Everton owner Farhad Moshiri has detailed the process behind player transfers at the club.
Moshiri has come in for significant criticism for the club's failed recruitment over the past few years.
The Toffees have spent a staggering 500 million since Moshiri took charge of the club in 2016.
I think the director of football is important. Clubs which are now very successful all have directors of football," the British-Iranian businessman stated during an interview with Fan Advisory Board chair Jazz Bal.
The function is just too much now: there are interviews, press, what you need to do for sponsors and the functions are immense.
No manager has time to do scouting in the fashion that David Moyes or Alex Ferguson used to do. The current managers are close to continental coaches, they are trainers.
They have players they need to train and improve by coaching, but the recruitment department needs to provide them with what they need.
If they need a right-back or support at striking level, that's what they need to come up with. The process at Everton is a well-structured process, so there are requisition forms for a new player.
Either the director of football or the manager will propose a player's name then, once they have both signed, a document will be sent to the chairman and myself.
The document will involve detailed scouting reports, recommendation of the manager and director of football and any references from experts who know the particular player, in terms of character and everything else.
"Once the chairman signs, I sign. That is well-structured. In the six years since I bought the club, I never proposed a single player. It goes through a well-structured system."
