"My commitment to the club remains strong and focused and Kevin Thelwell and the Chairman are currently working hard to bring in new players to improve Frank Lampard’s squad. There will be new signings and I would ask supporters to judge us at the end of the transfer window – not now – and to listen to official club channels for information."
Those words seem like a long time ago, and in the grand scheme of football they probably were. On July 14th, Farhad Moshiri wrote to supporters for the second time in as many weeks, primarily to address the talk of a potential takeover which had been rumbling for a while previously.
But, just as interesting as the majority shareholder reiterating his commitment to Everton were those comments about the transfer window. At the time the only arrival at Goodison Park following a scary 2021/22 campaign was that of James Tarkowski on a free, and some murmurs were beginning to creep up about the club's recruitment and what the prospects for the coming campaign might be.
