Director of Football role set to change at Everton?

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A look ahead to the role at the club under the new manager and owners.

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00:00Well, looking at Everton and the latest in terms of the boardroom and the situation off

00:06the pitch, obviously, in terms of the recruitment across January, it wasn't as good as many

00:12would have expected, but obviously you had the managerial change as well and there was

00:16a lot to handle off the pitch before you looked at the recruitment side. In terms of the sort

00:21of director of football and that sort of scouting system going on with Everton, where does it

00:26stand at the moment? We've mentioned about Kevin Falwell's future at the club and his

00:32sort of situation. What's the latest you can tell us?

00:35Yeah, it's interesting because Kevin Falwell, a lot of fans have asked for transparency

00:39and that's what he did. He came out after the window shut, spoke to the club's media

00:44team about why Everton didn't go and sign a striker and I think most people would agree

00:51that what he said, there wasn't many out there and Everton didn't want to ruin the current

00:56PSR situation that they've worked really hard to improve. He said that Everton have

01:02racked up £225 million in player sales during his time at the club and brought in players

01:08for £145 million, so £80 million minus net spend there to reduce the PSR situation.

01:17And look at the way a striker out there than Everton panicked before and went out and bought

01:22players that have proven a little bit detrimental. I mean, Neil Northgate's the one you think

01:27of in recent times when it comes to a striker. But yeah, now you're looking at the summer

01:34because David Moyes will probably start the planning ahead for the summer and what happens

01:40now with just Kevin Falwell, I'm sure he still will be because he's a really professional,

01:47diligent person. He'll want to give his best to the end. He'll want to be staying with

01:51Everton. Let's be frank, he's had to deal with a lot of...

01:58He's had to deal with a lot, put it that way, since he joined the club. He maybe has been a

02:03little bit hamstrung in terms of what he's able to do in terms of his job because he's been dealing

02:07with so many things, putting out fires and for new ownership in the free congroove, I'm sure he

02:14would like to have a decent budget where he can actually go out and recruit these players.

02:20The free congroove, they might assess what he's brought in on his budget that he's had and think,

02:25well, maybe didn't quite hit the standards. There are some fans who think that he hasn't quite

02:31delivered. There are some fans who very much sympathise and point to players like

02:36Ilhan Muzayi who's brought in, Jacob O'Brien looks a good player. It's a decision that the

02:44free congroove have to make and you would like to hope it'll be pretty soon because

02:49to say planning for the summer has already started now and Everton can ill afford to

02:53be on the back foot when it comes to recruitment. And just finally on David Moyes, in terms of the

03:02fans and obviously him coming in, can we sort of judge him and his team yet and his staff?

03:07Obviously, the hand he's been dealt has been quite tough in his return,

03:11you know, the huge amount of injuries as well. But there has been a slight change in things and

03:17his approach is different and you can see that quite clearly as well. So, when do you feel that

03:22we can fully sort of judge his time? Will it be as far as sort of next season now?

03:28I think you can judge him now so far. I think what you can judge is there's been positives.

03:34Every game Everton have been in, they've been pretty close. Even the two losses,

03:39the one to Aston Villa that was separated by a clinical finish, by a clinical strike

03:43in Ollie Watkins and the FA Cup loss to Bournemouth. Two mistakes at the back,

03:49both from James Tarkowski in the way of the penalty and then the ball that led to the second

03:53goal. And Everton hit the post three times and had one cleared off the bar. So, there have

03:58definitely been more positive signs. Shorter, sharper passes, he's been encouraging. Certainly,

04:08you know, changes to the likes of Illuminati, trying to get him to carry the ball a little bit

04:12more. And in that win against Leicester, better over on the channels rather than playing up to

04:19his chest and having us back towards goal. So, look, the positives are there. But as you say,

04:25I think to judge him will be starting next season once he's had a full pre-season behind him,

04:31once he's got the players in that he wants. Because he is working in tough circumstances

04:35as well. He was only able to bring one player in January in Charlie Alcaraz.

04:42So, you know, the injury as well, as you say, it's difficult. Look, if Everton comfortably,

04:48you know, going into the last three or four games as dead robust, then I think it's a

04:53staling job that he's achieved. Because that's what he was brought in to do, to ensure that

04:57a relegation battle was avoided. And as things stand, that's what's happening.

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