Everton majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri could be primed for a £70m splurge this summer after the sales of Moise Kean and Anthony Gordon.
The Toffees have been busy selling star forwards during this season with Gordon joining Newcastle United at the end of the January transfer window for a sizeable £45m fee [Sky Sports, 30 January]
Everton also allowed Italian international Kean to permanently join Juventus after The Old Lady made the decision to trigger the permanent clause in the loan agreement early, for a fee believed to be €28million [£25million] according to GOAL Italia’s Romeo Agresti.
This should be a timely boost to the club’s finances ahead of what is surely going to be an incredibly busy and eventful summer transfer window, assuming Sean Dyche can keep the club in the Premier League.
The Blues have been desperate for attacking quality since Gordon’s move with Dyche forced to rely on the likes of Alex Iwobi, Demarai Gray, Dwight McNeil, and Ellis Simms for attacking inspiration in recent weeks after the constant injury troubles to key man Dominic Calvert-Lewin and the lack of form from summer signing Neal Maupay.
Moshiri had claimed ahead of the January window that a striker would be brought in to aid the club’s lack of quality in front of goal but amid Frank Lampard being sacked and replaced by Dyche, not a single player arrived as promised.
The Merseysiders have been linked with a plethora of attacking talents in recent weeks, suggesting Moshiri and the Toffees board are desperate to overhaul the squad, with moves for Iliman Ndiaye, Viktor Gyokeres, Duvan Zapata, and Sheraldo Becker all being reported recently.
Everton has been guilty of some poor spending in the past with much of the current squad a symptom of poor recruitment and squad management in recent years, which means Dyche’s summer window may not prove to be as refreshing and as easy as one would hope.
£70m is considerable money to overhaul an ailing squad but it’s incredibly paramount that the Toffees improve their recruitment model and squad building to avoid yet another relegation challenge next season.
With the Everton fans desperate for improvements in the future, this summer may provide Moshiri and the much-maligned board with the chance to redeem themselves. No pressure.
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