Everton’s January transfer window gets worse the more we learn about it.
The club, this week, went on the record to dispel a series of concerns over what happened during what had the potential to be one of the most important four weeks in its history. Planning for it began from September 1, the day after the summer window closed, Everton said. It added that money was available for signings, the club is not underfunded and while financial restrictions limit what could be spent, the Blues did not enter the year subject to any form of special measures.
Under normal circumstances, many of those answers may provide a degree of reassurance to supporters worried about the future of their club. Instead, like so much of Everton’s post-World Cup exploits, the claims raised more questions than answers. And a familiar one remains foremost: How did the club fail to strengthen when there was such a desperate need to improve the squad?
