Matthew Shaw

Fri 30 September 2022 10:10, UK

The instability of the market has complicated discussions surrounding a potential Everton takeover from Maciek Kaminski, according to Ben Jacobs.

It has been reported by the CBS journalist that the level of capital required to fund the new stadium could also cause issues with more time needed for this to go through if it does.

The weakness of the pound is currently viewed as a window of opportunity for US investors, who can exploit that, something that Kaminski may be looking into.

Writing on his personal Twitter account, Jacobs shared how things could start to get very complicated as talks get set to continue over the coming days and weeks.

“Even though in some respects there’s a window of opportunity for US investors to exploit the pound’s current weakness,” he wrote.

“The instability of the market has complicated discussions (especially since more time needed) as has the level of capital required to fund Everton’s new stadium.”

Complicated.

Liz Truss, Kwasi Kwarteng and the Government have had an absolute nightmare over the past week, with the pound to dollar simply plummeting.

That has seen Americans look to exploit the housing market in popular areas such as London, and the same could be happening here but with our club.

Farhad Moshiri insisted over the summer that the club was not for sale and instead, he only wanted outside investment, so it’s hard to imagine things have changed in that aspect.

With big losses and the stadium though, £400million being the reported figure by the Financial Times appears low in this case, so this could be the exploitation mentioned.

The market is changing day by day in the United Kingdom as things stand, so by the time any kind of talks were 100% ironed out and anything potentially agreed upon, the pound could have risen again.

That is likely wishful thinking, but one thing for certain is that this takeover talk isn’t disappearing, and there will be many changes to come at Everton Football Club.