As Everton slumped to a miserable 2-1 loss to fellow strugglers Southampton in the Premier League earlier this month, among the 39,00-plus crowd were some interested parties from across the Atlantic.
Everton owner Farhad Moshiri has been on the lookout for investment in the club and the stadium project for some time, engaging the services of US investment banks MUFG and JP Morgan Chase to facilitate that search.
A report in the Guardian earlier this week claimed that the club was for sale with a £500m asking price, something that has been denied by Moshiri when contacted by the ECHO on Tuesday, but in conversation with Everton's Fan Advisory Board last week he did reveal that investment in the stadium was "close".
