Are Moyes and Everton's owners on the same page?

What the report says

BBC Sport Football reports that Everton manager David Moyes has questioned the club owners’ description of missing out on European football last season as a “failure,” suggesting he was not given an explicit target of reaching Europe. The comments follow remarks from Everton chief executive Angus Kinnear, speaking for the Friedkin Group, which owns the club, saying the result was viewed internally as a failure because Everton did not win anything and fell short of their ambitions.

The article says the contrast raises a wider question about whether Moyes and the club’s American owners, led by chairman Dan Friedkin, share the same expectations for progress. Everton finished 13th after a late-season slide, despite being in contention for one of the European places before losing their final two matches. Former Everton midfielder Leon Osman also said the owners’ language and timing of the comments felt surprising, and he framed the season as more of a disappointment than a failure given the club’s recent struggle for stability.

Moyes has since stressed that Everton need more signings before the transfer window closes, saying the squad is too small and needs more quality in certain areas. BBC Sport notes that Everton have added several players, including Hayden Hackney and Christian Norgaard, but the manager still wants further reinforcement, particularly at right-back. The piece places the row in the context of Everton’s broader rebuilding under the Friedkin Group after years of financial and sporting turbulence.