Season › 2011-12 › News Held back by lack of money Michael Kenrick , 9 December, 21comments | Jump to most recent It's become an all-too-familiar lament from the fans, manager, CEO, Chairman... that Everton don't have enough money. In this piece on the BBC website, Phil Jagielka provides his take on the financial constraints that are4 holding Everton back. "You see other teams doing so well who finished below us before so you can see the fans' frustration," Jagielka told Football Focus. "We can't buy expensive players to take the squad to that next level. All we can do is work with what we have. "It's hard for the fans. We've done so well to finish sixth, seventh and eighth in the last few years. You may think if someone came along and put some investment in that we could maybe kick on. We haven't got any money. "All we can do is try to be as good a team as we have been in previous years and stick together when the going gets tough. "We roll our sleeves up and, normally, after Christmas climb the table." "Unfortunately we had to sell to balance the books but hopefully we can bring in a couple in January," he said. "There are probably 15 players that are in the squad every week and five or six young lads who can come in and boost the team." "The issue of the ownership of the club has been going on for about six years; Are we getting new investors or aren't we? The lads don't see anything of the protests, but we read about it in the paper every day." Quotes or other material sourced from BBC Sport Reader Comments (21) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. About these ads