Roberto Martinez embraces arrival of Farhad Moshiri at Everton



Over the weekend the Iranian is believed to have agreed to pay about £85million for an initial 49.9 percent share, pledging to plough significantly more into the club's transfer dealings and infrastructure.

With money behind him - something few Everton managers have been blessed with - Martinez will be expected to deliver better results than he has this season with arguably the best squad in a generation.

Champions League qualification will now become even more of a focus but Martinez, whose side are currently 12 points adrift of the top four with a match in hand, is happy to operate under those expectations.

"It is something I want

As a manager I didn't arrive at Everton saying 'I hope I can stay here six or seven years and go through the motions'," he said.

"I set the bar really high, I wanted a winning team and I wanted to get into the Champions League and that is still the case.

"With a new investor and fresh blood into our club all of a sudden you have a new opportunity to get to those aspirations quicker.

"Nothing changes and that is what we want

The chairman and myself will embrace that pressure and that need of delivering the right outcome as we have a strong belief in what we are doing.

"Farhad Moshiri will bring us a different dimension

It is a big moment in the club's history with a new investor coming in.

"The vision Moshiri is sharing will take Everton to the next level - and every single department will be assessed."

New money means Martinez should be able to operate more competitively in the transfer market while hopefully also being able to reward existing stars like Ross Barkley, John Stones and top scorer Romelu Lukaku with improved contracts.

However, he believes it is what Moshiri will bring to the club in general which will have more of an effect over the longer term.

"It is not just how much money you can spend because in the Premier League, with the new TV deal, you will have money to spend," he added.

"It is creating a club that players want to come to as they feel they can reach their potential and win things.

"We want to become a winning team

I hope I have a billion pounds to spend in the summer - that would be very nice - but I don't see that as the success of bringing Farhad into the club.

"It is more what we need in the next five, 10, 15 years in terms of creating the perfect club for a player."

Moshiri, whose net worth is estimated at £1.3billion, previously had a share in Arsenal with business partner and friend Alisher Usmanov.

Martinez believes that will be advantageous to them because they are welcoming someone who has Premier League experience.

"I met Moshiri and the impression I got was of a gentlemen with values who knows the Premier League inside-out," said the Catalan, ahead of Tuesday's trip to Aston Villa.

"You can get businessmen who don't understand it but this is not the case

I think he has fallen in love with what Everton means.

"This is the start of a new era with an incredible drive

As a human being and as a winner Moshiri is the perfect person to come into Everton.

"He is someone who has a terrific winning vision and it is something for every Evertonian to be excited about."

Source : PA

Source: PA