Jamie Carragher can’t believe ‘mind blowing’ Everton finance news he’s seen
Jamie Carragher’s scathing criticism of Everton has reached a new height, as he describes the figures involved in the Blues’ financial chaos as “mind blowing”.
The former Liverpool defender outlines in his column in The Telegraph that key, influential voices in the finance world stayed quiet at the wrong times.
Carragher accuses certain politicians and governors of “playing to the gallery” in publicly blaming the Premier League rather than Everton themselves for their “financial oblivion”.
The ongoing attempted sale of the club from Farhad Moshiri to 777 Partners is hitting continuous, high-profile hurdles.
Moshiri’s heavy involvement with sanctioned Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov has not helped matters in recent years and Carragher chokes at the figures surrounding Usmanov’s involvement with Everton.
“Why were those influential voices so quiet when valid questions were raised about the extent of Usmanov’s involvement with Everton?” Carragher said on The Telegraph website (3 May).
Why are they not questioning how the club could find itself in such a financial mess, owing £225 million to Rights and Media Funding, paying 10.25 per cent interest on an £80 million loan taken in 2019? The figures are mind blowing.
“Why were those influential voices so quiet when valid questions were raised about the extent of Usmanov’s involvement with Everton?
“Why are they not questioning how the club could find itself in such a financial mess, owing £225million to Rights and Media Funding, paying 10.25% interest on an £80million loan taken in 2019?”
How does Carragher see the Everton situation playing out?
Carragher has made it clear that Sean Dyche and his players deserve credit amongst all the furore.
Everton have secured another season of Premier League football – a feeling of respite.
And Carragher is right to give credit where it’s due whilst acknowledging – and tearing into – the bigger picture at Goodison Park.
Having previously branded his local club as “the worst-run in England“, the former England centre-half is adamant that the reprieve felt by the fans for staying afloat will only be brief.
The Everton many of us grew up with through the David Moyes years was a powerhouse – one which consistently appeared in Europe, played in harmony with its support base and boasted an array of excellent players.
A proud club remains a proud club, but one riddled with the predicament it finds itself in is demonstrating to the football world how even the biggest clubs suffer extensively on the pitch when decisions made above them are so irresponsible and careless.
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