What happens over the course of the next two games will have profound effects on Everton in the years to come.
If results go their way, Everton could find themselves escaping the jaws of relegation for a second successive season, and also potentially firing the starting pistol on the end of Farhad Moshiri’s reign at the the helm of the club he has owned since 2016.
Two US investment firms, 777 Partners and MSP Sports Capital, have held discussions with Moshiri and his representatives in recent months, with those talks having now reached the point of, according to The Athletic and the Daily Mail, offers being agreed with both, albeit with caveats attached.
