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Everton have beaten the elitist trap set by Financial Fair Play and are no longer doomed to stay in mid-table for ever

How wrong was Michel Platini over financial fair play? Just look at Everton. Remember the club, as it was?

Noses pressed against the glass, always on the outside, always struggling to make progress.

Couldn't sign the best players, couldn't get a buyer, couldn't find a new ground. Doomed to be mid-table, for ever. Doomed to remain in the shadow of the elite, their last trophy the 1995 FA Cup.

Everton made a statement by bringing back home favourite Wayne Rooney has after 13 yearsu00a0
Everton made a statement by bringing back home favourite Wayne Rooney has after 13 years
The end of Financial Fair Play has allowed Farhad Moshiri to invest in the Everton first team
The end of Financial Fair Play has allowed Farhad Moshiri to invest in the Everton first team

And now look at them.