Just can’t see Bowen for multiple reasons
He’ll burn any ‘legend’ status he has at the club if he leaves in the middle of a relegation battle
His family is down there
The West Ham owners would spark a riot if they sold him
He’d be expensive and the wrong age profile for Everton who recently showed their strategy by investing in Dibling Aznou Barry Alcaraz Rohl.
Right now though there’ll be a lad in the championship who will be the next Bowen and he’ll come up with a newly promoted team or get bought by a bottom half team and in a few seasons we’ll all be saying why didn’t we buy x player. Well now is the time to buy him instead of Bowen.
The good thing about Moyes is he’ll know the championship better than absolutely anyone and if there’s talent in there we’ll be in for it, as he seems to trust that league as a development ground for players much more than any others.
It’s a good strategy to follow and one I’ve wanted the club to pursue for a long time since Moyes left. We can compete for very good championship players whereas lots of players abroad in the top leagues abroad can get European football if they stay where they are or will wait until a CL club from the prem comes in for them. Fofana being a prime example. Dibling was a much more sensible and achievable buy for us who i think will end up being a much more valuable asset than Fofana.