The media(SKY) have no idea what is happening at Everton, they really have very little knowledge about clubs outside the usual top four contenders.
They will, of course , link us with Danny Welbeck because it fits their idea of the kind of club Everton is... to be fair there were plenty of times when they would not have been wrong.
Anybody listening to Marcel Brands in recent weeks will understand the kind of players we want. Young, affordable wages and the ability to improve and increase their value so that Everton gains in one way or another.
I think it is unlikely we will be signing any current Premiership player as the better players will be very expensive and we really don't want anybody who is not better than what we already have and that is the job that faces Marcel Brands this summer.
We are an established Premiership team, we have had a largely disappointing season but will finish eight or at worse ninth. we have ambitions to do better but unlike some other clubs with similar ambitions we have spent enough money to have given us a chance to challenge for at least top six but we have largely squandered that money. We may be after Championship players but we also know they are hardly cheap.
In summary, we are a club that can attract most players apart from those who have already proven themselves at high levels of football. I would use David Neres as an example and say that we could have signed him twelve months ago... but not now.
The great thing about football is that there are always new players coming through, players in the 18-20 age group that will be stars in a couple of years but are not there yet and hopefully Brands can tap into that group of players.
