Aug 04 2009
Everton Set To Part With Lescott?
David Moyes is widely regarded as one of the most talented managers in the Premiership. The accomplishments he has achieved with an Everton team that has never had the money to spend big, or that is always being poached for players from other clubs, is nothing short of incredible. But I don’t understand what he’s doing right now, as all reports indicate that Everton star Lescott is on his way out of Everton.
Apparently the big defender has not officially turned in a written transfer request, but has made his desire to leave known. This comes with the information that City has been repeatedly sending bid after bid to Everton, attempting to pry the England man from Moyes grip. Now that’s not very surprising that Lescott would be tempted, especially considering City are probably offering to double his wages if he signs for the opposition.
But the real problem here is the replacement that Moyes is looking to for Lescott. City are going to pay upwards of 20million for Lescott, and that’s well more than enough money to buy yourself a capable defender as a replacement. But Moyes is chiefly looking to Arsenal’s Senderos, the man who has proven himself much too slow for the pace of Premiership football. Senderos is not the right choice at all if you’re hoping to replace a world class talent like Lescott, and if Everton have hopes of keeping out enough goals to secure that fifth place spot once more.
I think Everton are in danger of making a huge mistake here with the handling of Lescott, and the attempted signing of Senderos. But Moyes has proven himself as well more than capable at making a great team out of nothing in the past, so I guess Toffee supporters just need to keep the faith, and they’ll probably come out fine.
