DAVID MOYES last night revealed he fears Bill Kenwright's rescue package has come too late to ease the burden of "the toughest job in football".
Goodison chairman Kenwright responded to Paul Gregg's calls for him to resign by announcing a £20million investment proposal that will stave off the threat of administration and hand Moyes some much-needed transfer money.
But the Everton manager (left) admitted his top transfer targets have all been snapped up by rival clubs and that he has the hardest task of any Premiership manager to preserve the club's 51-year stay in the top flight.
Moyes saw his side torn apart by champions Arsenal yesterday as Everton went down 4-1 in their first game of the new Premiership campaign.
And he revealed: "I don't know if the money will change things. We will try and do something if it comes off but my concern is it has come a bit late in the day to get the players we really wanted, so we need to be careful with what we do spend it on.
"I did know who we wanted but they have all gone now. We have one or two other possibilites but it's hard to get to the deadline and find the targets you want are still sitting there.
"But there is a definite need to improve. This job would be a hard enough job for Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger to deal with.
"This is probably the toughest job in the Premiership at the moment.
"It is a great challenge and opportunity for me to try and come through all of it and we will all be better people if we do.
"The other clubs who have just been promoted have their problems and tough jobs to do but there is much more expectation at Everton.
"We have spent 125 years in the top flight of English football so there is an awful lot at stake and this is a very big job for any manager.
"Nothing has really been said to me about the investment and we might have to get by with what we have. Whatever hand we are given, we will do the best we can."
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