爱华网出走的阿特塔，沦落的埃弗顿
Exit Mikel Arteta asEverton slip dangerously away from their peers
出走的阿特塔，沦落的埃弗顿
一年前，阿特塔新婚。如同许多新婚的人一样，他很在意地选择着自己应该安家的地方。那就是他解释他当时为什么拒绝阿森纳和曼城的邀请，宁愿无论如何也跟着7万5千英镑周薪的埃弗顿的原因。
“这家俱乐部让你找到家的感觉，”12月的时候西班牙中场如是说，“当你有了家，你就建房子，然后为它添砖加瓦，你可以享受家为你带来的欢乐。你不想离开你的家，这就是我对埃弗顿的感觉。”阿特塔认为欧冠是会来到古迪森公园的。他和其他许多的球员都相信尽管莫耶斯深受财务状况的困扰，他们也同样能够完成这个壮举。但是，希望在赛季还没结束之前就已经破灭了。结果事实证明，这只是一个逐渐干涸的家，尤其体现在转会窗口的最后一天。http://blog.sina.com.cn/footballall
如果在12个月之前，埃弗顿将阿特塔卖给阿森纳完全能够要到高于1千万英镑许多的要价。相反，他们选择了信任莫耶斯和这只自肯达尔带领下夺冠以后最强的球队阵容，而给了这位28岁的球员一份昂贵的合同。埃弗顿其实是不能承受如此昂贵的合同的，除非他们取得了欧冠资格，或者有了新的注资，或者有了新的球场。现在银行紧追埃弗顿的债务，只允许埃弗顿透支2500万英镑。而一家俱乐部如果在财政上面拮据，就意味着成绩有下滑的危险。越来越多的不满的球迷组织开始指责埃弗顿在肯怀特收购后各项成绩的止步不前。而埃弗顿在转会窗口最后一天的表现更令事态火上浇油。
通常这样的状况导致的恶果，是甩卖球员，而不是出售俱乐部。当年当阿特塔的婚期与埃弗顿的澳大利亚季前赛日程安排有冲突时，莫耶斯特意放了阿特塔六天婚假。所以莫耶斯是非常不愿意失去阿特塔的。所以阿特塔转会去阿森纳的事情一直被搁浅，直到转会窗口关闭前两小时。阿特塔告诉埃弗顿，他太绝望了不得不离开，以至于他宁愿在酋长球场少领1万英镑的周薪。这使得埃弗顿最终在谈判中处于弱势。不过这也不能完全解释为什么埃弗顿愿意接受比他们当年将次品梅雷勒斯卖给利物浦时的价格还少2百万英镑。
但是埃弗顿不能对此故作震惊，也不能数落阿特塔变节的不是。要知道，他们已经有三年没有给过莫耶斯资金引进球员了。同时，他们搞砸了两个球场项目，而肯怀特在寻求新投资的时候，找到的反对的人比找到的现金数目还多得多。
埃弗顿一直否认财政危机。可是在2011年，埃弗顿大约只有3千万的收入，连巴克莱银行的要求都不能满足，更别提莫耶斯还有多少资金可使用了。在转会方面，卖掉皮纳尔获得300万英镑，卖掉沃汉获得250万英镑，租借球员给莱切斯特获得1百万英镑，以及亚库布转会去黑烧时的2百万英镑。将贝雷训练场地卖给房屋开发商获得的9百万英镑也入了账。
转会离开的人的工资大约是在9百万英镑左右。可以说这是一个在倒退中的俱乐部，不过他们还期望能够使费莱宁感到满意，续签他的两年合同。
阿特塔在他的韧带十字伤愈合回归后，只有一小段时期处在巅峰状态，并且尽管在中场缺少援助，但这位大将对于埃弗顿的重要性依然是不言而喻的。瘟胖的莫西边德比的策略就在于如何克制住他的这位西班牙同胞，这个前利物浦主教练或许会说，除了此人以外，埃弗顿再无第二人有传球的技术和创造的才华。基本来说，瘟胖的说法被证明是正确的。
失去亚库布并不是莫耶斯太大的损失。这位尼日利亚前锋自从跟腱受伤后便与从前判若两人，所以将他的4万英镑的周薪节省出来可以看作是一种获救。
Mikel Arteta got marriedjust over a year ago and, like many newly-weds, gave seriousthought over where to set up home. That was how he described thedecision to reject interest from Arsenal and Manchester City and tosign a five-year, £75,000-a-week contract at Evertonanyhow.
"This club has the abilityto make you feel at home," said the Spanish midfielder in December."When you are at home and you are building a beautiful house andyou are close to completing it, you want to enjoy that house. Youdon't want to move away, and that is how I felt about Everton."Arteta was outlining his vision for Champions League football atGoodison Park, a feat he and many others believed possible despitethe financial disadvantages facing David Moyes. That ambitioncollapsed long before the season was out. The evidence of adraining summer, crystallised on transfer deadline day, is that thehouse is following suit.
Everton could have bankedfar more than Arsenal's £10m for Arteta 12 months ago. Instead,they invested in the belief that Moyes had constructed the club'sfinest squad since Howard Kendall's title-winning era and gave the28-year-old a contract they could not afford without ChampionsLeague qualification. Or new investment. Or a new stadium. Now thebanks have called in Everton's debt, capping its overdraft at £25m,and a club that denies being in financial peril is slippingdangerously behind its peers. A growing band of disgruntledsupporters' groups have accused Everton of stagnating under theownership of Bill Kenwright. Deadline day left the team in a worsestate than that.
As always, the venom isreserved for the parting player rather than the selling club.Moyes, who gave Arteta six days off when it transpired his weddingdate clashed with a pre-season tour of Australia, has good cause tobe aggrieved with the midfielder. The move to Arsenal was offuntil, two hours before the deadline, Arteta told Everton he was sodesperate to go he was prepared to take a £10,000-a-week pay cut atthe Emirates Stadium, weakening the club's negotiating stance at astroke. That does not fully explain their willingness to accept £2mless than Liverpool received for the inferior Raul Meireles,however.
But Everton cannot feignshock and disgust at Arteta's volte-face. They have not given Moyesa net spend on players for three years. They have failed to delivertwo stadium projects and Kenwright's search for new investment hasunearthed more con men than cash.
Everton have dismissedtalk of a financial crisis. In 2011, however, they have generatedapproximately £30m and Barclays Bank has seen far more of that thanMoyes. Transfers have yielded £3m for Steven Pienaar, £2.5m forJames Vaughan, a £1m loan fee from Leicester City plus a £2mpermanent deal from Blackburn for Yakubu Ayegbeni, an initial £2.5mfor Jermaine Beckford and the £10m for Arteta. The £9m raised byselling the former Bellefield training ground for an executivehousing development also went to the bank.
The salaries of thedeparted totalled around £9m. Nevertheless, it is a spreadsheet ofa club in retreat, yet one that still hopes to convince MarouaneFellaini to extend a contract that has two yearsremaining.
Arteta has hit top formonly in flashes since returning from a cruciate ligament injury andyet, with little strengthening around him, the midfielder'simportance to Everton was undiminished. Rafael Benítez's tacticsfor a Merseyside derby involved stopping his compatriot as, theformer Liverpool manager would argue, Everton had no one else withhis passing ability or creativity. He was usually provencorrect.
Yakubu is no great loss toMoyes. The Nigeria striker was never the same player after anachilles injury and it will be a relief to remove his£40,000-a-week wages from the books.
