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Farhad Moshiri

7+ Years On... Your Verdict On Farhad Moshiri

  • Pleased

    Votes: 107 7.7%

  • Disappointed

    Votes: 1,290 92.3%
  • Total voters
    1,397
What are people's gut feeling about the man?

Is he in it for a vanity project, a billionaires play thing for a football fan?

Or is he in it to make money?

Or is he in it to increase exposure in Usmanov's companies?

Early days to tell but I think he is in it as a massive football fan. Don't get me wrong I don't think he's in the business of spewing his money up the wall but I think he enjoys the game and has wanted in.
 
Time will tell on Moshiri but an overhaul on the scale required at Everton seems a lot of work for a guy who could spend some of his time in a million other ways.

So I take the assumption he is doing this because he has put a lot of thought into it and wants to do it. Do it and succeed. As a football fan and now an Everton fan.

It doesn't bother me in the slightest if he makes a profit in turning us around and/or likes the ego boost, but as far as the latter is concerned, he seems the complete opposite of the attention-seeking type.

The whole commotion about last summer and £60m bids for players has come and gone and most folk have settled down to a more realistic view of what he will bring to us.

After years of stagnation and regression I want it all now but we won't be getting it all now.

I do expect a significant improvement on-field over the remaining 2 years of Koeman's contract though, with several more exciting and considered signings to build the bulk of a squad that will serve us well in years to come, and give us genuine hope of UCL qualification and beyond.

Off-field I expect us to be innovative and target-driven to increase non-match revenue and grow sponsorship as much as possible. Board and CEO changes may not come for a while, vital and necessary though they are. Elstone may be there when PP is granted for BM but I would be amazed if he is still there for our first game. That's rather ironic.

Building work on BMD should also be well underway by the end of RK's contract and things visibly taking shape. In many ways the construction of the new stadium should/will act as a fitting metaphor and benchmark for the rebirth of the club as a fighting force, not quite Phoenix from the Ashes but not far off either.

The next two years will tell a lot, the next four will tell us pretty much everything. If he succeeds Moshiri will be long remembered with respect and fondness for dragging the club back into shape, fit for the 21st century and competing with clubs some of whom do not have half our history and prestige.
 
With Coleman, Bolasie and now Mori all likely out til 2018 and about 5 others out the door in the summer it's fair to say Moshiri needs to be spending massive money in the summer transfer window especially if we get Europa League.
 

madkiwi said:
Let's plug in a few figures to get a ball park idea on how this would all work. LCC being asset rich are able to borrow at a lower rate (has been said to be half) what a business could borrow at.

Let's say that's 2% versus 4% (seems about right from some quick searching). Let's also say the stadium costs £350,000,000. What does this mean over a 40 year loan?

At 2% you're repaying £12,700,000 annually. At 4% you're repaying £17,600,000 annually. That's a savings of £4,900,000 by borrowing through LCC. You're actually still making money on the deal after giving LCC their £4,000,000 fee.

Just on that basis alone this seems like a no-brainer to me, and there are also many other benefits in financing this way.
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Realistically, unless it's a complete 'kin shed, over £500M.
 
That sounds like an early warning from Elstone that money in the summer wont be vast.

“Also, perhaps an ingredient less tangible, there’s a widening belief that it’s not just about money. As the club has proven many times in the past, it is possible to outperform budget.

“The signs are very positive. Young players are pushing for places, results are good and confidence is running high - and the manager is at the heart of that. His steely determination, his burning ambition and his calm and understated approach are very Everton. And, as he would say himself, it is ultimately about actions, not words.

“We can only convince by results and we relish that challenge.

“When Man City or Chelsea made the step up, they were less constrained by Financial Fair Play rules than we are today. This, along with the overall player wage and transfer inflation, means that the gap is even harder to bridge now, hence we have to be smarter going about it, from our academy operations to player recruitment and building the right infrastructure at the club.”
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...lanning-crack-top-four/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw
 

tirion said:
you are wrong about everything mate
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The CEO of this club has just told you the cupboard is bare - in the best traditions of this club. It'll be player trading again this summer. Stones' sale was required for the purchasing to begin last summer, Lukaku's sale will be the starting gun for this summer's trading.

I'd concentrate your ire on that inconvenient truth if I were you...and I thank the Lord I'm not.
 

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