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Moyes plots big-four raid

Sat 30 May, 11:09 AM


David Moyes will lead Everton out at Wembley with a warning to the big four of English football: `We want your money'.

The Everton boss is aiming not only to claim Everton's first trophy since they won the FA Cup back in 1995, but he wants to break the gravy-train monopoly of European cash that floods into the top four clubs' coffers every season. To do that he accepts Everton must break into that elite group.

Moyes is acutely aware of the view of Sports Minister Andy Burnham - an Everton fan - who is campaigning for a better distribution of money in the game, but he knows the best way to redistribute the cash would be for Everton to break into the top four.

Moyes said: "I hear what is being said, I like the idea. But maybe in the modern game it is a bit unrealistic, but it is correct.

"If we could break the monopoly the money would start to dry up for at least one of those clubs, so if someone could break into the top four it would in time stop the likes of Arsenal or Chelsea or Liverpool or Manchester United spending so much.

"It would affect their revenue, because every year they get money for Champions League qualification which helps them keep buying players. The money from Europe makes them much harder to catch. I felt that had we made the group stages a couple of years back, it would have changed our world. The money would have started coming Everton's way rather than someone elses."

 

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  1. I agree with Richard's comment. There does need to­ be some sort of overhaul to English football. I would­ like to see salary cap in the same way there is in the­ US. I am a Chelsea supporter living in America but­ would love to see all the teams compete on an even­ playing field (thats what sport should be about). ­ There isn't really an outright dominance by any­ teams in the NFL, the worst teams some years finish the­ following season at closer to the top. I have almost­ lost interest in the english game due to the influx of­ avarage foreign players, greedy salaries, the dominance­ of the big four and the idiots running the game (the­ FA). I used to give chelsea thousands a year in season­ tickets, memberships etc, but not anymore!!

    From Eagle Eye, on Sat 30 May 5:39PM

  2. If we break up the monopoly of the big four getting all­ the money then we stand a chance of a more even playing­ field. The big clubs will fight this tooth and nail,­ obviously, and they have more power as big (rich)­ clubs. The trick is to somehow separate the business­ element from the sporting element (some form of salary­ cap, perhaps) as shown in the model of American sports­ and their college draft system yet somehow­ simultaneously remember the heritage of English­ football and give opportunity for amateur clubs to rise­ through the ranks into the higher echelons of the­ football pyramid - which is far removed from the­ franchise system of major and minor leagues in the US.­

    Damned if I can work out the answer though...

    From richard_halma, on Sat 30 May 5:03PM

  3. That would effect Manu and Liverfool more than any­ other of the clubs mentioned

    From Alex F, on Sat 30 May 5:00PM

  4. Very strange comment from someone called Marg Simpson

    From ian, on Sat 30 May 11:55AM

  5. Thought Toffies were making plenty from selling­ Fellaini Wigs,,!!!!!!!

    From Marge Simpson., on Sat 30 May 11:13AM
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