New York-based investment fund MSP Sports Capital is edging closer to a minority stake in Everton, according to sources familiar with the matter.
MSP have been in discussions with Everton over acquiring a stake in the club for several weeks with billionaire co-founders Jahm Najafi and Jeff Moorad, along with vice president Peter Taylor, in attendance for the home defeat against Southampton back in January.
A renowned sports investment firm with stakes in the McLaren Formula One team, extreme sports competition 'X Games', and football investments in football clubs including German side FC Augsburg, G.D. Estoril Praia in Portugal, Spain’s AD Alcorcon and Belgian side SK Beveren, MSP had been, according to the Financial Times, been lining up a £3.1bn takeover move for Tottenham Hotspur last month.