Your morning Everton headlines for Saturday, July 2 2022.
Everton takeover: Farhad Moshiri camp say deal is dead but consortium insist position unchanged
Everton's takeover bid from Peter Kenyon's USA consortium now looks in the balance after conflicting claims emerged from the parties involved. Sources close to Farhad Moshiri say he has ended talks with the group and "the deal is now dead" but representatives of the the Kaminski group have subsequently insisted that their position hasn't changed.
The group, spearheaded by former Manchester United and Chelsea chief executive Kenyon along and backed financially by real estate tycoon Maciek Kaminski and his family, as well as John Thornton, non-executive chairman of the Barrick Gold mining firm and PineBridge Investments, have been in discussions over a potential buyout of the Blues with hopes they could even complete their takeover before this month is out.
However, talks that began over potential funding for Everton's new stadium being built at Bramley-Moore Dock and progressed to the prospect of purchasing the club, have stalled.
Everton takeover: Farhad Moshiri camp say deal is dead but consortium insist position unchanged
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Bad Richarlison take could come true if Everton halt concerning transfer trend
By Chris Beesley
This correspondent’s phone flashed up with the following shocking message from an old friend just as I was just putting the finishing touches on a comment piece headlined ‘Painful Richarlison Everton exit leaves hole in fans’ hearts and huge challenge for Frank Lampard.’ It read: “£50m for Richarlison is the best bit of business Everton have done in years,” but I sternly begged to differ.
My article was written shortly after the Brazilian’s (£60million by the way, it seems others like to use the base figure when Everton sell and the add-ons when they buy) transfer to Tottenham Hotspur had been agreed with the main thrust of it being that the player, who was loved by Evertonians and misunderstood by so many rivals who didn’t know him, will always have a special place in Blues’ hearts. I therefore felt the bad take on Richarlison from my Liverpool-supporting pal vindicated every word.
I pointed out that here was someone who is Brazil’s number nine, a proven Premier League performer who had scored double figures in three of the past four seasons despite playing mostly out wide for a mid-table team (who then slipped to become one facing the serious threat of relegation last term) and that Jack Grealish, who plays in a similar position but scores fewer goals, had gone from Aston Villa to Manchester City for £100million last summer. The chastened texter then backed down and admitted that he was probably blinded by a “hatred” of the player.
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