777 Partners must plan permanent January exit for Neal Maupay after Everton comments
Few teams in world football have had a more difficult start to the season than Everton, with new issues emerging at Goodison Park with every passing week.
While investigations continue over 777 Partners’ takeover after they agreed to a deal to acquire Farhad Moshiri’s 94.1 per cent stake in the Toffees, Sean Dyche’s side has been deducted 10 points having been adjudged to have broken the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules.
Just to add to the frustration on the blue half of Merseyside, Neal Maupay has spoken about his time with Everton, suggesting that the supporters are partly to blame for his poor form before joining Brentford on loan.
As quoted by Sky Sports (22 November) he said: “I’m always honest and tell the truth; last season, I didn’t enjoy myself. I didn’t enjoy my football and life up there was tough. The people around the club, the fans, made my life really difficult.”
The Everton fanbase have been through the wringer in the last few days and it feels as though the Frenchman couldn’t have picked a much worse time to decide to aim at the supporters inside Goodison Park.
Maupay only departed Everton on a temporary deal this summer and while Brentford have the opportunity to make the deal permanent at the end of the season [The Athletic, 1 September], 777 Partners should look to find a solution to his long-term future in January.
The Miami-based firm is hopeful that their takeover can be completed before the January transfer window opens and one of the first items on their agenda on Merseyside should be either pulling forward Brentford’s buy option or finding a different club willing to pay for the Frenchman.
There is absolutely no way that he can step foot on the pitch for Dyche’s side again after his latest comments as they are incredibly disrespectful to the supporters, the manager and the club as a whole.
777 Partners have had their critics since it was announced that they would be looking to take over the Toffees, but they would certainly get some of the Everton fanbase on their side if they sold the flop early in their tenure.
It doesn’t make sense for any party involved in this deal for it to remain a loan rather than a permanent switch. Everton don’t want Maupay, he doesn’t want to play for the Toffees and Brentford want his services. The Blues won’t get anywhere near the £15 million they spent in 2022 [BBC Sport] but could receive a decent fee.
In other Everton news, a report has emerged about what Sean Dyche is planning when his side return from the international break