Whats not to like or distrust? I see Moshiri as a very clever facilitator with a clear plan to make Everton truly competitive in a staged, sustainable way. Everton FC is an opportunity in the PL but also the city of Liverpool and the waterfront. His vision appears to me to make the new look Liverpool city & waterfront (Liver Birds as well) very much Everton Royal Blue. If this was LFC, we would all be absolutely gutted - it probably would have spelt the death knell for our club ever becoming a major force again had he rolled up at Analfield.
From what I can see, FM is well on track to achieve his long term vision and BMD will be the key to our long term growth, global marketability and competitiveness. Talking about net spends is all very well and we would almost certainly have spent some (all - I doubt it!) of the £90mill from Lukaku on other players had Moshiri not been here. That would likely have been it though and I certainly don't think we would have had the same players through the door - we could not have afforded their wages in the long term nor offered them the ambition/vision that Moshiri has brought. Not sure if people have noticed but we are also spending big on young players that won't be competing for the first team positions for a number of years. This is an important part of the long term approach and probably part of a 'business within the business' - if they cannot get in at Goodison, we will recylce them at a tidy profit to others clubs - Chelski have been doing this very well for many years.
With Mosh, Ryantsev etc. at the helm we have been able to:
- entice a manager that was a world class footballer and one of the most famous defenders of all time. His fame puts us on the map.
- attract a Director of Football from the PL champions
- continue spending because our previous debt has been dealt with (Sigurdsson and others will happen)
- offer player wages that we previously could not (Rooney, Schneiderlein)
- facilitate and enable borrowing the finance required not only for moving from Goodison to a world class location but leaving a legacy in L4 that our community club can be proud
- entice club partners that were almost certainly previously our of reach - USM / Sure / Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
The next big step once BMD is revealed will almost certainly be more funding partners, possibly wealthier individuals or organisations than Farhad himself. Not sure if people have noticed but even though the are in the Champions League, LFC are not really spending too much! Looks to me like they must qualify first before any big outlays are agreed - they are not as rich as they make out, the yanks won't fund it themslves and that big stapler is
The last 2 years have been unbelievable for Evertonians everywhere. The next 5 years could be incredible. There will always be suspicion but so far everything that has happened demonstrates a club with new ambition, a potentially incredible future at a new stadium location and an owner that knows what it takes to get us there. Previously we had an owner that would have loved to take us there, but he didn't have the means. Now we have an owner that has the means and most importantly, the right friends in the right places. We might not be quite doing a Man City but we are a long way from looking over our shoulders at a relegation fight. There may still be the odd playing hiccup or derby defeat along the way but we are a long long way from plucky old Everton.
