Source: Liverpool_Echo
I’ll never do a better transfer deal than Tim Cahill, claims Everton FC boss David Moyes
DAVID Moyes is so adept at finding super stars amid life's also-rans that he could find alternative employment as a judge on the next series of X-Factor.[LNB]The Everton manager turned Joleon Lescott from a £5m Championship player into a £25m England international, put Leighton Baines on a similar trajectory, and took the unfancied Steven Pienaar from Bundesliga anonymity to a highly sought-after inspiration for club and country.[LNB]But of all his mega bargains, the Scott insists Tim Cahill is the best piece of business he has ever done. Moyes' capture of Cahill for £1.5m in the same summer that Wayne Rooney left Goodison Park, barely caused a ripple at the time.[LNB] But fast forward five years, 65 goals, and countless tub-thumping performances, and the unknown Aussie he took a risk on has become an icon feared and revered in equal measure by opposition throughout the top flight.[LNB]'As I've said many times, a lot of our team selection revolves around Tim Cahill,' says Moyes. 'He scores goals for Everton like Lampard does for Chelsea, not quite in the same quantity, but he has done it over five or six years now. He scores goals every season and has been really vital for us.[LNB]'I don't think I'll ever do a bit of business as good as him again. There will always be business done when you pick someone up from the lower leagues but I don't think that will be done in the English leagues.[LNB]'You might do it abroad, but maybe not in England again because it's getting harder and the talent is identified earlier on in the lower leagues these days.'
