Neville Southall tears into Marcel Brands for poor Everton signings
Neville Southall has criticised Marcel Brands for making poor signings during his time at Everton.
The former club director of football left his job this midway this season after Everton made a poor start under Rafa Benitez.
The fans weren’t impressed with the players being signed by him. Benitez has also been shown the door by the club last week (16 January).
The former great Everton goalkeeper told Liverpool Echo: “I think Marcel Brands was horrendous. I honestly believe he did a disservice to Everton, I don’t think he was any good.
“Some of the players that he brought in, if you slammed a door they fell over, they were that weak.
“I can understand the two younger lads who were brought in this month because while they’re quite raw and inexperienced, they’ll hopefully be alright for the future but while you can buy a couple of them, fans want to see proven quality come through the door.”
Spot on
While Benitez deserves a lot of blame for failing to win matches, no one can deny that some of the players signed by the club in recent years have been really poor.
Farhad Moshiri has pumped loads of money into the club in buying players. However, no manager has been able to keep the consistency, with Benitez having the poorest record of all.
Some of the transfer decisions taken by the club have been really baffling. For instance, Moise Kean who joined from Juventus on a big-money fee hardly got a chance to show his worth at the club.
While there have been some good signings as well, like Ben Godfrey, Everton needed more of that kind. Instead, money has been wasted on players like Alex Iwobi.
Southall is spot on here. Everton need to take a lurch in a fresh direction. There must be a proper transfer strategy in place.
In other Everton news, the Toffees are plotting January loan-to-buy bid for centre-mid hailed by Jack Grealish last month.
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