Talk about the seven-year itch…
Today is the anniversary of Everton announcing in 2016 that Farhad Moshiri was to be a new major shareholder at the club, bringing the promise of new investment. The billionaire was true to his word on that score but despite record-breaking levels of spending on players, the team have somehow gone backwards in a big way.
They currently find themselves back in the drop zone and haunted by the spectre of what would be the club’s first relegation in 72 years, less than 12 months on from coming disgustingly close to going down with what was the joint lowest equivalent points total in their history in the 2021/22 season. That near miss prompted the ECHO to proclaim in a front page splash: “We love you Everton – just don’t put us through this again,” adding that while the Blues had secured Premier League survival on one of the most memorable nights in Goodison’s long history (with a dramatic 3-2 comeback win over Crystal Palace), it shouldn’t have ever come to this.
