I never understand the shouts for wait until September to judge us....why FFS, season starts in August, that's when you need to be prepared and ready, mentally and physically with the personnel to do the job you (Everton manager) want done.
Yet who can tell me the last time we started a season...
Sainz and Sargeant got all the plaudits from them last year but ask their fans and this lad was there stand out player.
Watched him a few times and he's decent, big step up to PL though
And this is the part that is a concern. They have had long enough to gauge if plan A players are actually keen on signing for Everton or whether we are being strung along.
When do we say plan A isn't working, times running out and we need to move to our second list of players we want and see...
This window and the circumstances feel akin to the first transfer window Man United had post Ferguson when Moyes and Ed Woodward had an absolute nightmare, to the point it was hailed as disastrous.
Moyes even admitted he had no back up plan when Woodwards utter hopelessness at trying to sign...
I've heard from a Norwich season ticket holder, they will be in for him on loan if/when Sargeant signs for Wolfsburg.
No idea how sourced he is so take with a pinch of salt
The position we are in and still hamstring by PSR by all accounts, this decision makes sense.
Maybe not the exciting one we hoped for but definitely one that will get the best out of what we have for now