Three “strange” Everton transfers that cost the Toffees a total of £75 million have left Wayne Rooney perplexed.
Legendary Everton player Wayne Rooney believes the Premier League team is still paying for a number of ill-considered acquisitions, three of whom cost the team almost £75 million.
Although few would doubt Farhad Moshiri’s drive, Chelsea supporters would tell you that there is a big difference between a well-thought-out, strategic approach to hiring and a hapless, penny-strapped, and regretful attitude to the transfer market that leaves you feeling queasy.
The most illuminating summary of Moshiri’s time at Everton may be found in their perplexing run of number tens in the summer of 2017.
Gylfi Sigurdsson, Davy Klaassen, and Nikola Vlasic were the three players the Toffees spent over £75 million on, and they would all have said that a center offensive midfield position was where they were most useful. Not to mention Wayne Rooney, who spent the previous several seasons playing a more significant part at Manchester United before making his way back to Goodison Park that summer.
Everton is still covering the cost of Moshiri’s perplexing hiring.
“We signed Nikola Vlasic, Davy Klaassen, and Gylfi Sigurdsson. In an interview with TNT Sport ahead of Saturday’s lunchtime away game against Manchester United, another of his previous employers, Rooney reminisces, “We signed a lot of number tens.” 
“The club is now paying for a lot of those strange signings.”
The careless, reckless spending of the Moshiri era has placed Everton in a terrible financial situation. Following years of scrambling to avoid relegation at the last minute, Sean Dyche’s team was dealt a blow when they were found in violation of the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules, which resulted in ten points being lost (which was later reduced to six on appeal).
Wayne Rooney condemns the Toffees transactions
Before Ronald Koeman’s unavoidable departure a few months into the 2017–18 campaign, Klaassen and Vlasic started just 10 Premier League games between them for an Everton team whose roster makeup was so strange and imbalanced that it rendered his job nearly impossible.
Now, Klaassen is with Inter Milan, the incoming Serie A champions. After leaving Merseyside, Vlasic flourished at CSKA Moscow and is currently in Italy, playing for Torino, following a brief stint at West Ham United.