That’s a very fair point mate and I’d accept it, personally I think we made a deal with him last summer that we would let him leave and honouring that, I’ve accepted he’s going, but I think the deal is soft, so I’d be harder on a few of 80 mill. Or else I’d be a obstructive, like Spurs were with Kane last season, or say how Swansea were with us…Spurs have a very volatile manager so I’d be triggering that.
To answer your questions, without a sale the budget is tight, with the scope in wages you may have some wiggle room in terms of one deal, two loans and the likes of a Tarowoski loan - basically a Moyes window! lol But of course you are keeping Richarilson and that has worth.
Would you trust Everton to pull off a Moyes window? Probably not….But then would trust them not to waste a 30-40 mill in costs budget, I probably wouldn’t either….
It’s a soft deal overall for me weighing it all up, it’s not game changing for us and I think we will be working hard to improve on what we’ve lost to what we will gain, not impossible, but won’t be easy and our record is rotten in player trading.