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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Andy Hunter

Friedkin Group agrees deal to buy Everton from Farhad Moshiri

Everton players huddle before their Carabao Cup tie against Southampton
Everton players huddle before their Carabao Cup tie against Southampton. The Blues are an ‘iconic football club’, the Friedkin Group says. Photograph: Matt McNulty/Getty Images

The Friedkin Group has agreed a deal to buy Everton, two months after pulling out of talks to purchase Farhad Moshiri’s 94.1% shareholding.

The US company, owned by the billionaire Dan Friedkin, held constructive negotiations with Everton’s majority owner over the weekend as it sought to gazump interest from the Crystal Palace co-owner John Textor.

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