I really fail to see why Moyes is being so lauded by Everton fans for the way he's handled this situation - he's gambling the short term future of the club he works for to pander to his own ego and make himself look good, yet Everton fans applaud him for his behaviour.
Everton are skint, have a threadbare squad, and are - as Moyes admits himself - really struggling to bring any players in due to the lack of finance available. Whether true or not, I've heard talk of the fact that they only have about 10 fit players, or some such, and are looking at loan signings to try and prop up their season - Jo from us, rumours of Ever Banega from Valencia - this is evidently not a long-term strategy. Furthermore, Moyes has always prided himself on his team out-performing due to the fantastic team spirit in the camp, yet he now risks having an unmotivated, frustrated, unhappy and potentially disruptive player in his squad. He could rectify these problems, and provide the board with some much needed finance to help keep the club going strong, by selling the player. Yet he refuses to do so, so he can make some ego-driven statement about the fact that this is 'his club'.
If things really go tits-up this season as a result of his decision, he'll probably get sacked. He'll move on to another job - just like he did when he left Preston for Everton. He's got a good reputattion, so he'll probably be fine. He won't care, as its all about his career and him making progress personally, whatever club he's at.
Meanwhile, who is it who's left to deal with the consequences of his decision - the Everton board and the Everton fans. Yet still the fans say 'Go Moyes - well done', when its clear that - whilst making a great decision for himself - he's making a very poor decision in terms of the interests of the club he's works for.
This all reminds me of the SWP situation, when Pearce was in charge. Whilst none of wanted SWP to go, we could see that the club was in the shit financially and needed to sell. We were able to make some, although limted, investment in the squad and managed to stay in the Premier League during the hard times so we were an attractive proposition when investment did arrive. Very few of us would have thanked Pearce for saying 'This is my club - I'm not selling', thus gambling the short-term future of the club to make himself look like the big 'I am' as we could see the bigger picture. Yet the Everton fans seem inclined to blindly support such an evidently self-serving, short-sighted decision from their manger, when its them not him who will really suffer if his decision backfires.