It’s total chaos at Everton!

Coming very close to the Championship (English D2) last year, Everton this time did not need to wait until the last day to save themselves. 15th in the championship with 40 points, 14 points more than the first relegated Luton Town, the Mersey club has secured a future in the elite of English football. But the Premier League season has barely ended when the Toffees are already facing a first obstacle which is likely to hamper their sporting projects, and to plunge the Liverpool team a little further into crisis. Indeed, Everton announced via an official press release that the American investment fund 777 Partners will not buy the residents of Goodison Park. The reason ? The deadline set for the buyout expired this Saturday.

“Everton Football Club would like to provide the following update to all stakeholders, and in particular its supporters. The agreement between 777 Partners and Blue Heaven Limited for the sale and purchase of the majority stake in the Club expired today. The club’s board recognizes the considerable level of financial support that 777 Partners has provided to the club over recent months and would like to take this opportunity to thank them for this. The club will continue to operate as usual, while working with Blue Heaven Holdings to evaluate all options for future ownership of the club. The Board would like to thank everyone connected with Everton for their patience over recent months and reiterates its commitment to providing further updates when it is appropriate to do so via the club’s official communications channels »informed the 15th in the Premier League.

Everton forced to sell their best players!

A real blow for the Mersey club and its majority shareholder, Farhad Moshiri. In September 2023, the Iranian-British businessman (who has held 94% of Everton’s shares since 2016) announced to the British press that he had started official negotiations with the investment fund based in Miami, Florida and established in many sectors such as entertainment, aviation, insurance or sport. However, serious doubts about the solvency of the American company that owns Genoa, Standard de Liège, Vasco da Gama and Red Star have emerged in recent months in Belgium and Brazil, forcing the British authorities to redouble their efforts. vigilance by closely monitoring the Liverpool training resumption process. Postponed multiple times, the takeover of Everton by 777 Partners, also targeted by 16 complaints in the United States for fraud and unpaid debts, will therefore not take place.

Already penalized with a withdrawal of eight points during the season for having violated the rules of financial fair play of the Premier League, Everton, which is preparing to leave its legendary venue of Goodison Park to move to a larger stadium ( 53,000 places) located in Bramley-Moore and whose construction cost is around 650 million euros, finds itself obliged to carry out a real bloodletting to get back on track and avoid new sanctions before the 30 June. In this sense, The Sun informs us that many major players from Sean Dyche’s squad will be placed on the transfer market. Revelation of the season among the Toffees, Jarrad Branthwaite should be the first to leave this summer. The 21-year-old defender, who extended his contract with Everton until 2027, is highly rated across the Channel and is of interest to Manchester United, looking for defensive reinforcement. To the extent that the British press estimates his market value at around £80 million (i.e. more than €90 million), the Englishman could bring in big returns for his team, which is also considering parting ways with Dominic Calvert-Lewin, at the end of his contract and targeted by Newcastle, which is looking to strengthen its attack line. Finally, elements such as Jordan Pickford, Dwight McNeil or Amadou Onana could also be sacrificed. In other words, it’s chaos at Everton!