Everton: 777 Partners try pressure tactic after latest takeover news from Goodison Park
Dan Plumley has insisted that 777 Partners claiming they will not continue to fund Everton past March is a new pressure tactic on their takeover bid.
The American investment firm has met with the Premier League this week to try and clear some obstacles, with the takeover bid going on for months.
The football finance expert admitted that 777 has threatened to cut funding before, saying if they are committed to the takeover they need to put more money in.
“You’re looking at past information to be your guide,” he exclusively told Goodison News.
“We saw at the time, they said this in January and they’ve said it before.
“They’ve now put another date on it, but they’ve continued to put money in, so it’s probably more of a pressure tactic than an absolute moment in time, if they remain invested and want to do a takeover then they are going to have to put some more money in.
“It feels like a bit of a pressure tactic from what we’ve seen, and again, it fits within that mix that neither party is just bringing enough to the party to get this over the line for whatever reason.
“Some of those reasons, we just don’t know looking in.”
777 Partners takeover twist at Everton
In the same week that Josh Wander hit back at some Everton fans, the latest threat to cut funding could show that the pressure is getting to 777.
The Premier League are unlikely to make an immediate decision after this meeting, and another panel needs to go over things following that too.
All that together means we are likely to go past March, let’s see what they do then.
In other Everton news, sources have spoken out as a “genuine alternative” buyer emerged.
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