IF ever a manager’s credentials needed underlining, then Everton FC boss David Moyes has just managed that spectacularly during the transfer window.

It has been a great few days of business from the Everton manager.

To end up with Landon Donovan, Darron Gibson, Nikica Jelavic and Steven Pienaar for a net spend of practically nothing is a clever piece of work.

Diniyar Bilyaletdinov would be no great loss, and when he knew Louis Saha was wanted by Tottenham, Moyes must have thought all his Christmases had arrived at once, especially with Pienaar coming the other way.

A lot of clubs looked at Jelavic but Everton were the ones who stuck their neck out to get him.

It’s a massive move for the striker, but no-one can quite be sure how he will do: he has scored goals in Scottish football, but can he do that in the Premier League?

Moyes looked at Jelavic for a long time, but there’s no problem with that. You can make a better decision and judgement with more evidence to assess.

As a Croatian international, technically the striker should be good enough, but dealing with the pace of the English game is the one issue he must address.

Yes, Moyes is taking a gamble. But he has done this many times before. Look at Phil Jagielka, Tim Cahill, Leighton Baines and Joleon Lescott.