Potential new owners may have found something which led to Everton-BDO fiasco
Potential new Everton owners may have noticed something in the club’s finances that led to the recent auditors’ fiasco over the last 48 hours.
On October 12 it was revealed that BDO, the club’s auditors informed Farhad Moshiri and the club about their intentions to leave after concerns over the financing as well as Moshiri’s ownership.
Paul from the ESK, who has worked as a journalist at the Liverpool Echo, The Observer and the Examiner speculates that it could be something to do with their potential £400million takeover.
Speaking on the Talking The Blues podcast at 8:53, he said, “It is possible that a potential owner or a potential investor has come across something or asked something because they would obviously be doing their due diligence if they’re going to hand over £400million.
“They’re going to want to make sure where it goes and if it does go to the person who actually owns the club and that they would have the true title.
“It might be that something would have come up [leading to the BDO news].”
Moshiri causing problems always
While Moshiri’s spokesperson has come out to deny that BDO are on their way out, there is no smoke without fire.
It could be that the Iranian is looking to do damage limitation before the takeover as this hurts his chances of getting a good bidder in.
It’s been clear for a while now that he wants out and the fans want him out sooner but it’s big money involved and it’s throwing plenty of twists and turns.
Until the club do not issue a clarification, speculation will run rife throughout the media and it’s not a good look for Moshiri.
Hopefully, this does not dissuade any potential investors as it still is an amazing project to put their funds in and Merseyside is known to be a hot bed for football.
The new stadium certainly adds to the charm of owning the football club and we would hope that this Everton takeover goes through in the next few months.