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Everton chief reveals moves for three players fell through: Arsenal ace changed his mind
EVERTON majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri has revealed the three players who got away this summer.
Everton owner Farhad Moshiri has opened up on the summer's business
Everton tried to overhaul their squad after the arrival of Ronald Koeman and the injection of Moshiri’s money.
They landed Yannick Bolasie, Idrissa Gueya, Maarten Stekelenburg, and Ashley Williams, but Moshiri revealed Koeman wanted seven new faces.
Everton started well under Koeman but came in for criticism this week after being thumped by Chelsea.
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Eden Hazard and co ran riot to hammer the Toffees, and Moshiri has opened up on their summer business.
"I think the manager had seven names, four of those we got," Moshiri told talkSPORT.
"We tried to buy (Kalidou) Koulibaly of Napoli and they wanted £60million.
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Lucas Perez was all ready to sign and Arsenal took him from us at the last minute
"It is monopoly money. We went right to the asking price and they decided not to sell.
"He (Koeman) wanted a box-to-box midfielder and we matched (Moussa) Sissoko's asking price and actually paid more and all the terms were agreed and just before midnight we realised he had changed his mind.
"Lucas Perez (Deportivo La Coruna's forward) was all ready to sign and Arsenal took him from us at the last minute."
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