Sagat
Player Valuation: £500k
The chickens have come home to roost at Everton. I've said before (elsewhere) that we have spent ridiculous amounts of money trying to gamble on a Champions League place and it has backfired.This is the first transfer window in 5 years that we haven't spent big.
I have no trouble with not spending £60/70m on players given the last few managers and their "vision".
I am hugely disappointed we still haven't addressed our right back position but given that we tried to sign Dumfries, Patterson, Maitland-Niles but got rejected, it still isn't good enough from Brands because that has been a position for SEASONS we have struggled with so no excuse really.
Regarding Diaz deal with James, that was just a shambles from start to finish. If Porto wanted James, it was a straight free transfer to get him off the books and where this 30m bid came from is anyone's guess.
We are similar to last season in terms of the squad but with all teams around us strengthen it will be a huge ask of Benitez to get the best out of a squad of misfits on huge wages.
The only positive is we can reset our FFP and next season, we will be far more active.
To be honest I'm angry with Moshiri most. He is the man at the top and he will have had to give the go ahead and must take responsibility. This is a man who has spent a good few years at Arsenal and should have experience of running a football club. It's a rude awaking for him and he must now cut his cloth accordingly and face the wrath of a fanbase that was promised so much and delivered so little