10 Most Expensive Transfer Flops In Everton History
Will Koeman's summer recruits go the way of this lot?
Boosted by Farhad Moshiri's millions, Everton spent big over the summer. Ronald Koeman was handed a war chest to rival any of the top four, not that you'd know it based on the team's league position heading into the international break.
The Dutchman's latest wave of recruits, which cost more than £150 million combined, are yet to offer much in the way of a return on their hefty price tags, but it's too early to write the likes of Davy Klaassen and Gylfi Sigurdsson off as bad business.
That said, Koeman's new boys need to gel sharpish to ensure they salvage something from their faltering Premier League and Europa League campaigns, and avoid joining a growing list of expensive flops at Goodison Park.
Although spending power was never one of Everton's strong points prior to the Moshiri era, by their own standards they've broken the bank only to squander its contents on numerous occasions in the past, bringing in players that did little to justify their beefy fees or help the club end its lengthy trophy drought.
10. Ramiro Funes Mori (£9.5m)
Everton played attractive, attacking football under Roberto Martinez, something that's in short supply at Goodison in 2017, unless the opposition are firing on all cylinders.
While blistering counters were the Spaniard's bread and butter, defensive frailty soon crept into his team's repertoire and the cracks in his backline only widened over time, until the Blues were shipping goals like nobody's business.
In a bid to steel up his rear guard, Martinez brought in Argentine defender Ramiro Funes Mori from River Plate in a deal worth £9.5 million. The leg-biting centre-half was hailed as the answer to Everton's defensive woes, but his presence largely exacerbated the problem in the long run.
Although Mori has never shied away from a tackle and even chipped in with a few goals during his debut season in blue and white, glaring errors hinted at the ugly part of the South American's game, and he eventually became just another part of the leaky defence that cost Martinez his job as head coach.
Under Ronald Koeman, Mori is no more than a squad player when he isn't battling long-term injury.