ajay like i said 3 of those 5 goals were against preston north end – okay if we go on 2 long cup runs playing lower league teams each tie then maybe just maybe – no ain’t gonna happen …mark steers don;t go spending your winnings just yet..

Never going to happen – this notion that someone is going to buy Everton and then plough money into it and made us a force, is just fantasy. Those days are over, and even if you have money and good intentions, you can’t spend it anyway because of the prohibitive financial rules. The PL is big business and nothing else.

So they saw a distressed asset, nipped in, grabbed it, made a fast buck and now they want out. Fine. We seemingly have what, half the debt we had before? The idea that an owner is going to ‘take us to the next level’ is laughable – there is no ‘next level’ anymore. City have proved the point but becoming successful only by systematically cheating over a decade. Nobody can make up the ground now unless the rules are changed. Forever a mid table footnote.

Or maybe Burnham can nationalise the club?

I hope we get new owners who put the club first. All TFG want is a massive profit. We can see now, why they never visited Hill Dickinson and Goodison Park, and why they didn’t back us in the transfer window, and sold one of our best assets in Ndiaye. They’re building a 1billion stadium at Roma, who have always been they’re only interest. Mike Gaynes can now stop telling us they’re here for the long haul, he’s probably a bit shocked himself, considering how passionate he was about TFG.

Totally agree Eugene and Liam – The Premier League needs to create a proper constitution, rules and regualtions properly addressing business plans, annual audits and fiscal commitments. I feel like writing it for them 😉 LOL

I’ve never been one to say I told you so, Darren, but I have found Mike’s defence of The Friedkin’s, quite pathetic. They never sell he kept telling us – so now they have decided to sell, he has to throw in even for a 100% profit. Why did Moshiri, pick TSF? Everyone said they were the best people to take us forward, but this hasn’t really been backed up by their actions. Farhad has definitely been seen a lot more at the stadium, (his boss’s money built) than our conspicuously absent American owners, but maybe it’s not a good time to buy a football club, if you’re not whiter than white.

Opportunists. Never attended the Chelsea gane never mind Southampton at Goodison. Took them over six months to come up with Kinnear. No interest in the club from a on field footballing perspective

Perhaps our two most influential supporters – Messrs Burnham and Carney – can break-off from any trade and tariff negotiations they might be undertaking and occasionally throw in a “D’ya fancy owning a Premier League club?”

we lurch from crisis to crisis ! or alternatively everything in the garden is coming up roses ! the friedkin group are great they NEVER sell …angus kinnear is our fantastic new ceo deffo not a corporate bullshitter ‘our elite recruitment team’ are playing a blinder – just wait until the next transfer window ! they will buy more midfielders as we have loads of fullbacks and strikers ! mr stability is a proactive attack minded manager , how dare you think of replacing him – be careful what you wish for ! ta tfg we’ve had good times ( oh no that was billy liar )

Ah well, I guess it’s easier to lose owners we’ve never really met than ones that took us to the park and bought us a bag of sweets every weekend but then fucked off without warning. I think the timing of this is unfortunate though. The Man City situation is likely to make any ‘sovereign wealth fund’ that was considering buying a PL club quite cautious. They can’t cheat their way to success and, as we all know, the financial rules make it almost impossible to break through legitimately. I hope I’m wrong but I predict another American group of investors looking to increase the value of an asset before making a return in under 5 years.

I doubt new owners will make wholesale changes as soon as they move in Brian, they’ll want to see how things go. Makes it all the more important for TFG to give Moyes a one year extension now though, to ensure continuity.

Colour me totally unsurprised

Carry on as normal? They looked after themselves didn’t do much to help the team which now has a very depleted squad and could have been less if Armstrong had looked after himself as much has TFG did.

I wonder if this will have any impact on the likely sales of players, they did try and sell Harrison Armstrong in the last window and maybe his new agents will look to moving him on with the uncertainty that th esale will bring. Also will the vultures start looking at Branthwaite and Garner. Obviously seeing they are on there way then friedkin will sell anybody to reduce his investment.

The timing is interesting. At least if Man City’s owners get fed up, there’s a club just down the road that may just be looking for new owners.

John i think these people know how to do buisness so im not in panic mode i think Everton are ok on and off the field john. My thoughts are lets get to Hull on sunday and bring 3 pts home thats what matters right now john UTFT

Should get a free Toyota out of it.

you can say that again.

stop beating around the bush Sean, say what you feel 😁

It was the other way round as I understand it. TFG had told the media that they were releasing a statement. Someone leaked it in advance.

Alisher Usmanov is available. Unfinished business?

No surprise they have shown no interest from minute one, Mike gaynes kept pushing the same mantra the Friedkin’s dont sell they build. So unless the sale goes through by December which is hardly likely then no investment in players. Also I guess if and when we get new owners Kinnear and his team will be gone, also have a manager out of contract in the summer. Why does it always happen to us a decent start to the season and now owners who want out.

Said it when they bought it it was a no brainer buy cheap reduce debt flip it make a killing infrastructure second to none However needs huge amount of money to make it competitive that will take years even more if new owners cream off the top

Do you not think they will have had talks with prospective buyers Mark? I`d take Usmanov before TFG all day

Hilarious, keep doubling down Mike.

What dilemma?. Just give him a new contract.

I had to laugh reading one or two of these posts – embarrassing doesn’t do it justice. There were a few clues there: 1) Owners who never visited the club they bought. 2) Hiring and retaining a short-term manager to maintain premier league status. 3) Taking out £45 million in a dividend payment when they stated they wanted to grow the club. 4) No investment in signings in the January transfer window. 5) £25 million net profit in the summer transfer window. 6) Below 70% SCR versus the max limit of 115% 7) Reporting that the club was looking for minority and majority investment (dismissed by Steve Jones and Mike as ludicrous) TFG saw a distressed asset with a brand new stadium, and took the chance to buy it, restructure the debt and flip it for a huge profit. End of story.

I think it will be more of the same John, just enough to maintain stable mid table.

I’m wondering how the sale will be effected. The Club is owned by Roundhouse Capital, so do they sell a controlling interest of the Club shares? Or do they sell a controlling interest of Roundhouse Capital? If they sell the Club shares, don’t they still effectively own us if they own Roundhouse Capital? Anyway keep checking Zoopla and Rightmove to see if HDS gets listed.

There has never been a proper connection with the fan base, so this is not painful news. However, it may lead to further frustration for supporters if this drags on . We have heard previously from owners looking for the right investors to take the club forward, this is a predictable statement that remains hollow until we have new owner impetus again. In fairness TFG have done a lot of good business and the clubs current position is thankfully stable. Is this the right time to sell the club (or controlling interest)? Is the prem brand feeling less attractive, more complicated and uncertain with the City fiasco liable to run and run? If TFG are looking at improving cash flow elsewhere they might sell off their holdings in blocks until they have the funds for other projects, projects that evidently mean more to them. There is now a new period of uncertainty which will probably see the clubs set policy as “S M T, Stable mid table”, no big change then?

They need to raise money for there new 2 billion Roma stadium.

Not sure I like this new commenting format. TFG haven’t been able to rinse enough money out of us in 2 years to make it worth their while. I also think the psr and glass ceiling may have also been a factor when comparing us with the likes of Chelsea City Utd and the shite. If the Saudis up at the toon can’t break the ceiling what chance does anyone else have. Roma are at least in with a chance in Serie A. TFG will sell to the highest bidder. Wonder if Moshiri is still interested? after all he has been to more matches at the new stadium than he did at Goodison.

It’s called a Lock in Covenant, but needs to be part of the sale conditions. Not sure why the PL don’t insist on this during the Fit and Proper Owners validation.

what does this have to so with us MG

Top post Stu mate.

John where not getting sold asap . Its only under consideration if the right offer comes in otherwise we carry on as normal . Also usmanov had all his sanctions lifted last week could be a coincifence he might be back in

The shysters have left us with a 17/18 strong squad. The shysters not unreasonably as Yank corporate capitalists have parachuted in for a 20 month profiteering after the twat Ffriedkin told us how much they would and were proud to respect their inheritance and our culture and tradition. Never was the club their first priority. The shysters crippled us in the last window. The shysters wanted to sell HA. Another dark chapter in our by now dodgy line of Mammon owners. Everton a ‘vibrant’ club. No way. We still have deadwood. The only reason that our finances have improved is that venture capitalist Friedkin wanted to balance things to sell us.

They never bought into us as a club or fanbase. Utilized the stadium and flipped us in record time. We now find ourselves, yet again in transition.

I for one think the Ruane translator deserves its own place on this website.

They won’t, we’re never going to. Expect loans , striker, maybe left back as cover. The sooner we have new Owners with ambition the better, otherwise we’re treading water at best until we do.

We’ll be going round in circles with this Mike, perhaps remove the wool from your eyes now. We were bought by TFG at a reduced price to flip. Moshiri was desperate and Friedkin is very good at what he does. Any improvement is a consequence of need to make us attractive, but true investment would have given us better cover in the areas of the pitch that we needed – and dare I say perhaps entertaining us a bit more? Younger perhaps, but if you remove Coleman and Young from the calculation, the average squad age is identical. As mentioned in previous posts, Friedkin does have history of doing this but it’s never public because it doesn’t have to be. In fact it is often companies of companies of companies he owns and I won’t pretend to understand the inner workings of billionaire business, but they don’t always buy companies to cuddle. We can be grateful that they saved us from a terrible fate, but they have never been even pretend fans of our club, or even interested in our success.

No chance. Probably just sell Alcaraz.

Another thought that strikes me this morning, the Premier League are all over anything they consider infractions by clubs regarding money going in/out of clubs, but (unless I’m missing something) there doesn’t seem too much written down to stop shifty carpetbagging owners and wealthy chances buying/selling/fleecing clubs for their own gain. How different might the Premier League be if there was a rule that said “once you have bought a club, you must keep ownership of it for at least five years.”

Mike ask the Friedkins why they are spewing us then!

Mike. Nothing wrong with swimming against the tide, but I know from personal experience that if you take on the overwhelming majority on TW. You have got to be right or they will line up with the I-told-you-so`s. Your loyalty has been admirable and you have made these threads worth reading. No cigar though

Good riddance. Uninspiring low ambition wankers.

A couple of things made me wonder if this was coming: the Moyes contract conundrum was one. It’s not normal to have a manager cruising into the last season of his contract with no talk of a legacy plan. Also, the distance and lack of emotional investment by the owners and the sterile financial investment just didn’t feel right.

And as a last gift they sold Beto and Ndiaye. That might help with Roma’s stadium. Most of us knew that they favoured Roma over us. And this … ‘In September, David Moyes said he had never met or spoken to Friedkin, who is based in Houston, since returning as manager in January 2025’ Fucking money hawks who saw us only as a-less-than-two-year project to cash in. Remember the only time twat Friedkin spoke to us – we will honour the great tradition and culture of this great historical club who we are proud to own.

. Reading bits and pieces this morning, this bit REALLY made me smile (nb: cynically!) “However, TFG will only sanction a departure if they find a successor capable of taking the club ‘to the next level’.” When I put that into the ‘Ruane-translator’ it said… “However, TFG will only sanction a departure if they find any @*nt capable of paying us what we want, no matter how shifty, useless or criminal they might be.” (any chance of a couple of years with no drama at all?)