Everton supporters are still angry and frustrated following the club’s shambolic end to the transfer window. After abandoning plans to sell homegrown star Harrison Armstrong to Nottingham Forest on Sunday, the Blues finished the transfer window with a smaller squad than they started with.
Deadline day chaos
Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Jack Grealish did join, but Tim Iroegbunam, Beto, Nathan Patterson and Iliman Ndiaye all departed on a chaotic final day of the window. But what happened in the final hours of Tuesday night angered supporters as they watched the move for Folarin Balogun collapse.
Everton had agreed a £40m deal for Balogun, but issues with the striker’s medical placed the transfer in doubt; however, the deal's structure was renegotiated late on and it looked like the USA international was set to move to Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Carragher's criticism
Then, in a move no one saw coming, the forward changed his mind and walked away at the final moment, meaning Thierno Barry is David Moyes’ only recognised striker at the club.
These shambolic scenes came just a day after Jamie Carragher explained why he has been and continues to be critical of how the club is run.
“I stated this a while ago, a good few years ago, that I think Everton have been one of the worst run clubs in the Premier League era, they are one of the ever presents and there are not many of them,” he told Sky Sports.
“When you think of what Everton were before the Premier League started - one of the biggest clubs in the country - and then the Premier League kicks in in the early to mid-90s, I think very rarely could you ever look at Everton in the Premier League era and feel like it was a well-run ship and everything felt like it was in place.
“A club that people looked at and thought that is the way to do it. Maybe there was a time with David Moyes when Bill Kenwright was there, when they were signing really well, really clever business from the lower leagues, the Championship and it looked good.”
“But since that time, a four or five-year era, it just feels messy all the time. When you think of their supporters, everybody is unhappy with their own club, no one likes the CEO, the owner should spend more money, you will hear that from every club.
“But when it feels really justified, it's probably Everton. It just always feels like this lack of ambition, or they are going somewhere, what journey are they on. It doesn't feel like they are going anywhere really and it's felt like that for a long time.”
