Everton at risk of complete ridicule after latest partnership announcement
Everton are opening themselves up to ridicule after the latest announcement of a baseball-themed range of leisurewear.
As reported by the Liverpool Echo [21 November], the leisurewear launch was made in partnership with kit manufacturer Castore, who designed this year’s third kit to commemorate a baseball exhibition between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Giants at Goodison Park in 1924.
While the Blues await the longingly anticipated ownership change, the Merseyside outfit are still in a difficult position regarding the Profit and Sustainability Rules [Matt Jones], and it appears the arrival of Dan Friedkin will only partially eradicate the financial problems that have plagued the side.
Whoever is still calling the shots at Goodison Park needs to take a long, hard look at the priorities for Everton; what good does a pointless baseball partnership do when so much uncertainty still surrounds the Toffees?
Everton need to get their priorities in check
The Friedkin Group are expected to complete the takeover of Everton in mid-December [Alan Myers], but a lot can change at Goodison Park in a few weeks.
Sean Dyche will likely lose his position at the Blues helm if he cannot muster up wins against Brentford and Manchester United; ironically, this is the furthest of the worries on Merseyside.
Everton supporters will feel a case of Déjà vu, as the spending on the stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock project has brought about fresh PSR concerns and the threat of a third Premier League points deduction [Kieran Maguire].
While it is all well and good for the players to parade around in a glaringly obvious PR puff piece, there is a time and a place, and right now, it just paints the club in a poor light.
The impending takeover has become “complicated” and shrouded with mystery as supporters are left in the dark regarding how far along TFG are in the process.
Friedkin, of course, must attend to the matter of the repayment of the £200million loan to 777 Partners, which is now worth only £66million in equity after the American firm’s liquidation.
However, A-CAP has yet to respond to requests regarding payment, which has led to a court standoff [Josima] and ultimately has brought the Everton takeover to a halt until the situation concludes.
Therefore, amid all the uncertainty surrounding the Blues, this announcement is made in poor taste and presents the image of a club attempting to paint over the cracks as the hinge on the brink of descending into chaos for the second time in as many years.
In other Everton news, the Toffees have been gifted a Jarrad Branthwaite lifeline in a fresh Manchester United transfer twist.
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