Michael Kenrick 12/05/2025 6comments  |  Jump to last

Former Everton owner Farhad Moshiri has been talking to Sky Sports about Goodison Park and the investment he made in construction of the new Everton Stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.

“We were all in love with Goodison. I was in love with Goodison. Nobody wanted to move. But the reason we had to leave was partly infrastructural, partly financial.

“I had to put in £400M. The rest had to come from other investors.

“The fact we have The Friedkin Group, really good custodians in a new stadium – I think this is our best chance to bridge the gap. Our fans have suffered far too long.

“My biggest sadness is not to have attended more games. I wish I’d been able to but I was constrained by my work. I have no regret.”

 

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Christy Ring
1 Posted 12/05/2025 at 21:35:58
Anyone watch the Moshiri interview on Sky Sports?

He said he'd no regrets and they had to leave Goodison to compete.

He put in £400M himself into the new stadium?

Michael Kenrick
2 Posted 12/05/2025 at 22:43:57
That would leave a £350M 'black hole' in Everton's finances.

I'm not convinced there were 'other investors' — just those crazy loans.

Mark Taylor
3 Posted 12/05/2025 at 23:37:59
I suppose one shouldn't carp given the guy took a bath to the tune of about £3-400m, without which we wouldn't really be viable going forward (to the extent we are).

I hope those 'other business interests' were, for his sake, lucrative. And that he has paid off Usmanov any debt obligations.

Colin Glassar
4 Posted 12/05/2025 at 23:44:19
Him and his mate were one of the worst things to ever happen to our club.
Craig Scott
5 Posted 12/05/2025 at 23:50:41
I recognise that Moshiri made lots of mistakes and he has been roundly pilloried for those mistakes by all on sundry, particularly on this forum.

But he was first and foremost an investor, and I don't think he professed to be an expert on all things football. His objective was to obtain significant investment to advance the club (from his own and other's pockets) and he was reliant on football 'experts' to spend that money wisely.

He of course has to take responsibility for the fact that his selection of people to spend that money wisely largely failed.
But as well as the $400 odd Million he managed to obtain for recruitment when he started off, he also managed to get the where-with-all to get the stadium constructed and finished.

We may not currently have the squad to be competing for Europe as a result of his and other's decisions, but he deserves the credit for putting his money where his mouth is and facilitating the funding of our fantastic stadium.

We'd still be seen as a nostalgic old-fashioned club with an outdated stadium if it wasn't for him.

Ernie Baywood
6 Posted 13/05/2025 at 03:02:45
Craig, he was our owner at a pivotal point in our history. The club needed to do something in regard to the stadium - I don't believe the alternative (ie do nothing) really existed.

He did that, but it's hard to say that he didn't screw it up. Under his watch we built a new stadium, got worse as a team and went under significant financial strain. We broke rules with regard to financial sustainability and were penalised, putting the club's status at serious risk. And he and his board slandered our supporters.

From his personal perspective he took a bath.

Success? Credit? Not for me.

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