Direct questions for Everton' major shareholder, Farhad Moshiri

Send those questions to Jim White and he can text them to Moshiri, because that is the only way he will answer your valid questions.

Come on, Moshiri, clear the air and tell us, what the proverbial is going on at EFC???

As long as he allows Bill to put stuff out in the press, he is showing what an absolute rider he is in this whole affair. If he fires Brands, he exposes himself for setting up a stuffed shirt operation.

The DOF function was merely for firewalling the bigs. If this continues as is, I would like to see us all get with the most reputable one left, Rafa. I know it's a big ask, I was against as well until we married.

Bottom line: Potter would not have the skills to deal with Moshiri, et al. This is above and beyond what is on the manager's resume or how someone built up a smaller club.

Maybe Potter would be the one to follow Rafa but for now this guy has the best understanding of what's wrong and can represent the club in front of the mic, taking the tough questions without further damaging us.

"The signing of Alex Iwobi, it must also be stressed, was not on Brands. The director of football was certain the idea of signing the Arsenal man, at such a price at that late in the window, would quickly die down, but Moshiri pressed on with the signing. Everton paid an initial £28m for Iwobi who was on a yacht off the coast of Dubai when the call came in."

We have an absolute Mr Bean of an owner, he's clueless and a danger to the club.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/marcel-brands-everton-exit-breaking-22372584

Usmanov - what's in it for him?
How long has he really been involved and why does he think £30m was a good deal for the naming rights of the training ground?

How come we have overpaid for nearly every transfer? If we were trying to break FFP regs, how could we have done it quicker?

Eyebrows were sky high at most moves.
Bolasi £30m?
Sigurdsson £45m?
Iwobi £28m?
Keane £25m?
Moise £28m?
Richarlison £40m?
5 of these were tried and tested in the PL so it was pretty clear that if everyone thought we were overpaying, there's a fair chance we were.

Have you used Everton for money laundering or did your negotiating team just know less than the average fan?

If it doesn't sniff right, it probably isn't.
True or false?

It squares the circle so neatly as an explanation it's hard to not run with it intellectually. Well, the only way a club ends up in a mess like this is actually by design

Does anyone have real meat to put on the bone here?

I used to work with a fellow who once worked for Roman Abaramovich personally. The stories he would tell me. Similar in tone to what Mr Pembo mentioned...would love to hear some genuine dirt as opposed to mere suspicions about Everton though.

Not necessarily dodgy, it's commonplace to pick up a cheap asset and speculate to accumulate, but surely this is about money. If it was just moshiri you could possibly believe in the romance of a play thing and leaving a mark behind. But with usminov in tow, these guys surely have to be looking at an exit strategy or some financial angle.

Maybe I'm too cynical but billionaires are not easily parted with their money in the real world.

FWIW, my mate who worked for Abramovich - he got a Rolex Submariner as a leaving gift! - seemed to be under the impression that Abramovich actually had some silent partners at chelsea, silent partners from Mother Russia.

You know, the sort of guys who would love to have an attachment and connection to a glamorous, mega successful football club, but can't be bothered with all that paperwork, documentation and other stuff. Too much fag.

None of it makes any sense unless you run it like the yanks have indebted the mancs or sportsdirect used Newcastle as a cash cow.

That in effect, Abramovich was just the front man for a criminal syndicate. Similar to how the mafia got hold of Las Vegas casinos in the seventies, through a front man and shady front money.

That's the sort of dirt I'm talking about.

Those rights include:
The right to inspect all minutes and resolutions.
The right to inspect all directors' service contracts.
The ability to make a claim on behalf of the company against a director for breach of trust or negligence.
I am sure there are more.

There are still many small shareholders on the shareholders register. Perhaps we should crowd fund someone.