The Friedkin Group reaches agreement to buy Everton

[HalfTimeSayers]

It would perfectly ok if it is Toyota Corporate doing the sponsorship rather than Friedkin’s dealership group. Completely separate entities.

Friedkin doesn’t own a dealership group. He is the distributor of Toyotas to dealer groups in a certain part of the US of behalf of Toyota. They will basically store units when they enter the country and distribute them to dealers when they are called down into stock (or they are forced upon the dealers as often happens when there is excess brought into any territory). They are part of the automotive distribution chain, but Billy-Joe Johnson in the Gulf States can’t go buy a car from Friedkin.

They are acting as agent or customer of Toyota, they aren’t part of Toyota at all. It’s a decent spot to be in as they are largely insulated from changing demand/margins, and they have been doing it a very long time. Not sure why everyone thinks it’s a given they can coerce Toyota into sponsorship. I hope they do (apart from Toyota branding and dealership corporate identities being heavily red!!), but it would be a bit like us being bought by Hermes delivery and expecting it to result in Next sponsoring us.

 

[Marc bolan]

Actually reminds me of one of the greatest lines from a pop song .

Desire as by Prefab Sprout

"Desire as a sylph figured creature who changes her mind"
DAUBED IN DOOM IN HIS TONGUE TOMBED ROOM

 

[Jebus_lives]

Give up mate he won't be told.

He has an agenda and he won't be swayed. I shared the extract from the programme notes from the opening game of the season August 2024, so fairly recent, but yeah he's convinced he's lieng so he won't be swayed.

Someone uses a term "distressed seller" and he bites doesn't even have the intelligence to realise it might be a tactic to get investors by Textor at that point. Make out someone is desperate and it pulls people in.

He might be right. But nothing he's shared suggests he's correct. Just hypothesis.

 

[ashwuk76]

He might be right. But nothing he's shared suggests he's correct. Just hypothesis.

He's latched onto the phrase "distressed seller" and made an assumption Colin chong is a liar. Zero proof to back up his claims.

 

[Goodison87]

Friedkin doesn’t own a dealership group. He is the distributor of Toyotas to dealer groups in a certain part of the US of behalf of Toyota. They will basically store units when they enter the country and distribute them to dealers when they are called down into stock (or they are forced upon the dealers as often happens when there is excess brought into any territory). They are part of the automotive distribution chain, but Billy-Joe Johnson in the Gulf States can’t go buy a car from Friedkin.

They are acting as agent or customer of Toyota, they aren’t part of Toyota at all. It’s a decent spot to be in as they are largely insulated from changing demand/margins, and they have been doing it a very long time. Not sure why everyone thinks it’s a given they can coerce Toyota into sponsorship. I hope they do (apart from Toyota branding and dealership corporate identities being heavily red!!), but it would be a bit like us being bought by Hermes delivery and expecting it to result in Next sponsoring us.

Bang on, a good friend of mine is quite high up within Toyota UK and explained as much, he’s employed by the manufacturing side rather than dealer network.

Did say he wouldnt be surprised if his Toyota connection resulted into a significant sponsor partnership such as shirt sponsor at absolute most but certainly no more, the stadium naming would be out of the question.

 

[Blueberry Muffin]

Bang on, a good friend of mine is quite high up within Toyota UK and explained as much, he’s employed by the manufacturing side rather than dealer network.

Did say he wouldnt be surprised if his Toyota connection resulted into a significant sponsor partnership such as shirt sponsor at absolute most but certainly no more, the stadium naming would be out of the question.

There goes my dream for the Corolla Megabowl

 

[Chewbacca]

Friedkin doesn’t own a dealership group. He is the distributor of Toyotas to dealer groups in a certain part of the US of behalf of Toyota. They will basically store units when they enter the country and distribute them to dealers when they are called down into stock (or they are forced upon the dealers as often happens when there is excess brought into any territory). They are part of the automotive distribution chain, but Billy-Joe Johnson in the Gulf States can’t go buy a car from Friedkin.

They are acting as agent or customer of Toyota, they aren’t part of Toyota at all. It’s a decent spot to be in as they are largely insulated from changing demand/margins, and they have been doing it a very long time. Not sure why everyone thinks it’s a given they can coerce Toyota into sponsorship. I hope they do (apart from Toyota branding and dealership corporate identities being heavily red!!), but it would be a bit like us being bought by Hermes delivery and expecting it to result in Next sponsoring us.

Same applies though, a different company so there are no legal issues with sponsorship but he’s not going to get Toyota Corporate (who have the money) to sponsor the stadium.

Ref the red corporate colours, they could maybe get us a sponsor via their EV marketing as Toyota brand their EV’s with blue badging.

 

[verreauxi]

I didn't realize he was a stunt pilot in the film Dunkirk, and directed a film.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Bang on, a good friend of mine is quite high up within Toyota UK and explained as much, he’s employed by the manufacturing side rather than dealer network.

Did say he wouldnt be surprised if his Toyota connection resulted into a significant sponsor partnership such as shirt sponsor at absolute most but certainly no more, the stadium naming would be out of the question.

Knowing us, Honda will sponsor the stadium, Toyota will switch to another company due to being offended, Friedkin will end up bankrupt and we’ll end up being sold to a potless Libyan oil magnate.

 

[Librarian]

 

[kev]

There goes my dream for the Corolla Megabowl

Toyota Suprabowl

 

[brettangellnightporter]

Current matchday revenue(2023) comes out to 23m a year for PL matches at 590 per fan. At 40 per ticket thats 760 per fan. Include some hospitality to lets say 900 per fan(9th in the league) and matchday revenue increases by 24.6m to 47.6m per year. That only counts PL matches.

It's the corporate

 

[ClausThomsen]

Hard to say. It's a different market. Same people every week at the new stadium as opposed to concert goers who will only go to certain gigs. I think the volume of sales might be so large at the stadium as to keep the prices this side of sensible. That said, I agree, they won't be giving it away. It has to pitched correctly.

It'll be the absolute maximum price it can be that doesn't result in a financially significant drop off in sales. Capitalism doesn't care about the difference between regular football supporters and occasional concert goers.

In fact I reckon capitalism would like very much to nudge the idea of Season Tickets to one side for a more 'dynamic' option.

 

[IrishBlue2022]

No pal, I never once and nor did any on @TalkingtheBlues ever advocate for 777 or Textor… you should try listening.

I said nothing about advocating. You seem to be claiming insider info when Alan Myers was 6 days ahead of your post on here.

You and your co-host both would have claimed insider knowledge if 777 became owners, a broken clock and all that.

I thought people leaking insider knowledge of the club was unhelpful and worthy of a letter to the club.

I wouldn't listen to talking the bulls pal, seen your mate write enough of it on here for years.

 

[pfim]

Friedkin doesn’t own a dealership group. He is the distributor of Toyotas to dealer groups in a certain part of the US of behalf of Toyota. They will basically store units when they enter the country and distribute them to dealers when they are called down into stock (or they are forced upon the dealers as often happens when there is excess brought into any territory). They are part of the automotive distribution chain, but Billy-Joe Johnson in the Gulf States can’t go buy a car from Friedkin.

They are acting as agent or customer of Toyota, they aren’t part of Toyota at all. It’s a decent spot to be in as they are largely insulated from changing demand/margins, and they have been doing it a very long time. Not sure why everyone thinks it’s a given they can coerce Toyota into sponsorship. I hope they do (apart from Toyota branding and dealership corporate identities being heavily red!!), but it would be a bit like us being bought by Hermes delivery and expecting it to result in Next sponsoring us.

I believe he has dealerships as well. But no, unlike what @davek thinks, he's not out there on a lot selling cars all day. He's a distributor of Toyota cars and parts.