Farhad Moshiri

[TheCount]

Who we signing today Moshi? Bored already

 

[peteblue]

Feel good about winning cups and getting a CL spot. Talk about lowering the bar of what should be seen as success...paying for a raft of players with cash the club merely gets from selling our two best players.

I don't think we will miss either of them. Neither wants to be at the club, get good money and get shut. I'm pleased with the business that's currently being done and there is no doubt that the club is being seen as moving forward both on and off the pitch. My RS mate has gone very quiet lately and even being totally biased acknowledges what is happening, perhaps we should too. This would not have happened without Moshiri........

 

[JLW]

He hasn't taken anything out of his pocket to be remunerated for.

It'll all pretty much balance out in the end.

My belief that we'll see another £20+M net spend is still the likely outcome of this window, IMO.

He doesn't need to dip into his own pocket we receive over 100m from sky, which I assume we are spending now. So the Lukaku money can be spent without him opening his wallet!! I believe we will spend another 40-50 mil regardless of Lukaku sale or not.. if he is sold then I expect that to be higher..

 

[nsno-chris]

'Snakes and Judas's'.

Lol.

They're just too good for the team. This manager cant impress them and/or alienates them They want out because of it. It's hard to handle for you, I know.

Never mind, he'll get players in he can control a bit more. Hard working drones mostly.

Onward and...erm...

Kone
Cleverly
DeloLungs
Niasse
McGeady
Gibson
Oviedo

Oh no how will we cope without them

 

[jinkyali]

That's a record transfer fee, I think we would of heard something if true so think your wrong on that Dave

But keep em coming for the entertainment

I can't see our transfer team currently having any desire let alone time to negotiate one of the biggest ever transfer deals right now.

My bet is the club wil wait to see if Rom comes back from jollies in same mindset and if so will tell Chelsea it's the 100m non negotiable.

 

[a bell maul]

Yeah, should have kept Stones then like you wanted, because he absolutely has no faults whatsoever.

I might be wrong (because I sometimes struggle with getting to grips with various posters employing sardonicism/sarcasm), but I suggest @davek is usually employing said. I think you might be taking what he posts too seriously, when most of it is intended tongue-in-cheek.

That's my take on it anyway...

 

[bring the ghost on]

It would defo have been the same if Kenwright was here. Same model.

Think you're in denial as it becomes more evident that there is clearly a pretty big change.

It's not a revolution, but long gone are the days when James Beattie was a marquee signing. Even if we do sell Lukaku (I fully expect we will), we have been clinical and efficient in getting out targets through the door early this summer - we've never seen anything like that before.

 

[Azza]

Can someone copy pasta this article?

 

[Groucho]

Lets be clear. Raiding relegated clubs for players isn't really anything to shout about. Seeing posts about signing Rodriguez from RM to take us to the next level, I mean what are some of you actually smoking? Deary me. He's probably never even heard of Everton.

Let me also be clear.

All clubs' fans are welcome here, and you don't have to pretend to be blue, but play the game eh? Be nice.

I've looked at your other posts. Banned.

 

[anton66]

Let me also be clear.

All clubs' fans are welcome here, and you don't have to pretend to be blue, but play the game eh? Be nice.

I've looked at your other posts. Banned.

Robbie Fowler/Alan Hansen?

 

[Titus Bramble]

Yeah, because it's just those two who've left and will leave.

*sigh*

Why are you arsed about players leaving if they haven't left?

 

[Jacko93]

Can someone copy pasta this article?

Peek beyond the headline figure, one which seemingly spirals by the week as another high-profile recruit arrives, and it is not just what Everton are doing in the transfer market which captures the attention but how they are doing it.

This is a club whose supporters have grown accustomed to seeing business completed moments before the window closes rather than delivering many targets before it had even opened. Deadline day will not quite be the same without the mad-cap rush to beat the clock.

Recent weeks will go down as the most expensive in Everton’s history, a period in which more than £95 million was lavished on signings such as Jordan Pickford, Davy Klaassen, Michael Keane, Sandro Ramírez, Henry Onyekuru and Cuco Martina (subject to confirmation), although the statement of intent had been delivered much earlier.

Everton have already completed a number of signings this summer, including KeaneANDREW MATTHEWS/EMPICS SPORT
Farhad Moshiri, the billionaire businessman who became Everton’s major shareholder in 2016, does not make many public utterances, which is a shame given the chord he struck when addressing a general meeting back on January 4.

In a short speech, he realigned focus onto the pitch where the true barometer of success at any club has to be measured."

We don’t want to be a museum, we want to be competitive and we want to win,” said Moshiri. “We don’t have all the time in the world. We have a window to establish ourselves.”

This window - and the spending will not stop with Gylfi Sigurdsson and Olivier Giroud targets and the prospect of bringing Wayne Rooney back to Goodison Park, either on loan or permanently – has left Evertonians understandably pinching themselves.

EVERTON’S SIGNINGS SO FAR THIS SUMMER

• Jordan Pickford (from Sunderland) £30m
• Davy Klaassen (Ajax) £23.6m
• Henry Onyekuru (Eupen) £7m
• Sandro Ramírez (Malaga) £5.25m
• Michael Keane (Burnley) £30m
• Total: £95.85m

Everton have spent around £170 million (recouping more than £70 million) since the arrival of Moshiri, who spent about £85 million to buy a 49.9 per cent stake and put up £80 million in the form of an interest-free loan to pay down debts of £54 million.

His finance has proved transformational but the test is translating it on to the pitch. Yet in becoming relevant again Everton are benefiting from a collision of new money and increased ambition, transfer nous and continuity.

Koeman has been able to convince players of Everton’s potentialPA/PRESS ASSOCIATION
Director of football, Steve Walsh, is considered to possess an eye for a player and manager Ronald Koeman boasts a certain mystique for prospective targets as well as authority having retreated to Portugal over the summer, while chairman Bill Kenwright proceeded with delivering on a clear vision designed to harness potential and, in other cases, proven ability.

“Clearly the level of resource we now have at our disposal, following Farhad’s investment in the club, is making a difference,” said Everton chief executive officer, Robert Elstone. “But the way we operate in the transfer window, and indeed how we manage the business, remains based on the same principles we’ve worked to for many years.

“We’ve always had ambition and always supported our managers as much as we possibly can. We’ve traded well over many seasons - and the experience, discipline and creativity we’ve developed stands us in good stead now we have increased funds to work with.

A new Everton is threatening to emerge as quickly as the plans for a shimmering new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock
“In Steve Walsh, we know we’ve got someone leading our scouting who has a great eye for a player to take to Ronald and the board for consideration - and ultimately for the chairman to negotiate and bring to the club.

“As I’m sure everyone appreciates, Ronald is also a big draw for players when they’re considering whether to join us.”

It would have made little sense to take the role of negotiator-in-chief off Kenwright given his track record as one of the best in football. He remains responsible for persuading Moshiri to sell his stake in Arsenal and come on board, convincing him Everton’s “debts were assets” as Moshiri, himself, put it.

Kenwright knows only too well how Everton’s fortunes have changed, both figuratively and literally, having spent years where the early stages of his summer were eaten up negotiating with the banks to cut the club some slack .

And so there has inevitably been an adjustment he will have had to make when rival clubs recognise how the landscape has changed at Goodison Park and ask for bigger fees, players seek bigger wages and agents demand larger cuts. His ownership was spent railing against being ripped off and trying to make every penny count.

Moshiri has transformed the club’s fortunes by offering his unconditional support to KenwrightTIMES PHOTOGRAPHER BRADLEY ORMESHER
It is here that Moshiri’s backing is best evident as he offers unconditional support which allows deals to be driven to conclusion without quibble.

There is no guarantee in-roads into the natural order will follow or that the glass ceiling will be smashed. Keane has potential for further improvement and interested former club Manchester United, but not sufficiently for them to go all out for him.

Pickford feels like an immediate upgrade on Joel Robles and Maarten Stekelenburg, but there is a clear onus on Koeman to now deliver with Everton clearly not content with viewing themselves as the best of the rest.

Whether or not Romelu Lukaku’s £100 million departure offsets the current outlay misses the point. A new Everton is threatening to emerge as quickly as the plans for a shimmering new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock. Expect more expensive times to follow.

 

[davek]

Think you're in denial as it becomes more evident that there is clearly a pretty big change.

It's not a revolution, but long gone are the days when James Beattie was a marquee signing. Even if we do sell Lukaku (I fully expect we will), we have been clinical and efficient in getting out targets through the door early this summer - we've never seen anything like that before.

We're front loading the spending in the sound knowledge that Lukaku + Barkley + Deulofeu + McCarthy comfortably covers it all.

We'll see how much of a change there's been on August 31st 11pm.

 

[Kever10]

What is this fascination with Net Spend? If we can sell 1 player who doesn't want to be here for £90m and improve the squad by bringing in 5 who do, that's a positive to me.

Coming from a position when we've had years and years of negative spend only to sign free transfers and loans to fill our squad, it's great to be able to spend on players we want, instead of players who will do a job, regardless of whether that money is dependent on a sale.

The squad is improving, and I'm happy with the direction we are going. If Rom wants out, let him. Thanks for the goals, and goodbye.

 

[Abraders]

Sign more players moshi