Everton supporters have slammed Steve Walsh for the transfers that he oversaw during his time at Goodison Park.
The club’s former director of football spent two years at the club, overseeing signings such as Cenk Tosun, Ashley Willians, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Michael Keane and Morgan Schneiderlin (via The Gwladys Street), which some fans have slammed him for.
Steve Walsh overseen the following transfers whilst at Everton:
Gylfi Sigurdsson £45m £110k p/w.
Jordan Pickford £30m £75k p/w.
Yannick Bolasie £27.5m £50k p/w.
Michael Keane £25m £60k p/w.
Davy Klaassen £25m – Sold for £12m.
Morgan Schneiderlin £24m £110k p/w.#EFC pic.twitter.com/T8xzLB0YV9— The Everton End (@TheEvertonEnd) January 8, 2020
Jesus that man is a fraud.
— Tom Fisher (@thomfish) January 8, 2020
Wow
— Harry smith (@HarryS_mith) January 8, 2020
Management issue now only obvious in the field
— Jesudian Chelliah (@Jesudian15) January 8, 2020
Of the four, who was the worst signing of the Steve Walsh era?Gylfi Sigurdsson
Michael Keane
Cenk Tosun
Sandro Ramirez
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The football scout was sacked by the Toffees in May 2018 and was replaced by the club’s current director of football, Marcel Brands (as per The Telegraph).
Since his sacking, Walsh launched a tirade on the club recently, slamming them for not backing him on some big-name signings (via Liverpool Echo), however, fans were still furious over his dealings.
Completely waste of money
— Tom Henwood (@TomHenwood94) January 8, 2020
— Coby (@cobyjhamilton) January 8, 2020
How do you buy a striker for £5m and pay him £100k a week?
— Scouse Goalie (@ScouseGoalie) January 8, 2020
What do we think?
As shown in the posts, some of the players signed in the Walsh era were given extortionate contracts compared to their signing fees, which has left many to rightly question what was going on.
With Brands and Carlo Ancelotti at the helm, supporters will be hoping that much more sensible spending goes on in future and that some players left over from the previous era get shipped out.