the stage payments with a fee of around £24m. We want to pay on the drip. Great news on Barkley and some lovely comments relating to how he felt when Rooney went.
Sounds like Lukaku is a done deal, Andy Jacobs doing his fruit on Talksport, he really is a big kid. The other rumour is that Henan will be unveiled at the same time. COYB