Alan Myers: Wealthy unnamed group ready to show hand in Everton takeover bid
Everton are now looking at the prospect of five potential bidders to acquire Farhad Moshiri’s controlling stake in the club, according to Sky Sports.
Alan Myers [7 June] shared that an unnamed US-based group of “large financial backing” have entered the race to secure a takeover deal.
Following the end of exclusivity talks with 777 Partners last week, the field has been made open as the club look to resolve debts, toe the PSR line and continue to schedule with the development of the Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium site.
Who is in the race to buy Everton?
As reported in the Sky article by Myers, there are now five clear alternatives to 777 with an interest in taking over Moshiri’s 94.1% majority share.
A-Cap, who loaned 777 the funds to attempt to acquire Premier League approval – which did not alongside further investment from Moshiri, are one prospective buyer.
Another are local businessmen Andy Bell and George Downing – Bell has just launched a company called Toffee Ventures, named after the club, which is being funded using sold shares from other founded firms.
MSP are the third consortium, who credited Everton the £158m loan to develop the new stadium.
Alongside these is John Textor, the 45% part-owner of Crystal Palace – the American businessman must, by Premier League rules however, sell his shares in the Eagles in order to begin an agreement.
Goodison News has, however, been informed that Textor is not a front-runner to buy the Toffees and nor has he ever been.
And news of an unnamed fifth group with rumoured significant funds could throw another spanner into the works of the chaos.
In other Everton news, the club are set to beat Brighton to the capture of a record-breaking young striker.
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