Farhad Moshiri edges closer to dream Everton scenario in advanced talks, Bramley-Moore Dock windfall close
Farhad Moshiri has done things the hard way but it looks as though he’s closing in on the dream scenario at Everton.
Hiring Sean Dyche looks as though it could seal Everton’s Premier League safety for another year with the former Burnley manager winning two of his first three matches in charge.
Dyche has led the Blues to wins over league-leading Arsenal and relegation rivals Leeds and while we did lose to Liverpool, he managed to at least avoid a humiliating result we’d have no doubt suffered under Frank Lampard.
As it stands, the Toffees are 16th in the table, not home and dry by any means – but only Manchester City, Manchester United and Fulham have won more points than us since Dyche’s first game.
On top of the up-turn in form since Dyche’s arrival, Moshiri also looks to be closing in on a major investment deal that should help him pay off the costs of the new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine a year ago, Everrton’s majority shareholder has lost the financial support of Alisher Usmanov due to his sanctioning by the UK Government.
While Everton are yet to find a replacement for Usmanov’s USM for the naming rights of the new 52,888-seater stadium but vitally, advanced talks are reportedly underway between Moshiri and MSP Sports Capital over investing in the Merseyside club.
According to iNews journalist Mark Douglas on 22 February, Moshiri could secure investment in the “near future” as he looks to sell off some of his shares at Everton to help fund the build of the new stadium.
Jahm Najafi heads MSP and it is understood that discussions are also taking place for him, Jeff Moorad and Pete Taylor to win seats on Everton’s board.
Najafi was supposedly set to make a bid worth over £3billion ($3.75bn) for Tottenham earlier this month [Financial Times] but it seems that buying into Everton is a more attractive – and realistic – prospect for the Iranian-American billionaire.
It’s huge news for Everton.
Moshiri’s reckless spending and leadership at Goodison Park has led the club to be in the position they’re in currently. You cannot blame him for what happened with Usmanov but still, Financial Fair Play is an ongoing issue at Goodison Park because of him and his decisions on managers and who he surrounds himself also are major problems.
But we feel as though we’re heading in the right direction now.
We’ve got a manager who knows what he’s doing and should be able to secure Everton’s Premier League safety in an extremely rocky spell.
And, perhaps most importantly, we’ve got a super-rich billionaire intent on buying into the club and helping us build our brand-new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.