Everton wasted £29m on Moshiri flop who earned 7x more than Gordon
Everton’s chequered past in the transfer market is an indisputable thing, but there is something to admire about the club’s readiness to cash in on top talents when they no longer want to play under the Goodison Park lights.
This summer, Amadou Onana was sold to Premier League rivals Aston Villa for a £50m fee after a host of top European outfits expressed an interest, and the Toffees cashed in to reinvest elsewhere.
The previous high-priced sale, that of homegrown Anthony Gordon, stung at the time, but it’s not one that fans remain poignant over anymore.
Why Everton sold Anthony Gordon
Everton sold Gordon to Newcastle United in a deal worth £45m in January 2023 after the Scouse-born winger handed in a transfer request and forced himself out of Frank Lampard’s side at the midpoint of the 2022/23 campaign.
There’s been no love lost between the club and their youth product, who is booed upon every return to Goodison Park and is looked back on as a good talent but one who didn’t produce the best results for the club at a time of great need, having posted merely seven goals across 78 senior showings.
It’s a good thing, in hindsight, that the Merseysiders cashed in on the player when he did, for his head was turned and he only earned £10k per week. It was a good situation, and in £15m summer recruit Iliman Ndiaye, Everton might have found their new star wide forward.
