Everton director of football Marcel Brands is on course to meet demands set by major shareholder Farhad Moshiri over reducing the club’s wage bill after a big money revelation over the Toffees’ spending, according to the Liverpool Echo.
The newspaper claim on the live blog on their website (31/10, 12:18) that the business tycoon had tasked the senior summer arrival, who is in charge of the club’s footballing decisions, such as transfers and contracts, with cutting the amount spent on players’ wages per week, and that the revelation from a study conducted by Kieran Maguire – AKA the Price of Football Twitter account – shows that the Dutchman has been successful thus far.
The report from the University of Liverpool lecturer states that the Toffees are spending £104.7million, which is less than a number of their Premier League rivals.
Opinion
Just how Brands has managed to cut the wage budget when he brought in some top talents over the summer is a real achievement, and he is already living up to the reputation he had prior to his move to Merseyside. Perhaps it is the fact that the likes of Andre Gomes and Kurt Zouma are on loan, rather than permanently signing, which has allowed the club to shave off some of their spending, or perhaps the exits of Kevin Mirallas, Wayne Rooney and Davy Klaasen which has made the difference. Either way, Brands is doing what Moshiri wants and by doing so he is going to be more likely to invest cash into the transfer window yet again, especially after the success of the summer arrivals. Fans might argue about who has been the best signing under Marco Silva this season but really it appears the most important arrival at Goodison Park is Brands himself, working alongside the manager to take the club to the next level without breaking the bank.