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Sir Philip Carter has revealed the difficulties a club like Everton can be subject to during the transfer window - but has hailed the job David Moyes has done since joining in 2002.
Everton's former chairman and current Life President spoke to evertonTV at the opening of the new Everton Two store in the city centre of Liverpool.
And Sir Philip knows all about the excitement at a time when transfer speculation is rife.
"I think it's quite an exciting time," he exclusively told evertonTV. "As a previous chairman, I always found it exciting when you were looking for new players that the manager had indentified.
"When you secure them, you have a new element in your team.
"The work that goes on with the manager, the chairman, the chief executive and the board is quite considerable. The hard thing at the moment is the money that is needed to secure these transfers.
"It's difficult because you see that they are paying £80 million for Ronaldo, so the prices are increasing for the top players, so what David Moyes has done in indentifying players at an earlier level and spotting the potential is tremendous.
"From the point of view of what a player can now demand, they can make demands for things other than just their salary. And from that point of view, going back twenty years it was a much simpler job in those days."
Moyes is yet to secure his first signing ahead of the 2009/10 season, however Sir Philip believes the return of the likes of Yakubu and Mikel Arteta will be like new additions to the squad.
"I think we are all looking forward to the introduction of new players.
"But we have to remember if we get players that have been injured during the last season back, they will be like new players for us. And with them returning we have to have a successful season."
FOR FOOKS SAKE.
So whos excited? Whos peed off? Whos non plused?
Sir Philip Carter has revealed the difficulties a club like Everton can be subject to during the transfer window - but has hailed the job David Moyes has done since joining in 2002.
Everton's former chairman and current Life President spoke to evertonTV at the opening of the new Everton Two store in the city centre of Liverpool.
And Sir Philip knows all about the excitement at a time when transfer speculation is rife.
"I think it's quite an exciting time," he exclusively told evertonTV. "As a previous chairman, I always found it exciting when you were looking for new players that the manager had indentified.
"When you secure them, you have a new element in your team.
"The work that goes on with the manager, the chairman, the chief executive and the board is quite considerable. The hard thing at the moment is the money that is needed to secure these transfers.
"It's difficult because you see that they are paying £80 million for Ronaldo, so the prices are increasing for the top players, so what David Moyes has done in indentifying players at an earlier level and spotting the potential is tremendous.
"From the point of view of what a player can now demand, they can make demands for things other than just their salary. And from that point of view, going back twenty years it was a much simpler job in those days."
Moyes is yet to secure his first signing ahead of the 2009/10 season, however Sir Philip believes the return of the likes of Yakubu and Mikel Arteta will be like new additions to the squad.
"I think we are all looking forward to the introduction of new players.
"But we have to remember if we get players that have been injured during the last season back, they will be like new players for us. And with them returning we have to have a successful season."
FOR FOOKS SAKE.
So whos excited? Whos peed off? Whos non plused?
