Dan Plumley

Wed 3 May 2023 17:10, UK

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Dan Plumley has insisted that the relentless calendar of football with not make any potential takeover of the club easy in the coming months.

It comes after Tuttomercatoweb reported that 777 Partners had overtaken MSP Sport Capital with the view of taking the club out of Farhad Moshiri’s hands.

Plumley admitted there is never a good time to sort a takeover out, with different partners in play behind the scenes at Goodison Park for quite some time now.

“There is never a good time to sort a takeover out, the calendar is relentless,” he exclusively Goodison News.

“Even finishing one season, you’ve already planned the next season before that.

“The challenge within that is the precarious nature of the on-pitch scenario with Everton so that still stands, but I think it may feel like it’s dragging a little bit and has been protracted, but also, once that on-field position is confirmed, you could look to speed things up a little bit.

“That’s not to say that this would go through quickly as these things take an awful amount of time and we’ve seen long, drawn-out deals that drag across months and months, but we know these partners have been in play behind the scenes.

“They have atleast been conducting due diligence you would hope and looking at the club in more detail, so I think when we get a handle on where the club is going to be next season, that can speed the timeline up more than anything because it is a little waiting game going on here.

“That’s not ideal, but I don’t think there is ever a good time to sort a takeover out.”

This is certainly something to keep an eye on, but a full takeover has never really been on the cards at Everton with investment more likely at this moment.

All eyes are on the situation on the pitch right now, with Premier League football critical to the future.