Lessons need to be learned at Everton over the “key decisions” concerning recruitment, reckons former Blues defender Joleon Lescott.
Lescott left Everton in acrimonious circumstances in 2009 when he joined Manchester City for £22million after a nightmare final appearance in a 6-1 home defeat to Arsenal after manager David Moyes had rejected his initial transfer request.
Snapped up from Wolverhampton Wanderers three years earlier, Lescott had been scouted extensively by Moyes before arriving at Goodison Park with the Scot revealing he’d watched him play on 24 separate occasions before sealing a deal. The future England international was one of several “hungry, young players” Moyes could shape his squad-building around during the era, such as Joseph Yobo, Mikel Arteta, Tim Cahill, Phil Jagielka and Leighton Baines.
