The Friedkin Group reaches agreement to buy Everton

[Liam-EFC]

From one basket case owner to another.

 

[matty1878]

From one basket case owner to another.

textor or TFG

has a plan

it’s better then the current mess

 

[Daytripper]

based on…

Gut instinct

 

[Victus]

From one basket case owner to another.

True but at least this one is around. I also do believe he'll spend in Jan so that'll be good for our new manager whoever it is.

 

[Liam-EFC]

textor or TFG

has a plan

it’s better then the current mess

Textor. I’d like to think he couldn’t be worse than Moshiri but we’ll see.

 

[blueboy72]

Gut instinct

Brilliant

 

[Daytripper]

Brilliant

Thanks

 

[Kever10]

No idea mate. Her job is a balancing act. If she goes in guns blazing they'll not give her any future interviews. That's how these things work

So she has to question in subtle ways

We'll see.

I find it interesting the club has made this request for an interview to be given to BBC Radio Merseyside

Clearly they have something to say. Perhaps they're concerned at the fan apathy that is evident everywhere given 5 games 1 win (lower league opposition) and 4 loses since August?

She is also a red as well though right?

 

[AndyRJ]

She is also a red as well though right?

Dunno about her, but her son is a blue apparently.

 

[Eggs]

Hahaha. Oh.

….Thelwell has always talked the talk, I’d much prefer somebody who says nothing and walks the walk.

 

[allen]

Myers saying textor very soon on twitter

He’s become the Textor news conduit, hasn’t he?

Can’t shake the feeling that Textor’s noise around being close to a deal is being used to hurry Friedkin along.

Textor gains publicity and hype for his shares float, Moshiri puts pressure on Friedkin… I suppose.

But if we see through that, surely Friedkin does.

 

[Ferguson1878]

different ops mate

Don’t think she’s got a fella either Matty

 

[Dymak]

That’s a goodbye to us owning the stadium then

The only way we would ever have 100% equity and ownership of a new stadium would be if we were taken over by an oil state or an oligarch, and even then it wouldn’t be that surprising if they still took advantage of borrowing against an asset like a new stadium.

Having loans secured against the new stadium is pretty much the same as ‘selling’ it and leasing it back. Either way, the club needs to pay to make use of the asset.

If Textor does wish to sell the stadium, he first has to clear approximately 500 million pound of existing debt that has been required to build the stadium in the first place. He may be able to ‘consolidate’ the loans, and replace them with better ones, but we will continue to face payments to pay for the stadium whatever happens.

Owning the stadium outright just isn’t going to happen, and both Textor and TFG would use the new stadium as leverage for loans. There isn’t any available alternative.

Anyone hoping that Everton will be making use of a debt free new stadium is going to be disappointed. We haven’t had debt free ownership of Goodison for decades.

 

[cahill 17]

He’s become the Textor news conduit, hasn’t he?

Can’t shake the feeling that Textor’s noise around being close to a deal is being used to hurry Friedkin along.

Textor gains publicity and hype for his shares float, Moshiri puts pressure on Friedkin… I suppose.

But if we see through that, surely Friedkin does.

You could be right there

 

[Richard Alex]

She is also a red as well though right?

Not sure about that mate. She’s very pro Everton and when talking about the club she refers to Everton as us.
Oh and by the way I think she is quite fit!!