Jamie Carragher rages at Everton board as MSP investment deal collapses
Jamie Carragher has reiterated his claim that Everton are one of the worst run clubs in the country after the deal for investment from MSP collapsed.
The Toffees had entered exclusive talks with MSP Sports Capital over a 25% stake and investment into the club to help ease the financial issues at the club, but this week the talks collapsed after they withdrew from the process.
And Carragher, writing in his column for The Telegraph (25 August), believes the news was almost expected because of how the club is run and cited Mike Ashley’s time at Newcastle as a comparison.
“I have read some comparisons between Moshiri’s Everton and Mike Ashley’s era at Newcastle United – two huge clubs desperate for someone competent to take control,” he said.
“To me, there is a massive difference. Everton got the billionaire owner they believed would take them to the next level. Unlike at Newcastle during their lowest periods, Moshiri cannot be accused of lacking ambition. He spent a fortune.
“What has been missing is the expertise to use those resources properly. Now they are suffering because he cannot even buy his way out of trouble because of the Premier League spending rules. The players Everton are being linked with today are Championship standard – squad players who will not get in the starting XI if everyone is fit.
“The latest setback with American investors MSP no longer buying a share of the club was met with as much pessimistic expectation as surprise. I said last year Everton are one of the worst-run clubs in the country and that news did nothing to undermine the argument.
“Nothing goes smoothly at Everton, and yet the potential still remains if they ever get their act together.”
Horror show
Nobody will accuse Moshiri of not putting his hand in his pocket when it comes to Everton, but that doesn’t absolve him of blame here.
Yes he’s spent a lot of money, but he spent it on the wrong players because he insisted on making the wrong decisions by listening to agents. He also hired managers that were wrong and has constantly made decisions that have put us in the hole we’re in.
He’s building a new stadium, but now struggling to fund it and as it stands the club have no money to really bolster the squad for the current season in the transfer market despite avoiding relegation in the last two seasons by the skin of our teeth.
He deserves blame too, but it’s not only down to him that Everton are where we are. That’s why we need a new board, a new owner and new decision makers to get this great club back to where it belongs.
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