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title: "Everton: Fans react to Alex Iwobi revelation"
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author: "David Comerford"
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published: "2021-12-06T14:40:32Z"
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# Everton: Fans react to Alex Iwobi revelation

**Farhad Moshiri was the driving force behind the signing of Alex Iwobi, not Marcel Brands.**

That’s according to Phil Kirkbride, Everton correspondent for [The Liverpool Echo](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/marcel-brands-everton-exit-breaking-22372584).

Brands was apparently ‘certain’ that the idea of signing Iwobi from Arsenal would ‘die down’.

But majority shareholder Moshiri ‘pressed on’ with the deal, which was confirmed on [8 August 2019](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49282957).

This will have added to Brands’ feeling that he wasn’t in ‘complete control’, Kirkbride writes.

The revelation comes after Brands left his post as [director of football](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-marcel-brands-leaving-everton-25621444) by mutual consent.

### Everton’s Iwobi deal a mistake?

At £27.36million, the Nigerian ranks as the [fourth most-expensive signing in Everton’s history](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-everton/transferrekorde/verein/29).

He’s gone on to make [78 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alex-iwobi/leistungsdaten/spieler/242631) for the Blues to date, but only managed to deliver six goals and five assists.

[One Everton podcaster](https://thisisfutbol.com/2021/10/blogs/premier-league/everton-tony-scott-slams-alex-iwobi-following-watford-defeat/) said following the 5-2 defeat to Watford in October that Iwobi has ‘done nothing for two years since he’s been here’.

Twitter fan feed [The Toffee Blues](https://twitter.com/EvertonNewsFeed/status/1467622243039694859) relayed Kirkbride’s insight, and here’s what supporters made of it.

### These Everton fans slam Moshiri after Iwobi reveal

**“Whoever signed Iwobi needs to leave with him on a one-way ticket to anywhere.”**

Credit: [@sports\_draw](https://twitter.com/sports_draw/status/1467630541495226372)

**“Don’t say that, we’re all supposed to be blaming Brands remember?!?!”**

Credit: [@BornABlue1986](https://twitter.com/BornABlue1986/status/1467622439286935554)

**“Of course it was. Wasn’t the overpaying his former club Arsenal the giveaway? Brands is the fall guy here, Moshiri is the main problem.”**

Credit: [@Therealafb13](https://twitter.com/therealAfB13/status/1467622569478131712)

**“That’s enough to never let moshiri make another footballing decision again. Just because he has got dough doesn’t mean his footballing decisions aren’t the worst in the country”**

Credit: [@BlueSnowy1878](https://twitter.com/BlueSnowy1878/status/1467622714831773699)

**“Who’s the next scapegoat now?”**

Credit: [@ScouseGamerLad](https://twitter.com/ScouseGamerLad/status/1467622463878139908)

**“A kopite couldn’t kill this club as effectively as Moshiri currently is”**

Credit: [@BC\_Bryson](https://twitter.com/BC_Bryson/status/1467630548952698891)

**In other news, [fans fumed over this manager news](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/everton-fc-news/everton-manager-news-jose-mourinho-roma-premier-league/).**