Would you take back Steve Walsh?

[alvinh]

You would hope so but...
Courtesy of Keith Prytherch
...Has anyone read the recent interview with Steve Walsh? If true, it makes you wonder who was actually pulling the strings at Everton...
Where we only interested in big money marquee signings?
Extract below

Walsh told the Athletic : “While I was at Everton, I offered them Andrew Robertson and Harry Maguire deals, when they were at Hull, and it was worth £20 million for the pair. Everton wouldn’t take them.
“I had a deal done for Jonny Evans too before he came to Leicester, but again they wouldn’t take him. Erling Haaland, the striker with Salzburg, I had him and his dad at the club with a deal done for £3. 4m (€4m). The club wouldn’t back me.”

This just reinforces how dysfunctional the structure was. There's a director of football who is such in name only, whilst a big name manager is intent on doing his own thing. That's how you wind up with multiple player stats in the sam position and obvious shortages elsewhere.

Fwiw I think Walsh is probably a good identifier of talent, but he remains entirely unproven in the DOF role that's he was allegedly occupying at Everton.

 

[Nymzee]

He's trying to save his reputation.

"yeah, 16 year old at the time striker, the one banging in goals for fun in the champions league now, knew he was going to be good before everyone else"


Haaland was actually close to being released then - he wasn't growing or too small. He wen through a huge growth spurt in the last year and a half which is why he's sudden;y come out of nowhere.

I mean, just none of that is correct:

Next Generation 2017: 60 of the best young talents in world football

From Vinicius Júnior, who has already signed for Real Madrid, to ‘the Romanian Donnarumma’ the Guardian identifies 60 of the best players in the world born in 2000

www.theguardian.com

 

[Nymzee]

Who pushed for Bolassie? I know no one was to know he'd do his ACL, but it was big money for a guy who was arguably quite a limited player?

Koeman

 

[ganistuk]

Didn't stop you recommending an awful lot of other overpriced dross though did it Steve... and for all we know the personal terms he had promised were undeliverable. It is not just agreeing a fee and inviting them for a tour of Finch Farm. Is he still unemployed? If so, clearly touting himself to splurge some other fans hard earned cash in the January transfer window.

Strange he didn't mention all the players he allegedly also lined up on his infamous tour of Italy with his bag-carriers!

 

[alvinh]

Koeman

So at risk of oversimplification, I think the Bolassie transfer was emblematic of a search for quick, expensive fixes, which isn't what you hire Walsh for. Anyone could have pointed at Gylfi or Bolassie and said get them, what you pay Walsh for is the next Kante.

I think the real mistake was hiring Koeman.

 

[Yarrgh]

15/16 he would have been with Walsh in charge, so I'm pretty sure he's just attaching his name to a rising star.

Better at spotting teenage talent than Prince Andrew in Tramp's night club.

 

[Saint Domingo]

You would hope so but...
Courtesy of Keith Prytherch
...Has anyone read the recent interview with Steve Walsh? If true, it makes you wonder who was actually pulling the strings at Everton...
Where we only interested in big money marquee signings?
Extract below

Walsh told the Athletic : “While I was at Everton, I offered them Andrew Robertson and Harry Maguire deals, when they were at Hull, and it was worth £20 million for the pair. Everton wouldn’t take them.
“I had a deal done for Jonny Evans too before he came to Leicester, but again they wouldn’t take him. Erling Haaland, the striker with Salzburg, I had him and his dad at the club with a deal done for £3. 4m (€4m). The club wouldn’t back me.”

I think Moshiri was in awe of Koeman. Klaasen Siggurdson Schneiderlin Martina almost certainly were his picks rather than Walsh’s. I’d imagine Kenwright probably had his oar in as well with the Rooney deal. Then we had the scouting targets like Lookman Gueye etc. then the pure farce ones like Vlasic who had a good game against us so we dropped 10 mill on him.

 

[Connor]

Has anyone ever broken down which players he signed and which players Koeman signed?

Koeman;

Siggurdsson
Klaassen
Martina
Rooney
Enner Valencia

Walsh;

Sandro
Keane
Pickford

Koeman did as much if not more damage.

There was more than those, someone had a spreadsheet and it wasn't pretty viewing.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Wouldnt have made much difference as its down to the coaching of said players in alot of instances.

Robertson for example would be nowhere near the player he is if he was managed by say Bruce - look at Sterling under Pep as another example.

Our manager and coaching staff are crap and it shows in good players like Richarlison, Pickford, Gomes etc being very inconsistent in their performances.

 

[zzr45]

Walsh is easily the biggest idiot to associated with the club in years. A proven liar and an utter moron that did more damage to Everton FC then Martinez, Koeman, BFS and Silva combined.

Martinez signed Funes Mori rather than sign Van Dijk.

 

[coollino]

he need a new back

 

[Moomin]

Better than Brands.

 

[mahermi1]

“Ok so Steve, why did you buy Gylfi Sigurdsson for £45m?” would be my sole counter question to all of that.

That sounds like Koeman wanted Sigurdsson, Koeman definitely wanted Klassen, BK = Rooney, maybe, just maybe our verdict on Steve Walsh has been a little unfair ? The three players mentioned, McGuire, Robertson and Haaland would have been worth a fortune now. And why say it when it is so easily disproven, must be some truth in it. Koeman has a lot to answer for the tit.

 

[DanB90]

Has anyone ever broken down which players he signed and which players Koeman signed?

Koeman;

Siggurdsson
Klaassen
Martina
Rooney
Enner Valencia

Walsh;

Sandro
Keane
Pickford

Koeman did as much if not more damage.

For me, the buck on failed transfers stops with Walsh.
I think both parties need to agree on a transfer, but he was the DoF, he shouldn’t have a coach dictating to him which players he wants.

 

[Tramps_mate]

Walsh told The Athletic: “While I was at Everton, I offered them Andrew Robertson and Harry Maguire deals, when they were at Hull, and it was worth £20 million for the pair. Everton wouldn’t take them.

“I had a deal done for Jonny Evans too before he came to Leicester, but again they wouldn’t take him. Erling Haaland, the striker with Salzburg, I had him and his dad at the club with a deal done for £3.4m (€4m). The club wouldn’t back me.”


Nah. Not having that. Who's gonna argue the toss with his comments?