Kia Joorabchian denies Everton influence
In an interview with talkSPORT this afternoon, agent Kia Joorabchian has denied he has an influence over the decisions made by Everton owner Farhad Moshiri.
Joorabchian said: “I've done three transfers of my players over the course of Farhad's tenure at Everton. Those three were Richarlison from Watford, which I think was very successful. There was a free transfer from Bernard from Shakhtar Donetsk who I don't think was a complete disaster and did very well.
“We had Carlo Ancelotti who is the only manager they have taken a recommendation. We always do the same with every club in the Premier League. When someone needs a manager, we always present our client.
“We always present of clients and then we were involved in the Anwar El Ghazi loan which was part of the Lucas Digne transfer and financial fair play. That didn't work out for them, there was a change of manager and when the new manager occurred, he wasn't in the new manager's plans.
“I recommended Vitor Periera. They went with Frank Lampard, that was very much a board decision. it was mentioned on Sky that Bill Kenwright and Denise Barrett-Baxendale had nothing to do there, Jamie [Carragher] mentioned that. People who say stuff like that haven't done their homework and are misinformed, that's unfair."