David Moyes knows his main job at Everton is to bridge the gap between them and city rivals Liverpool – but jokes it is hard to do when the neighbours spent more on one player than the Toffees have on their entire squad.
Premier League champions Liverpool host their friends from across town on Saturday in the first Merseyside Derby of the season after a summer in which they twice broke their own transfer record with £116million Florian Wirtz and £125m Alexander Isak.
And Moyes, whose side have three wins and a draw from five games this season, said: ‘You earn the right to spend money.