US investment group MSP Sports Capital have not abandoned their talks with Everton over an equity stake in the club.
The New York-based firm had been in discussions with Everton owner Farhad Moshiri in recent weeks over a deal to potentially take as much as 25 per cent of the club, that stake valued at around £105m, and co-founders of MSP Jahm Najafi and Jeff Moorad, along with vice president Peter Taylor had been present at Goodison Park last month for the 2-1 home defeat by Southampton.
However, their interest in Everton was called into question on Wednesday when the Financial Times reported that Najafi was planning to lead on a £3.1bn takeover of Tottenham Hotspur, a deal that MSP Sports Capital and partners would provide 70 per cent of the funding with the remaining 30 per cent from investors in the Gulf.
