What a fucking arsehole - he's saying that he and only he makes the decisions at Everton. I wonder what Kenwright thinks of that statement. I totally understand that he doesn't want his best players to leave but every player has his price and what City are proposing to pay is more than fair. As for saying that we should've declared our interest sooner so as to give him time to get replacements in, well this has been seemingly going on since Mid-June, possibly sooner. How far back does he want to go ffs? He and/or the Everton board should've said back then that as much as they don't want to sell him, a bid of £20 million-plus might make them reconsider. It's Everton's fucking around that has allowed this saga to drag on for so long and as such, it's their fault that they now have an unsettled player on their hands on the eve of the season. This could've been boxed off weeks ago, giving them ample time to go looking for replacements.
In a way I hope this doesn't happen now - if we can get a similar quality player elsewhere (unlikely at this point) then I'd sooner see this blow up in Moyes' face.