[imga=left]http://www.4thegame.com/media/00/03/44/moyes_david_efc_profile_2006.jpg[/imga]Everton manager David Moyes has admitted that although he would like to add more players to his current crop of players, he does not have the money to compete with 'the top end' of the Premiership.
While this will come as no surprise to most Evertonians, some are starting to question why we have no money. Currently, Everton have only spent £4m bringing in Phil Jagielka but with the sale of Simon Davies to Fulham for £3m in January and Gary Naysmith for £1m only last week, European qualification, extra television money on top of the wages of David Weir, Richard Wright and Alessandro Pistones all being removed from the wage budget, fans had hoped that the club would be more active in the transfer window and are growing increasingly inpatient.
David Moyes: "We'd like to add to the squad and I know the supporters are desperate to see new faces coming in, no more so than me, but things out there in the market are tight,"
"But we are certainly doing everything we can to strengthen the squad and give ourselves a chance. We've done it that way for the past few years and we'll continue to do so."
"I can understand that because I've been a supporter, in fact I still am a supporter, but we're always quite cagey here and we don't give too much away partly because people know that we don't have the funds to compete at the top end," he said.
"I think there has been some irresponsible buying and spending by some clubs and it makes it a bit more difficult if you've got less money to spend than that."
What do you think? Is it because of Kenwright? Is it Wyness or Moyes fault? maybe even Pierluigi Collinas fault?, or smaller clubs fault for paying ridiculous money for average players?
Discuss Evertons transfer activity (or lack of it) in our Everton forums with fans across the globe!
While this will come as no surprise to most Evertonians, some are starting to question why we have no money. Currently, Everton have only spent £4m bringing in Phil Jagielka but with the sale of Simon Davies to Fulham for £3m in January and Gary Naysmith for £1m only last week, European qualification, extra television money on top of the wages of David Weir, Richard Wright and Alessandro Pistones all being removed from the wage budget, fans had hoped that the club would be more active in the transfer window and are growing increasingly inpatient.
David Moyes: "We'd like to add to the squad and I know the supporters are desperate to see new faces coming in, no more so than me, but things out there in the market are tight,"
"But we are certainly doing everything we can to strengthen the squad and give ourselves a chance. We've done it that way for the past few years and we'll continue to do so."
"I can understand that because I've been a supporter, in fact I still am a supporter, but we're always quite cagey here and we don't give too much away partly because people know that we don't have the funds to compete at the top end," he said.
"I think there has been some irresponsible buying and spending by some clubs and it makes it a bit more difficult if you've got less money to spend than that."
What do you think? Is it because of Kenwright? Is it Wyness or Moyes fault? maybe even Pierluigi Collinas fault?, or smaller clubs fault for paying ridiculous money for average players?
Discuss Evertons transfer activity (or lack of it) in our Everton forums with fans across the globe!
