Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Everton boss David Moyes has described the transfer policies adopted by West Ham and Portsmouth as "a danger to football".
All the attention may be on Kaka's potential £100million-plus move to Manchester City, but Moyes believes it is clubs offering big wages that have upset the balance of the market.
He told the Sunday Express: "I think what happened at Portsmouth and West Ham in recent times was a danger to football.
"They bought players and gave them big wages. That made it difficult for clubs like Everton because we would try to get similar players but they blew us out with higher wages, far more than Everton could afford.
"It upset the whole market. Now they are backing off and selling players because they paid them higher wages than maybe they should have.
"In truth, the people who went into those clubs are now either one down, or bankrupt, or can't afford to pay the wages.
"Now Portsmouth might say, 'We had our day in the sun. We won the FA Cup and we don't really care'.
"But I think those sort of clubs are the ones which have disrupted the wages in the Premier League."
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments