Sam Allardyce has been speaking about Everton matters, including where Farhad Moshiri went wrong and why the Blues remain an attractive proposition for potential owners the Friedkin Group
Former Everton manager Sam Allardyce claims he feels sorry for Farhad Moshiri. But he believes the wantaway majority shareholder listened to people who didn’t have the Blues’ best interests at heart.
Moshiri hasn’t attended a Premier League game at Goodison Park for over three years since the 5-2 capitulation against Watford on October 23, 2021, under Rafael Benitez, and on September 23 this year it was announced that he had agreed a deal to sell his entire 94.1% stake in Everton to the Friedkin Group.
Back when the Monaco-based businessman took a more hands-on role, Moshiri replaced Ronald Koeman, the first of his eight managerial appointments in as many years, with Allardyce during the 2017/18 season.
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Despite the former England boss steering the Blues to an eighth-place finish, his reign lasted less than six months as he was sacked just three days after the campaign ended.
The 70-year-old, who has subsequently failed to keep both West Bromwich Albion and Leeds United in the Premier League, insists he feels no bitterness toward Moshiri though, but rather pity.
Speaking on the Seaman Says podcast courtesy of Betway, Allardyce said: “Everton are on the decline financially in terms of the spending power.
“I feel incredibly sorry for Farhad Moshiri, by the fact that there was so much money wasted at Everton. The club could or should have been in the top six.
“With that, he has to take some blame himself, because he unfortunately listened to a lot of people and some of them weren’t quite as good as others. He thought that they were honest and good for Everton Football Club and obviously in the end it wasn’t, and I think that he’s getting out now, but his legacy is the new stadium that Everton fans must be really proud of, and that is the saving grace of Everton Football Club.
“And probably for him to recoup some of his money, because the amount of revenue that it’s predicted that it will turn over is – I’m being told, and I don’t know whether this is actually true – in the region of £60-70million a year just in stadium revenue.
“That makes it incredibly attractive for somebody to come along, a brand new stadium, owned by you as an asset, whoever gets the opportunity, you just have to develop a team.”
