Playing side to be bolstered by Moshiri

New contracts for Stonesy, Rom, Ross and Del boy plus any one else who falls into the bracket of under paid or under appreciated who should be a main stay of Everton FC.

All the above is brainstorming, mixed up, not in order but all very important.

The new owner has big decisions to make, firstly whether or not to trust Martinez with his money and club.

One person who has said the right thing of late is big Nev Southall, he says anyone at the club who is happy with being an average top 6 club should make way for ambitious people who strike to put the club on the map.

Mourinho, Gus Hiddink and Frank De Boer are all available plus Ronald Koeman is gettable, maybe one of them can bring that winning mentality to the blues and spend our new owners money on personnel who can push our club forward.

It has been stated on other threads about this takeover/non-takeover, that to out vote this new person will mean virtually everyone voting against him – and when I say 'everyone', there are apparently shareholders who cannot be contacted.

So, imagine the discussions when he calls in Bill for the daily meeting:

"Bill, I am changing the club shirts to be a shade of Red."
Bill says, "You can not do that!"
He says, "Bill, announce it or you are fired."
"You can't fire me!"
"You're fired!!!"

Or Bill gets on his high horse and says "I will speak to the other shareholders and block you."

New man, says "Go ahead!"

Bearing in mind we here on ToffeeWeb fail to get much agreement about much, what are the chances of pretty well each and every shareholder, dead or alive, contactable or not, arsed or not, being able to be mobilised to stop the new man?

Face reality, he is in charge and my view is that Bill and maybe a few others will be kept in the circle for just long enough, to do the PR stuff some say BK is so good at, and then to keep things ticking over until the new team arrive. Love him or not, and here at ToffeeWeb many are close to the issues, but in the outer world, I believe a vast, vast majority of non-Evertonians think he is great, and keeping him as some sort of figurehead or face for the press is great business.

Bill, of course, will be well rewarded financially, and so will be happy to carry on with the charade.

Strong indications are that BK's shares were deliberately sold below full value to Farhad Moshiri, with the clear intention to enable FM to "invest" the difference in the playing squad.

I'm not a BK hater, although I do have serious issues with some of his shenanigans, but deliberately not making profit for the good of the club is the action of a true Blue.

And so he should, if true, as he would effectively be putting his money into the club.

If it's true.

I am a shareholder (one share) and can confirm that no one has offered to buy it from me for £5,000 yet!

I'm not a fan of Bill as a front man because he loves the sound of his own voice and is as cringeworthy as Bobby.

Let's just see how many games we win and see how low we finish in the league before I get too optimistic.

But he has to make a general offer so maybe 75% is only a target.

Personally, I think it still is the plan. We didn't shell out almost £14mil for a Lukaku backup. Niasse is, or was, a definite replacement and would have been told as much when we approached him. Lukaku is a young man in a hurry and I can't see him hanging about till we get things right.

I appreciate that it's all very much a 'what if' and 'watch this space' situation, and Roberto is right in indicating that "We need to create a football club that the player wants to be part of," and if they move on, it won't be because of financial considerations.

In theory, if we have more money to spend on players or are paying more to keep the ones we have, then we still need to be able to produce football that is good enough to win trophies and get into the Champions League to satisfy the wishes of some players.

Even if we offered Romelu Lukaku £150k per week but were still not getting into the Champions League or winning a cup etc, then he surely would be off.

Although he says ''Every case is an individual case. Ross Barkley, for example, is an Evertonian. He can get at Everton anything he could get at another club. And it is his club. So that's that answer. Everyone else, we don't know what their aims are and what they want to do but we will never lose a player now because we are unable to give him what he deserves, put it that way."

Yes, Ross Barkley is an Evertonian, but can he get at Everton anything he could get at another club!

Only time will tell – and the new investment at least makes it more interesting. On the face of it, without knowing all the ins and outs, it seems a good investment. Long term and whilst it would have perhaps been great for someone to come along and pour silly money into the club in one go, I agree with many of the posters who feel that we seem to be maintaining the heart and soul of the club, its identity etc.

It would be good to be able to sit back in 5, 10, 15 years time and say that actually, for all Bill Kenwright's faults and the way that club seemed to be run, he didn't too badly after all. (So says the guy who once suggested flying a 'Get well, Bill' banner over Goodison Park.)

:)

I can live without Stones if he wants to go elsewhere – although I'd prefer that we kept him obviously.

Would love Forster or Butland in goal competing with Robles.

Maybe we did, if Bill knew this new investment was agreed at the time. Or else Niasse is a replacement for Naismith / Mirallas...?

I still harbour hopes that he will come good and like the way he has put the ball firmly in the players' court, most of them seem to like playing for him (most of the time) so maybe he can keep his 'project' alive?

A photo of him at GP with an Everton scarf around his neck would do for me just now. I don't like these prolonged silences...

So the chances are we will not get the Holy Grail... so wave good bye to the above? Or will a hefty increase in wages get them tapping the badge on their shirt?

I have been a blue all my life but times have changed; money (in most cases) talks the loudest – hence the exodus to China so they can tap the badge over there and say how proud they are to be playing for their clubs.

With all the "who sold what to whom", the bottom line will be more to invest in players and hopefully the ground – be it at Goodison or elsewhere. Those like me looking for answers will have to wait as there will be so much behind-the-scenes activity before things become clearer.

To those who say Bill should forsake his payout, I would just ask as no-one else stepped in, why should he? It is his love as well as a business and would just ask those who own their own property – when you sell, will you ask for less than market value or give any sort of profit to a charity? I am certain the vast majority will not.

Things are changing and I'm looking forward to the ride but – if one thing is certain – nothing is certain.

We're going to get about £100m from Sky next season anyway, if most of this is given to the manager for players then he would have increased player investment without putting any cash in.....

I just hope he gets a proper manager in, that's all I want in the next 6 months. The rest, stadium and commercial side, will take a while to resolve.

So let's get all Championship Manager for a moment.

Sell Stones for £50m. New contracts for Lukaku and Ross.

Butland for £15m. Koulibaly or similar for £15-20m. Then a quality 'creative' deep lying midfielder to replace the ageing Barry and partner Besic for £20m (William Carvalho?). And of course Yarmolenko for £20m.

Dreamland perhaps but that would be in over-simpistic analyisis a net outlay £20-25m and would give us a squad more than capable of challenging at the very top...

Stonesy – great if he does – but he if not we'll get good money and a top replacement for far less.

Lukaku – ditto.

Ross – local lad, Evertonian, potentially world class and irreplaceable.

My comment probably was a bit strong but for the controversial goal, he should never have let Sterling get to the byline. I thought he was at fault for the other goal too. I really think that was our biggest opportunity since drawing Wigan at home in the Quarter Finals of the Cup to get some silverware.

I think he'll be a great player but he needs to stop showboating and get tight to attackers. He's too often reliant on slide tackles. He should have given a penalty away in the Man City league game at the Etihad.

I'd take the money whilst he still commands a high transfer sum because more moments like that and he'll be worth a fraction of his current valuation.

We'll have no need to sell players who the club want to keep; but this also brings an opportunity to exit aging and under-performing squad players in the summer.

The remaining games have just got interesting.

'self-financing' financial model, rip-off ticket prices, selling their best players, only aiming for a top four place, poor support for the manager in the transfer market.

Bringing these principles to our club should be music to the ears of all long-suffering Evertonians. I am beginning to be optimistic about our future.

But to get back on topic, I'm hoping for evolution rather than revolution because IMHO (goalkeeper apart) this squad was good enough to challenge for the title this year of all years, with 4th almost as a consolation prize.

The squad is on a par with both Spurs and Leicester and look where they are.

Agreement all round, I'd break the bank for a top class keeper and yes I'd like an Ozil or young Arteta and a killer left-side player. I'd be happy with what we've got as long as we got the keeper situation sorted.

It makes for interesting times, let's hope we finally get to compete.

If so, is there a future for Martinez next season?

Also, what influence does Usmanov have in getting Yarmolenko in?

Interesting times ahead!

I'd bee amazed if the Mail, at the very least, don't tout this one as a goer.

I think you are going to be very disappointed. Not sure I agree with you on Jose M but the point is moot because Martinez is at Goodison Park for at least the rest if this season and the first half of next – depending upon league position.

Martinez has been laying the foundations for his future by recently fawning over Kenwright and in recent days polishing the brown shoes of Mr Moshiri. He knows how the game is played off the field does Roberto – it is a pity he doesn't know how to play the damned game on the field!

Now we have more investment, are we as worried about selling Stones or Lukaku for £40mill each?

My thinking:

Attracting other talented players to a club that possibly has a brighter future, than it looked 3 weeks ago, should be easier, right?

Therefore: Shouldn't these players now be saying "Okay, next season I'm going to stay, on my existing contract and see who we bring in and if we can finish in the Champions League positions. This club is going places without too much of a change in the boardroom".

This seems like really really clever manoeuvring for Everton as a club.

I also like what Martinez says about Barkley: Essentially that he can get whatever he wants at Everton and probably nowhere else; certainly not at the moment.

He's won trophies at the top level and been dumped on by Madrid and Man City. He's not the first or last person that will happen to. If the price and the vision is right, why not Everton?

I shouldn't moan too much after an away victory though his tactics never seem to dominate opposition and his subs are questionable at best. If the new guy does start throwing money around, it won't be long before he buys a new manager.

I'd like decent up-and-down left midfielder too.

FFS, the lad is 21 and set to be a world class center half.

I agree that Mori and Jags look decent at the minute, but come on, we need more than two, and we are blessed to have Stones.

He won't sit on the bench forever, he has pure ability, he will find a way of forcing his way back into the fold either by earning his place, or by getting his chance through injury.

Either way, Stones is top class and we are lucky to have him.

If we can push on now with our new owner, we may find we can afford to off Gibson, Osman, Hibo, Pienaar, Kone and Howard and replace them with top class players.

If we move about in these circles of signing quality, then Stones may stay and be Mori's long term partner.

Let's not be so bitter lads, last season it was Rom being a useless clown (apparently), this season it's Stones.

We have a few young gems in Rom, Ross, Mo Besic, Del Boy and Stones, let's hope these are the core of a wonderful team in the future.