Everton shareholder Mike Parry warns fans to be very careful amid Farhad Moshiri and Todd Boehly comparison as Chelsea sack Graham Potter
Mike Parry has warned football fans to “be very careful what you wish for” as he agreed with comparisons between the Everton and Chelsea owners.
Stamford Bridge chief Todd Boehly sacked his second manager of the year in Graham Potter on Sunday (3 April), after removing Thomas Tuchel earlier this season, and has spent an unprecedented £600million-plus in just over 10 months at the club [Sky Sports, 1 February].
That has drawn parallels with the turmoil at Goodison Park under Farhad Moshiri, with the club currently battling both relegation and financial concerns after his £700million spent on players [Guardian, 24 January], and Toffees shareholder Parry believes the two club chiefs show the grass is not always greener.
Responding on Twitter to the suggestion that Boehly is behaving like Moshiri he wrote: “I couldn’t agree more .. To ALL fans of ALL clubs ..
“Be very careful what you wish for because what you’ve already got might turn out to be a hell of a lot better than what comes next when you try to play games with the culture of your club – Everton.”
Chaos
If Chelsea were seen as unpredictable under Roman Abramovich then that image has shot off the charts since American Boehly and Behdad Eghbali took over last summer.
In many ways Everton under Moshiri attempted to emulate the previous model under the Russian oligarch at Stamford Bridge, but have come badly unstuck in having nothing to show for the expenditure.
While Chelsea under Abramovich could live with the chaos thanks to a steady stream of trophies and millions brought in via player sales, they are struggling in 11th place this year and are far more resemblant of Moshiri’s Everton reign with nothing of the sort in return for the huge outlay.
In light of the way Everton have gone from challenging for the Champions League to fighting back to back relegation battles since their current owner was brought in by Bill Kenwright, there are plenty who would prefer to go back to the days of David Moyes where the club thrived relatively speaking without much spending power.
It shows how poorly things have been run since that the hundreds of millions that were poured into the club by Moshiri have actually brought about a situation where the Toffees are both worse off and not allowed to spend what they do have.
And Chelsea fans will certainly be pining for the days of Abramovich if their new regime continues to resemble Moshiri and company.