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Post by rugbytoffee on Mar 28, 2019 20:15:02 GMT
According to a claim in the Turkish media, Galatasaray have been offered a chance to sign Everton attacker Kevin Mirallas, who’s currently on loan with Serie A side Fiorentina.
The Belgian winger has been linked with a move to the Super Lig in the past few years and Aksam say he may now be a target for Gala.
It’s claimed Mirallas’ agent Christophe Henrotay has offered the player to Galatasaray and their manager Fatih Terim is reportedly keen.
The Turkish coach said he will only consider his transfer options in the summer but his initial thought on Mirallas are positive.
It’s reported the 31 year old is likely to return Everton after his loan spell in Florence ends.
Mirallas has made 20 appearances for Fiorentina this season in all competitions and scored two goals. Since moving to Florence, the footballer has repeatedly made it clear how happy he and his family are, and how they’d like to stay.
Therefore, it would be assumed he’d only give his approval to an agent offering him around on the condition that Fiorentina come first.
The Belgian winger is under contract at Everton until June 2020.
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Post by rugbytoffee on May 2, 2024 15:43:45 GMT
Former Everton forward Kevin Mirallas has admitted he was left astounded when he joined Fiorentina and found they didn’t have a day off from training. The Belgian has been speaking to DH Net about his career, which inevitably meant a long conversation about Everton.
He spent seven years with the Toffees after joining from Olympiacos in 2012, going on to make 186 appearances for the club before leaving on a free transfer in 2019.
The final two years of his time at Goodison Park were actually spent away from the club as he first joined Olympiacos on loan and then Fiorentina.
He was a regular for the Italian side during his time there, making 30 appearances in all competitions and managing two goals and three assists.
They had been keen to sign him on a permanent basis, at least according to his recollection of events, but Everton’s asking price ended up shocking the Serie A side and seeing them pull away from a permanent deal. When it comes to surprises, though, none were greater than the one Mirallas received when he first arrived from Everton. “I arrived two weeks before the start of the championship,” he said.
“The first three, four days, I found that it was simpler, it was even a little slow compared to the team and what I had experienced in England. So, I told myself it wasn’t going to be a problem.
“Except that the week before the first championship match, they send me the schedule and I see one training session on Monday, two on Tuesday, two on Wednesday, one on Thursday, one on Friday and a match on Saturday.
“And I say to myself ‘but what’s that, there’s no day off in the week?’ In fact, you work like crazy. It was totally different from England where the intensity is greater on the weekends while it is calmer during the week.
“It was a new workload with a lot of leg strength training. It wasn’t necessarily what I needed at 31 years old. I had physical problems the first two weeks because I wasn’t used to working like that. I really had to adapt.
“It took me until October because there was the physical load but also the adaptation to the team, to what the coach asked, to a whole pleasant environment but which I had not experienced. It’s the first time I arrived in a championship where I had to adapt so much.”
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Post by evertonfan1968 on May 3, 2024 10:25:40 GMT
He was ok at times but mostly bang average.
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