Everton have spent 535 million in the past 5 years, making them the 4th highest spenders in the premiership. Moshiri is a wealthy owner, but there are suggestions he is also backed by usmanov.

When you can afford the best accountants in the world, also lawyers in Man City’s case, FFP is nothing but a loop hole for them to overcome.

535m and they have literally achieved nothing. Probably exactly the same as they were before. That's without what they are paying Ancelotti,

Of all the players they have bought, I can only think of Digne who has actually performed. I'm pretty sure they had benched Richarlison and Siguardsson at some point last season, and Moise Kean has yet to arrive from Italy has he ?

We were actually ahead of them before our bad run.

I found that he assisted 5 and scored 4. And was very unlucky not to get on the scoring sheet a few times, especially in those last matches with big teams.

Assisted 10 and scored 10 the season before.

5 with 9 the one before that.

11 with 7 the one before.

Pretty much similar playing time each season, around 3.000 minutes.

No way Eberechi can replace him in the next 2-3 years. Eberechi is also much shorter, he is a different type of player. Zaha is pretty much top quality in the Premier League. I could see some players who can replace him, but it's hard.

I made this 1 and half years ago, so some of those names still stand. Others have gotten too old (Alessandrini, Gervinho) or injured (Thauvin, Iago Falque, Claesson) while others are simply too expensive (Oyarzabal, Thorgan Hazard, Lukebakio, Rashica, Joaquin Correa, Politano, Ocampos, Horta, Otavio). If one seeks a like-for-like Zaha replacement, then no left footers either. That would leave only a few players, thought others have surfaced since then.

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Out of these 30 players I named, only 5 have disappointed in the last year: Nakajima, Lamela, Fraser, Politano and Pione Sisto. 22 (without the aforementioned injured ones) played extremely well.

Edited by mattteo (09 Sep 2020 3.35pm)

With these transfer links, it makes me wonder if a takeover is happening? The US owners have never looked like being sugar daddies and I wouldn't see the club or the other shareholders being able to raise the kind of money we are spending.
Perhaps we will be hugely in debt? I'm not at all in the know, just wondering how we are supposed to be getting the money for signing these players. I guess Zaha could be leaving too - but surely a 50m transfer would be in the news?

I must admit I was wondering when someone was going to mention it.

We have some big salaries on the books and we are taking in more of them....with not a lot of shipping out news.

With these transfer links, it makes me wonder if a takeover is happening? The US owners have never looked like being sugar daddies and I wouldn't see the club or the other shareholders being able to raise the kind of money we are spending.
Perhaps we will be hugely in debt? I'm not at all in the know, just wondering how we are supposed to be getting the money for signing these players. I guess Zaha could be leaving too - but surely a 50m transfer would be in the news?