Everton May Have to Sell John Stones

Moshiri, is a billionaire on paper, but with the plans in store for Everton, he would be spending over half of this money, in a short space of time.

What happens if he then decides, that like Randy Lerner, it just isn't sustainable?

Don't want to start another one of those "evidence threads", but unless we have major players waiting in the back-ground, I for one would sooner see us, "walk before we start running".

"A bit of sanity at last. This time next year we will still have been able to increase our wage bill by 㾺 Million"

Yep and over two years and averaged for a 25-man squad that is just over £5k per week per player. Barely index-linked in footballing terms and I don't think it will bring in the step up in players we all want. Probably not even keep the players we currently have in a small squad. Not even walking in my view. Do the maths.

As for Moshiri, based on his wealth of ٟ.3Bn (before the market crash this morning), and on the 𧺬M you quoted the other day for players and stadium, well, it must be just terrible to be down to your last 𧿘M. Not that his funding will come from his personal account, he will mostly underwrite, that's how this stuff generally works.

And nor will player spend will be anything like 𧴜M based on the salary increases we could supposedly offer.

But one question – what on earth has this got to do with John Stones, as per the headline? Man City and other clubs got round this loophole quite easily by calling the cash injection something else and taking a relatively small fine. Clever people will always do the same.

Joe, without going into the finer details of wealth and crashes, (I know very little) "BUT I DO" suspect that a lot of this money is also tied up in other schemes, and it wouldn't just be money that is lying about and gathering dust.

Something has changed its very obvious. I'm just questioning how sustainable this will be, with only one man's money, but as you say, clever people will always find a way to get around things.

As for us idiots, Bold blue writing should do, especially when it's all underlined ASWELL?

His basic salary increases by x (in accodance with the £7m rule), but he gets a nice bonus every time he manages to tie his own shoelaces.

We won't be able to bring in 5 top class players. But we should be able to afford 2 or 3 and stay within the wage limits.
Especially if we offload McGeady and a.nother from Oviedo, Gibson, Kone or Niasse

I'd bet Mr. Moshiri has a few offshore accounts to protect his fortune too!

Albert, if wages was the object here, we could sell anyone of our highest earners, e.g. Lukaku, Barkley, Stones. Singling out Stones, who Esk used as only an example, is misleading to say the least.

On the OP by Esk, he mentioned sponsorships. Hopefully we'll get a few sweet deals which can alleviate the wage ceiling problem. Selling our key players would be a step backward. Giving them unnecessary pay bumps is also a step backward if not worse.

1: McGeady was signed on the cheap due to his contract details; he should go.
2: Kone was signed on decent money; get him gone.
3: Barry is decent but he's 34; we need to move him out if the above is true.
4: Gibson deal needs to be scrapped; I know this isn't something that is easy, but surely someone can take him on a free.
5: Lennon is a decent player, but he's not a top player. Deulofeu is young and can become a top player; so, if I had to choose, I'd keep both Deulofeu and Mirallas over Lennon.
6: Oviedo is basically just shite in my opinion; I'd keep Baines, Galloway and Garbutt over him.
7: Cleverley is an average player who was signed on a free; Dowell could replace him on a quarter of his wages.
8: McCarthy is a big one but, if Wijnaldum and Schniederlin came in, then we may not need him; just a thought.

Leaving McCarthy out, we would still free up huge wagers if we shipped them bang-average players out, leaving good money to boost the wages of Lukaku, Barkley and Stones.

I'd guess we would free up over 𧷤,000 a week with Barry, Kone, Oviedo, McGeady, Cleverley, Lennon and Gibson whilst probably getting around 㾻m plus transfer funds in.

A well dressed sponsorship from Mr Moshiri's companies or contacts should ensure we can do what the hell we want regarding acquisitions.