Everton criticised over money wastage by Nikica Yelavic after Finch Farm visit – Sky Sports
Nikica Jelavic has stopped short of outwardly criticising Farhad Moshiri’s running of Everton but said the club were much more careful with spending before him.
The 37-year-old, who is now embarking on a managerial career and has designs on taking the Goodison Park job, visited Finch Farm last week during the international break, according to Sky Sports.
He previously spent two and a half seasons on Merseyside before Moshiri’s arrival, and noted how much more cautious the club was with its money before the current owner’s time in charge, which has seen the Everton slip into repeat relegation battles and financial issues.
The former Toffees forward told Sky Sports: “Everton spent a lot of money and they didn’t do well. Who made mistakes? I don’t know.
“But, when I was there they were choosing players and how to spend money much, much more carefully.”
Putting it lightly
Jelavic is clearly very fond of the club from his time under David Moyes, and if he has plans to one day manage he is not going to come out and blast the man who might still be in place to be giving out that job.
That is especially true since he visited the training ground last week, but it is clear for all to see that the governance of the club’s finances have been cavalier to say the least.
Even if the sudden Premier League charge proves unfounded, and there are suspicions around the timing of it, that doesn’t escape the fact that hundreds of millions have been spent on players and managers with very little to show for it.
The fact that multiple Everton bosses have translated an exit from Goodison Park onto top jobs in La Liga or at international level suggests that the outside football world sees a lack of success at the club as par for the course.
In the days of Moyes there was very little spent, and in light of the now-West Ham boss’ struggles this year after a major spree in East London he is clearly at his best when on a budget.
Spending was always going to be necessary if Everton were going to challenge at the top of English football again, but anyone with billions in the bank can chuck it around.
Moshiri, the man who brought him in Bill Kenwright, and the board that they have put together, were supposed to have expertise in making sensible decisions but the last few years have proven anything but.