Since our new investor, Farhad Moshiri, took over 49.9% of Everton, we’ve seen high levels of efficiency. However, the new found efficiency has come with a catch. A complete lack of communication from the boardroom.
While Martinez was still in charge, many fans (Probably some of you reading this, including) were protesting, all in their very unique way. Some fans took to a more active approach, which led to the after-match protest at Bournemouth. A collective voice was screaming at the boardroom to take action, and all we got was deafening silence.
Behind the scenes, however, things were most definitely not silent. The cogs were turning and Martinez was gone.
In case you missed it, since then, the season’s ended and we’ve appointed a new manager. And in that manager’s press conference, we still had our eternal spokesman Bill Kenwright. A sight of continuity in what is a maelstrom of change for Everton, over this summer. We’re heading into uncharted waters and it’s nice to have a captain who knows where we are. Many of you may disagree, but Bill Kenwright’s presence is nothing but a good thing for Everton for the future.
The era of Kenwright’s teaser interview are gone (Still waiting on Moutinho like). We now have a man at the helm who has been at the pinnacle of Football business, with Arsenal, and his desire is to bring his new passion project to the top.
He’s bringing the Blues back.
When Everton had this much promise before, it was back in the glory days. We had a family atmosphere when we were winning European cups, and that was fantastic at the time, we were a model for what a Football club should be. This had long-term effects, however, as we were reluctant to change in the 90s and 2000s. We held on to the ‘People’s club’ mantra for far too long. I’d love to say we could still be the ‘Family’ club, and compete for the top spots, but that’s simply not going to happen.
Football is a business, and we were seriously falling behind the entrepreneurs of the 21st Century. We saw clubs like Chelsea, Manchester City and more recently, clubs like West Ham overtake us in terms of stature and power. It’s a sad truth, and it’s not nice to accept, but that’s reality. It’s what happened.
The glamour of Everton, the Boys in Blue, had gone.
Enough of the doom and gloom, anyway. The Summer is going to be exciting, and no one’s going to be quiet about it. We’re going to bask in our money. Every other club has had the chance, yes, we’re a bit late to the party, but that doesn’t mean we’re not going to enjoy it. Seeing the names roll in as rumours, names that you would have been hanged for if you mentioned them in the same breath as Everton in the last 15 years, is going to make this summer tick over fantastically.
In the same way that you might as well only bother to watch the Euro’s for the last 7 minutes this year, ’cause that’s where all the action is, in recent years, you should’ve just watched Everton rumours on Deadline day. Not this time, though.
We’re here all summer.
We’re here to stay.
