Jim Ratcliffe is a knob who seems to be drip feeding certain nonsense, and you have a fanbase who don't really understand finance. Without being overly politically this is the same Jim Ratcliffe who also told us Brexit would be some huge success, supported it, took no accountability when it was a disaster and then moved abroad to let everyone else suffer the consequences. So read into the credibility of the guy what you wish from that.
Anyway, even if the TFG deal doesn't re-emerge the club have had a huge influx of liquidity. 200m by some suggestions, potentially more when you factor in MSP/Bell & Downing paid off. This was due monies, at a higher % rate that is now not imminently. They have also paid off Laing (which was the biggest drain over the last 12 months). They were the big risk factors, as MSP could have triggered admin (it would have been stupid for them to do so, but they could have) and Laing could penalise the club if a payment was missed. That is no longer the case.
We have also sold Dobbin, Godfrey and Onana for the best part of 70m, much of that will be up front. You then have a load of cash coming in August from the TV rights. We may also see sales of Beto, DCL, Mykolenko. So further cash coming in, taking income well over 100m from transfers..
Everton do not need to sell Brainthwaite, and are in a much stronger position than 2 months ago, when a predicted fire sale was coming and inevitably never happened. If a club is that desperate for money, they are not making multi-million pounds purchases.