Sky Sports pundit totally backs Everton takeover after Farhad Moshiri era hits the buffers
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An Everton takeover “will be a good thing” because the Farhad Moshiri ownership has “hit the buffers” according to Kevin Campbell.
After talks between the Toffees owner and a consortium led by Peter Kenyon broke down amid confusion during the summer it appeared that a change at the top was off the table, but Maciek Kaminski has returned to the table alone in recent weeks, while a rival approach with Jeffrey Soros at the head has also come forward.
Former Everton captain Campbell, a Sky Sports pundit, is fully behind a the move and believes it would provide a much better base to support Frank Lampard’s rapidly improving team.
“I think it will be a good thing,” he said, speaking exclusively to Goodison News.
“The Moshiri ownership has kind of hit the buffers a little bit, and to make sure the club’s on a sound footing financially, new stadium being done, new ownership, injection of money into the squad to give Frank Lampard a better foundation to work from, I think that’s major pluses for the club.
“We’re seeing the team starting to get better and come together now, so I think that could be a really good move for Everton.”
It appears that Moshiri is ready to move on since, whatever he says publicly, he surely wouldn’t be entertaining multiple approaches to buy the club over a number of months if he wasn’t considering it.
The fact that he has become increasingly unpopular with the fanbase after decisions such as appointing Rafael Benitez, and with the loss of long-time business partner Alisher Usmanov who was sanctioned after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, perhaps it is logical he is willing to sell up.
Whether a new owner will be able to suddenly inject cash into the squad is another matter, since the mess on the profit and sustainability front has restricted proceedings, and Moshiri, for all his faults, hasn’t actually been afraid of throwing money around himself in his time at the club.