‘BLOCKING’ BLUES WAS WAY TO GO

LIVERPOOL legend Jamie Carragher believes the Premier League should have blocked Everton from signing players to stop them from breaching financial rules.

But the former defender (above) has blasted the club for their actions over the charges for breaking profit and sustainability rules.

Carragher also questioned departing owner Farhad Moshiri for going “missing” as the club were docked 10 points and now face a second charge.

He told The Overlap: “The Premier League have been criticised by Everton, but they were actually working with the club in terms of (warning them), ‘You’re getting very close to it’.

“The Premier League should have been stronger and just said, ‘You can’t buy another player’.”

The former Liverpool star turned Sky pundit has also questioned why the board have not come out and spoken in public with the club in limbo waiting for a takeover to be confirmed.

He said: “Who is fighting for Everton in terms of their own club? There’s no one there.

“They’ve got the Mayor of Greater Manchester – Andy Burnham. He’s the one that’s on the front foot fighting for Everton against the Premier League because there’s a vacuum.

“The owner’s just gone missing for years. The people on the board – the fans got them out. But a couple of them didn’t go to the hearing to defend the club, it’s unbelievable.

“You can have a go at the Premier League, but the way that club is being run is just so bad.

“Everton fans, for the past 12 or 18 months, have absolutely slaughtered their board and rightly so.

“But when this all came out, it was, ‘Right, the Premier League are coming for us, docking us points, we’re going for them’.”