Kenwright on the transfer window!

[Basil Fawlty]

Kenwright On Transfers
by Matthew Gamble | Thursday 1 January 2009, 10:33

Everton chairman Bill Kenwright is confident Everton will improve their squad in the next transfer window.

Kenwright admits that transfer windows are stressful times for chairmen but he remains fully focussed on providing as much support as possible for manager David Moyes.

Moyes has already revealed that he expects to be dealing principally in the loan market next month.

Kenwright told evertonTV: "Hopefully we will be able to do some good deals in the January window.

"Nothing makes the transfer window easier. The only thing that makes it easier is the knowledge that you are as one. You can’t be 'got at' if you have total trust between chairman, board and manager."

Moyes has regularly gone on record to acknowledge that his chairman has been as accommodating as is financially possible throughout the Scot's tenure as Blues boss.

"David can’t say it often enough, he says it all the time, ‘I know if Bill Kenwright had it, I would have it’," continued Kenwright. "The club has already had my house up and down so many years, and we know exactly where we are at and as long as we are in it together. I don’t think we have ever failed each other on that respect. We know what we need, and we will be working 24/7, just as we were through the summer."

Despite other Premier League clubs having significantly deeper pockets through their wealty backers, Everton were still able to break their Club transfer record for the third successive summer when Marouane Fellaini arrived on September 1.

"People forget what was achieved this summer," continued Kenwright. "Because we loaned Pienaar last summer people forget that we bought him this summer. We extended the most important contract of all, which was David’s, and we brought in a remarkable young player (Fellaini).

"(There were) Several loan signings, which cost a few bob, and I do think that is beginning to bed in.

"We have been blessed over the years when we have made decisions early-on over the summer. This year it was just not possible. It was 24/7, non-stop, but the fact that it was deadline minute on deadline minute doesn’t negate the fact that we made some really good strategic moves in the summer."

New quote today from Billy boy, interesting

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Lee Molyneux signed for Southampton today as well by the way, good luck to him as he has had a couple of bad injuries but looked a pretty decent prospect a couple of years ago

 

[Goat]

Sharpens pitch fork. And rounds up a posse.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Hopefully any that we do bring in will have a bigger impact than Castillo and Jacobsen have had so far. We need all hands to the pump for the second half of the season.

 

[davek]

You see this part: "Nothing makes the transfer window easier. The only thing that makes it easier is the knowledge that you are as one. You can’t be 'got at' if you have total trust between chairman, board and manager."

...be afraid, be very afraid. He's obviously referencing other teams interest in our players. It looks as though he's saying that any decision to sell a player will a collective decision. Flame proof Bill.

As for "People forget what was achieved this summer. Because we loaned Pienaar last summer people forget that we bought him this summer"

Well maybe he thinks we forgot that Carsley went off the payroll, the McFadden money was 'there' from last January, and we sold Johnson too...all of which trumps the cash spent in the summer.

It's not like him to misinform is it?

 

[Goat]

Hopefully any that we do bring in will have a bigger impact than Castillo and Jacobsen have had so far. We need all hands to the pump for the second half of the season.

Slightly harsh, i mean Castillo looks fairly decent, he needs games tho and its hard to "blood" players in slap bang in the middle of a season, Super Lars was just unlucky, but you have to question the logic of getting in ANOTHER RB, but he cost nothing and im sure his wages arent huge.

But i agree, we are at the business end of the season, we cant afford passengers.

 

[McBain]

We havent bought/loaned anyone yet?

Tut tut.*

*Wags finger

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

If Bill was grinning from ear to ear we have a couple of loans thats he likes anyway. I still believe it's no one the media has linked us with yet.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

*cough* Riquelme *cough*

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

You never know. The rumour that just won't go away.

**looks up for divine enlightenment on the Everton transfer Front**

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Think it's only me that mentions it though mate

 

[TX Bill]

As far as I'm concerned, Castillo needs to be put to use.

He's shown he can play.

 

[linglong]

You see this part: "Nothing makes the transfer window easier. The only thing that makes it easier is the knowledge that you are as one. You can’t be 'got at' if you have total trust between chairman, board and manager."

...be afraid, be very afraid. He's obviously referencing other teams interest in our players. It looks as though he's saying that any decision to sell a player will a collective decision. Flame proof Bill.

As for "People forget what was achieved this summer. Because we loaned Pienaar last summer people forget that we bought him this summer"

Well maybe he thinks we forgot that Carsley went off the payroll, the McFadden money was 'there' from last January, and we sold Johnson too...all of which trumps the cash spent in the summer.

It's not like him to misinform is it?

I think its called spin..

 

[linglong]

As far as I'm concerned, Castillo needs to be put to use.

He's shown he can play.

Aye he hasnt looked to bad from what little ive seen of him..as for jacobson he was someone to make up the numbers when things got sticky in the summer to me at least.

 

[Axlswhk]

If kenwright dies, who will run the club?