Moshiri has options to complete Everton takeover

"WE ARE EVERTON"

Sounds like our man has a plan....is this the dawn we've been waiting for...?

Looks like we've got a future now.

I posted on his appointment that step 1 of his plan after the initial share purchase would be increase his equity holding possibly in conjunction with a new partner. Step 2 would be sack Martinez and Step 3 appoint a new world class manager.

Well he sacked Martinez first but I think that was probably a change to the initial plan as things got so bad so quick. Doesn't make much difference in the end, the key point is this guy is serious. Thanks again BK for pulling off the original deal with Mosh. Finding a billionaire who is prepared to invest his own cash in our club at a time of global financial meltdown and with EPL experience, is a staggering achievement. It's sad that not everyone one acknowledges this as it's undeniable BK's final key act was a master stroke. Kenwright was never perfect but this deal overwrites everything else as it will be truly transformational for our club.

So happy to have someone at the helm that seems to understand Premier League football, and even seems to understand this club. Hats off to Bill for not selling us to someone like Lerner who might have the cash but clearly no understanding of how the league works. Onwards and upwards!

Now we are a very wealthy club with an owner (soon to be) that clearly wants to bring success to our club. Whatever happens we now have hope for the first time in about 25 years. Moshiri didn't just wake up one day and thought oh I'll sell my gilt edged golden plated guaranteed income in Arsenal and put it into Everton. A lot if bloody hard work and persuasion will have gone into doing the deal.

As I have repeatedly said Kenwright has fucked up other things, including the ludicrous appointment of Martinez which I said so at the time. But this deal massively outweighs all those past failings. Not everyone is perfect, we will always have to take the bad with the good, BKs lasting legacy will be Moshiri, who will also no doubt do things in the future we don't all agree with. But all the other BK failings like the new ground will now get resolved, so the only legacy will be Moshiri, the other shit will get put right.

Bill has stabilised the club but like his choice of managers isn't going to take us further. Moshiri will I really believe so

The Usmanov angle is also, of course, interesting.

David Dein was no doubt a link in this chain but we must give credit where it is due and BK deserves a pat on the back for at leaving the legacy for which we have been praying so long, with a total takeover available for when the right time comes.

I for one would like to say thanks BK, now let's get on with making EFC a club of which we were once so proud and back to where we belong at the top table.

In truth, unlike the American interests, Moshiri (Usmanov?) could, I assume, have afforded to both buy out existing shareholders and to invest the further monies needed but it has been decided to go down this other route which lets BK have continuing influence and means that Moshiri doesn't have to stump up the bigger sums.

Should be good for us on the understanding that Moshiri calls the tune but , like others, I am especially interested to see whether this could be a precursor to something even bigger and more ambitious with Russian money.

You're right, of course, that the investment expects a return and given the state of football as a multi-billion pound corporation, and given their frustrations at Arsenal, I imagine that Mr Moshiri and his friends decided that now was the right time to act and to buy into a great club like ours.

Uncle Bill opened the door to them and let them come in, so that's good.

I think he will continue to carry on getting this big club back on it's feet again and the stadium issue at long last, looks like it could happen.

I think that the investment/return angle is not the major driver for Mr Moshiri. I think he was deeply frustrated at Arsenal and decided to take his opportunity with us. I don't think he's just going to shower us with money but he looks a canny player in the finance world so will know how to proceed with our resurgence.

Ii probably isn't that far fetched to see Mr Usmanov play some part, as that American (Kroenke, is it) has just bought some more shares. Whatever is going on, the future begins to look brighter for us at long last.

Reading your posts on the matter, it's as if Kenwright "finally" found the right guy and has graciously stepped aside, leaving the Club in good hands.

Nope.

I'd guess that Moshiri had enough, at Arsenal, helping out his long-standing business partner Usmanov, and struck out on his own. For his own ambition.

Saw the Sleeping Giant run by a fellow in age and failing health and made his move.

Kenwright's genuine and fair legacy is, and will be in the long history of Everton Football Club, hiring the manager who steadied the ship, then got the Club moving up the table.

The rest about old Bill, Andy? Nah.

An aggressive guy, Moshiri, saw an opportunity and his chance to make his own mark in the football world. He's taken it.

We'll see what happens.

I hope he/they want to outstrip those who thwarted them at the Emirates - I know Usmanov increased his shareholding but he is still on the outside there.

Anyway, it's all very promising for us - whether or not the Koeman deal is signed and sealed.

Calling Moshiri Kenwright's legacy is like saying that Fenway is Hicks's and Gillette's legacy at Arsefield. Convenient idea, but not true.

There's a power struggle at Arsenal if you want to see it that way. FACT is Kronke by increasing his shares is a big two fingers in the face of Usmanov. Kroenke calls the shots at Arsenal. Fact.

Moshiri being involved in all this might have thought he would try his hand somewhere else seen as he's getting older. Fair play to him. Bring it on.

I tend to think along the lines of James Flynn@ 35, I don't for a minute believe this has been masterminded by BK I believe he got lucky. He knew the right people at the right time.

Everton were ripe for investment and Moshiri grasped the nettle. BK has done very well out of this deal do not fool yourselves. So congratulate Bill hopefully into the sunset.

As for Moshiri, he's a billionaire because Usmanov made him a billionaire, as astute as Moshiri may be he works for Usmanov, their business partners, whether that partnership unofficially carries on at Everton, who knows?

Is Moshiri striking out on his own? Possibly. However let's be honest Mr Usmanov ain't gonna be happy being a silent partner at Arsenal under Kroenke forever surely?

My line of thinking is this- New manager, players, big money spent, we will know the true extent of this investment when Everton get a new stadium, then we will know we have serious investment.

Due diligence no further than Wikipedia would show to anyone that Kronke BUYS things. He buys.

God knows why Usmanov bought into AFC. Moshiri too.

Kronke's thing is to purchase, purchase, purchase! It's what he does.

Usmanov bought Moshiri's shares. This we know.

Moshiri has gone his own way. His way is Everton Football Club.

Let's see what he does with it.

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Exactly for the reason you've just pointed out. Kroenke has got Arsenal wrapped up. So I find it surprising people scorn the idea that Usmanov and his best mate could actually look elsewhere!

Just going on gut feeling there's more going on behind closed doors with this than we understand. As I've said previous, the building of a new ground will tell us alot.

Do you think he's Usmanov's frontman? Why? Nothing indicates that. What we have is Usmanov owning the shares Kroenke doesn't at Arsenal.

And Moshiri neck-deep in running EFC.

If we're extending that relationship to a new stadium Merseyside?

Why not? Usmanov's fortune was made in the Russian steel industry. Wouldn't surprise Moshiri would bring him in while looking for a new stadium deal.

Beyond that, Moshiri is the boss of EFC.

Legally Moshiri will be/is Evertons boss. My gut feeling though is that there's more to this but I could be wrong.

Batman and Robin! Usmanov and Moshiri! Ha ha ha! I don't know why but that's how I feel about them pair, anyways I know sweet fa so I'm just throwing it out there as plausible.

Like I said earlier it's the building of a possible stadium overlooking the Mersey that will be a game changer for us. That deal if it ever happens will I think expose more than we know now.

Build it and they will come!

Taking black and white positions on such matters is simply naive. This isn't a good v evil debate, it's business. BK was far from perfect, made some big mistakes, but he also was pivotal in getting Moshiri into our club. The idea that Moshiri just woke up one day and thought, 'I know I'll go and buy Everton' carries zero credibility, but I guess it does help avoid acknowledging the actual reality.

Some balance and objectiveness called for I think. To those who adhere to the idea that BK deserves no credit for Moshiri's appointment, could BK ever have done anything in your eyes that was good for our club? If the only answers you can think of is either leave the club, or not (insert one of his mistakes) I think you've probably identified that you perhaps have an axe to grind against the man. Being blinded by prejudice is never a smart place to be.

I would like to see one or two of our youngsters make the grade this season ie; Holgate, Dowell, Davies, Galloway and Garbutt....they may enable us to save some money but they are unknown at the premier league level.usually youngsters are inconsistent and that is quite obvious with Lukaku, Deulofeu, Stones and Barkley who should be reaching their very best more often.

The new manager plus Moshiri need to inject ambition and enthusiasm into our squad to raise the spirits of the suffering fans and get Goodison rocking !!If we could buy a Payet or Silva type of player plus a Yarmolenko to play alongside a rejuvenated Lukaku then the whole club would benefit.

If Moshiri can hang on to our best players and add two or three top players then the fans will be pleased.I do not want to see us continue to use transfer windows to make profits to the detriment of club ambition.We need to invest in the team and perhaps that will result in the long over due rewards on the pitch.

If a friend of yours owed you a lot of money and was rumoured to be seriously ill wouldn't you get a bit worried you might not see a return?

To recap, what I understood Amit said was that "The Mosh" may have specified or itemised certain conditions to be fulfilled before he exercised his option to buy up further shares.

Amit then went on to outline some examples. So, I got to wondering quite what those issues might be which Farhad Moshiri is looking to see completed ?

Perhaps the signals are there in Moshiri's message in the Chelsea programme ?
Stadium, he clearly states this as a priority matter. So, does he want an agreement of some sort in place regarding our home ?
Debt, many here have been unhappy with who we have to repay this to. Has Mosh got better ideas which need to be in place ?
Relegation, at the time that Mosh bought in, avoiding relegation was NOT a certainty. But, by the time Martinez was dismissed, it was. Action since that point has been decisive and determined.

I have absolutely zero evidence other than my own meanderings. Nevertheless, these 3 issues could, to my thinking, each or jointly hint at why Mosh had 49.9% and agreement for more. Time will tell.

I suspect it worked both ways - i.e. Mosh couldn't increase his stake until he had given some assurances and finance to the club/squad/infrastructure/stadium.

I think it is a good way of doing it, whichever way.