Everton's transfer strategy is bizarre.
They should be looking to build a team that can break into the top 6, yet they seem to keep going for 30 year olds.

Agreed. I would have liked him to stay as a squad player but only at the right price.

It's clear that the club are making a significant investment in youth and don't want to waste any more money on over-inflated wages for players who are past their best.

Thank Andros, and remember, we'll always have Brighton.

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

In interviews Andros has been saying with his next move he wants to be playing, so if that is the case then that suggests Benitez sees him as part of his first-team plans. The two of course know each other from Newcastle, but Andros is not at his prime anymore. The deal reeks of Everton being broke and trying to see out the pandemic until they can refill their coffers, especially if the Demarai Gray deal is true too. There are rumours Andros will only get a one-year deal with the club having an option of one more year; if Palace were that desperate to keep him I'm sure they could have offered something much better, but if the Cahill rumours are also true it seems Parish is no longer willing to pay big money to the older players.

I'm sure Andros will put in a shift, but you never really felt he was playing within himself last season, so I'd be surprised if we ended up having any huge regrets.

Very true.
Think we should have tried harder to convince him to stay.

Agree, Andros was our best crosser of the ball and in the last couple of months, started to find Benteke's head.

Of those out of contract, was the the one I wanted to stay the most, but the salary cost is a strong consideration and if the cost was more than his output, then fair enough.

Very solid contribution to us surviving in the PL in his time with us, so good on him.