Joorabchian: Everton turned down Bruno, Militao
Football agent
Kia Joorabchian has revealed that
Everton turned down the chance to sign Brazil duo
Bruno Guimaraes and
Eder Militao when he offered them to the club as youngsters.
Joorbichan has a close relationship with Toffees owner
Farhad Moshiri and the football agent has revealed how many times the Toffees have turned away recommendations in recent years.
“In the past, we have offered them Bruno Guimaraes at £16million when he was leaving Athletico Paranaense. They didn’t like him and they went for Jean-Philippe Gbamin instead and Guimaraes went to Lyon,” Joorbichan told
talkSPORT.
“Diego Carlos when he was leaving Nantes, we offered him [to Everton] at £11m before he went to Sevilla, and now he’s at Aston Villa.
“We offered them Eder Militao when he was leaving [Sao Paulo] – now he’s staring at Real Madrid].”
And how much influence has Joorabchian had on the club's current signings?
“All the signings of the summer – James Tarkowski, Conor Coady, Neal Maupay, Dwight McNeil, the list goes on, all the loans and signings they [Everton] did – were done purely by them and the board,” he added.
“We didn’t have any involvement whatsoever.
“Unfortunately at this moment in time we don’t have any players who would suit them in that kind of relegation battle, or I would offer them.”