Sam Allardyce raves about Farhad Moshiri as Everton owner in advanced talks over takeover
Sam Allardyce has raved about Farhad Moshiri after it has emerged that the Everton owner is in advanced talks to sell the club.
Speaking on talkSPORT on 13 September, the former Blues manager said the club “couldn’t have had a better owner” despite the well-documented struggles over the past few years at Goodison Park.
He added that Moshiri has had “great plans” to build the new Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium, but that he has “probably had enough” after it was reported on 12 September that he is in advanced talks with US investment firm 777 Partners over a takeover [iNews].
“You couldn’t have had a better owner than Farhad Moshiri to be fair,” said Allardyce. “What is it, £600million in since he took over? And, unfortunately, it’s not gone in the right direction to take the football club forward.
“Great plans of building a new stadium, which is probably halfway built now. But he’s probably had enough now, he’s probably had a look at football and thought to himself that it is probably time to get out and let somebody else take the reins.”
Biased
These comments from Allardyce are unlikely to go down too well with a large number of Everton supporters given what has gone on at the club over the past few years.
The former Blues boss is probably biased from his time in charge at Goodison Park, having built upon a relationship with the owner.
But even though he has invested a lot, he has overseen one of the worst periods in the club’s long and proud history during that time.
Anyone can pump money into a club if they have the funds to do so, but the decisions he – alongside the rest of the board has made – have potentially risked the Merseysiders’ future.
If the Toffees manage to turn a corner and the new stadium is completed, then many will be thankful for some of the things he has done, but now is the time for him to move on and let someone else take the club forward.
In other Everton news, the Premier League is due to make checks after takeover news has emerged.