Unsurprising given the amount of dross they’ve signed.
That would've been my thinking too, but sitting down and taking a look at it I'm not sure he's done too badly.
A huge chunk of the signings were free or very low fee. But on the flip side, those guys often come with a chunk wage, and the vast majority bombed out. Andros Townsend looks to be one of the only ones in that category who has pulled his weight.
He started out well in 18/19. A tidy profit could be had for Richarlison and Digne has been one of the better PL left-backs during his time at Everton.
Mina, like Allan & Doucoure from last season, has done well when available - but all three players have missed more games than you'd want through injury. Throw in Andre Gomes, who was playing some good stuff before that horrible ankle injury. If they were a bit luckier with midfield injuries then they'd be in a healthier position.
The three in red amount to a £75m outlay for precious little return through. Which is really going to hurt a side at Everton's level and has probably hurt Brand's stature at the club more than anything.
You can see how they are struggling up top without DCL. If a chunk of that cash was available for a decent partner/back-up then they might not look so toothless.
21/22 - Demarai Gray - £1.8m
21/22 - Andros Townsend - Free
21/22 - Asmir Begovic - Free
21/22 - Andy Lonergan - Free
21/22 - Salomon Rondon - Free
20/21 - Ben Godfrey - £24.75m
20/21 -
Allan - £22.5m
20/21 -
Abdoulaye Doucoure - £19.89m
20/21 - Niels Nkounkou - £243,000
20/21 - James Rodriguez - Free
20/21 - Robin Olsen - Loan
20/21 - Joshua King - Unknown
19/20 -
Alex Iwobi - £27.36m
19/20 -
Moise Keane - £24.75m
19/20 - Andre Gomes - £22.5m
19/20 -
Jean-Phillippe Gbamin - £22.5m
19/20 - Fabian Delph - £8.55m
19/20 - Djibril Sidibe - Loan
19/20 - Jarrad Branthwaite - £990,000
19/20 - Jonas Lossl - Free
18/19 -
Richarlison - £35.28m
18/19 -
Yerry Mina - £27.23m
18/19 -
Lucas Digne - £18.18m
18/19 - Kurt Zouma -Loan
18/19 - Andre Gomes - Loan
18/19 - Bernard - Free