Source: Liverpool_Echo
David Moyes: Everton FC’s top four target will be tougher than ever next season
DAVID MOYES had conflicting emotions when Peter Crouch's late goal sealed Spurs' chase for fourth place on Wednesday evening.[LNB]On one hand the Everton boss welcomed the break-up of the traditional Premier League top four cartel, with Harry Redknapp's Londoners just surging past rivals Manchester City.[LNB]But he admits it will now be harder than ever for Everton to gate-crash next season, and insists the top four concept could now become the top eight.[LNB]'Some of the clubs below the so-called big four will spend to get up there again,' he says. 'Certainly, Tottenham and Manchester City will go in that group. Spurs have deserved it and it's been brilliant for Harry Redknapp. They have been out in front nearly all season (in race for fourth) and Harry has done a brilliant job.[LNB]'You might find it harder to pick next year's top four. That monopoly on the top four could be on the verge of getting broken up. Up until this season, we were the only side to break into that top four.[LNB]'But next year it might be more of a top eight and it will be very hard to predict who will finish where.[LNB]'I think it's a good thing. I've been saying for a while that in the past there have always been different teams up there.[LNB]'We've had a spell where it's been the same four clubs because that's mainly been down to Champions League money. That's where Everton have missed out, but we still have to compete if we can and we have done okay.'
