Farhad Moshiri sources: Everton takeover is not close as Maciek Kaminski news breaks
Sources close to Farhad Moshiri and Maciek Kaminski have shared that no deal is close to being done as Everton takeover links resurfaced yet again, according to Joe Thomas.
News has broken in the past 24 hours that a £400million takeover was in advanced talks, with approval still needed from the Premier League for it to go through [Financial Times].
Sources on both sides have shared that the deal isn’t done, but Kaminski retains his interest in taking over, a move which would bring another American into the Premier League.
Writing in his latest column for the Liverpool ECHO, Thomas reported the latest on the situation as the links continue to get stronger ahead of the Premier League returning.
“Real estate tycoon Maciek Kaminski remains interested in a takeover of Everton although no deal is thought to be imminent,” he wrote.
“The US businessman was part of a consortium that explored a deal for the club in the summer, a process that eventually concluded with majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri publicly stating the Blues were not for sale.
“While Mr Kaminski retains an interest in Everton, sources close to both sides said no deal had been done and played down reports that one was close to being confirmed at this stage.”
Again.
There is usually no smoke without fire, and these takeover links don’t appear to be disappearing any time soon at Goodison Park, do they?
Moshiri has certainly started to put years of mistakes right in the past year, transforming the transfer policy under Frank Lampard, and continuing the development of the superb new stadium.
After cutting ties with Alisher Usmanov, it was made clear that outside Everton funding would be looked at, but there has been little talk of that and instead, full takeovers have been mentioned.
Kaminski is without Peter Kenyon and John Thornton this time around after their period of exclusivity over the summer, with the businessman working via KAM Sports.
With a net worth of around $1billion [ECHO], a large chunk of that would be taken out instantly by the takeover itself, so it would be interesting to see how money was brought into the club.
This is certainly going to gather pace in the coming days yet again, with all eyes from Merseyside watching for developments, it’s never boring at Goodison – that’s for sure.