Everton fire sale update emerges for transfer window after behind-scenes cost-cutting measures
Everton will not go through a “fire sale” during the upcoming transfer window after putting in extensive work to reduce costs, according to Giulia Bould.
The BBC journalist said in an update on the broadcaster’s Toffees page (12.34pm, 3 June) that although a “huge” offer for a player who wants out would likely be enough to lead to an exit there is no prospect of the club being “bullied” into letting all their key men go.
777 Partner’s nine-month long attempt to buy the club from Farhad Moshiri may now be over but according to Bould there has been sufficient hard work behind the scenes to make savings so Everton can withstand transfer offers they don’t like.
It has been widely reported that the Toffees need to make at least one major sale before 30 June to help avoid a third profit and sustainability breach.
She wrote: “One thing though is Everton won’t be bullied. There won’t be a fire sale. They worked incredibly hard to bring the wage bill down and outgoings down.
“Like the majority of clubs, if a huge offer comes in for a player and a player wants to leave, they’ll probably have to take it. But there won’t be a fire sale at Everton.”
Sean Dyche to keep Jarrad Branthwaite at Everton?
Jarrad Branthwaite is the jewell in the crown of the potential departures from Goodison Park this term, with Manchester United thought to be at the head of a queue of interested clubs.
But the likes of Amadou Onana, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Jordan Pickford have also been linked to exits, while there are various other players the club wouldn’t mind sacrificing this summer.
On balance Onana is probably the one big name Sean Dyche could most easily accommodate losing but despite extensive links for some months there is said to be no avenue to selling him at present [Sky Sports, 29 May].
And if Everton do have to make a move before the end of the month to help balance the books the inability to move the Belgian midfielder would necessarily increase the pressure on losing on of their other stars.
Finances are surely tight by any measure at Goodison Park currently, with 777’s £200million-plus injection adding to extensive third-party debt.
But if it is the case that costs have been brought down significantly to the point where the club’s hierarchy can negotiate from a solid position through the window it would be a major positive.
In other Everton news, the club are already locked in to pay a pair of transfer fees this month.
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