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All signings carry risk, all managers/DOF get a lot right and get some horribly wrong. If they are lucky they can move on their mistakes and retrieve some of the damage.
Their is no point trying to allocate credit or blame for individual signings because we simply don't know who the main driver was for most... there are a few where it became clear who proposed the transfer e.g Godfrey and Doucoure. But, they probably would still not have happened if CA objected.
The argument that Brands does not pick the manager is an attempt to diminish the role in the club whereas the reality seems to be that he is at the very core of everything that is happening, even a director in a couple of companies including the one building the stadium.
Even though the Ancelotti episode finished badly I think Kenwright/Brands/Moshiri/Usmanov saw that for most of the season it worked well, money was largely well spent and I think they may have wanted to try to replicate that.
He also isn't coming to Everton
Mashtray
Player Valuation: £25m
Oh nice.
Did a quick Google and saw forward.
If he's a number 10 then James looks likely to be off. We could be covering our bases then
Yep and he left off Delph , Gomes and Iwobi
billyblue80
Player Valuation: £70m
May as well get back in the coffin until deadline dayme rn, waiting for us to do something
That aside, I assume we'll have our gaping holes in our squad exposed in 3 days, so it should put a bit of fire under brands and co, i'd hope
If we were about to lose Richarlison or DCL then we could do some business as well
billyblue80
Player Valuation: £70m
I'd honestly just go and get Dalot now. I think he would be more reasonable and is used to the league, wouldn't even have to move far. Even if we get Dumfries, which is a big if given Inter are sniffing around, he is going to have very little preseason.
me rn, waiting for us to do something
That aside, I assume we'll have our gaping holes in our squad exposed in 3 days, so it should put a bit of fire under brands and co, i'd hope
my God contract Dave has lost a lot of weight recently !
….I very much doubt Moshiri is involved at that level.
I’m sure Brands brought the likes of Doucoure & Godfrey in, not to mention those brought in earlier. I also think he is the conduit with the Board and manages the spend envelope.
I just wonder, though, if the power of veto is being exercised more by Benitez. Also, I wonder if Brands is a bit more reluctant to use his veto. All conjecture, of course.
I‘m not sure if this ’veto’ arrangement is in place at other clubs. I’m not against it as it makes sense for the Manager/DoF to be on the same page, but it does mean a strong willed Manager can virtually refuse any DoF generated deals.
I thought it was 30m euros , about 27m pounds...ish
What would be the managers motivation for doing that?
Besides, they've already brought in three players.
A quote from Brands a few years back;
Nobody has a clue anymore about Everton transfers.
Not even sure anyone at Everton knows who we want...
Which is the precise reason the Director of Football model has failed us - specifically why Brands has.
The role is supposed to provide certainty; it's done anything but.
He should be sacked, put bluntly.
I think they've given clarity and certainty. I mean, the quotes I've repeatedly shared from when Brands was promoted to the board leaves no doubt.
It's just fans choose to not believe it.
Harryflashman
Player Valuation: £60m
I think the problem is it’s clear ancelotti bought a couple , possible silva did richarlison and certainly Benitez bought Townsend so clearly the managers get their way at least some of the time so the lines of demarcation can become blurred and the others don’t always seem part of an overall strategy leading to the speculation You mentioned.
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