The Friedkin Group reaches agreement to buy Everton

[allen]

A well-placed Goodison Park source has now told Football Insider that the takeover is now “very close” to completion.

Friedkin will have to pass regulatory tests, including the Premier League’s owners’ and directors’ test, before he can take charge on Merseyside.

This is the inverse of news.

This is where we were at weeks ago.

 

[Timbucktoo]

A well-placed Goodison Park source has now told Football Insider that the takeover is now “very close” to completion.

Friedkin will have to pass regulatory tests, including the Premier League’s owners’ and directors’ test, before he can take charge on Merseyside.

We were told this for about 6 months with 777 guys before that fell through.

 

[Neiler]

Almost a month into a three month process, no.

 

[Frenk]

A well-placed Goodison Park source has now told Football Insider that the takeover is now “very close” to completion.

Friedkin will have to pass regulatory tests, including the Premier League’s owners’ and directors’ test, before he can take charge on Merseyside.

You missed this part further down….

Sources say the 59-year-old is set to get full approval from top-flight chiefs “in the next couple of weeks”

 

[tirion]

This would kill the competition almost stone dead.

The global.clubs would rake in 100 or even 1000 times more than the more local clubs.

Premier league could control the rights, all the money goes into one pot and distributed accordingly, more money cascaded into grass roots football, good causes etc. this should be the starting point for any football regulator

 

[Ferguson1878]

Almost a month into a three month process, no.

Day 23/90

 

[Ferguson1878]

Almost a month into a three month process, no.

Clocks go back this weekend so it’s actually day 22/90

 

[tommye]

Clocks go back this weekend so it’s actually day 22/90

They go back an hour mate, not a day.

 

[jerseytoffee]

Almost a month into a three month process, no.

There was talk that they had already started the regulatory tests when they made the agreement with Moshiri last time and it could go through quicker than the usual 8-12 weeks.

I don't think they'll have problems passing them and the PL might want to get it out the way with all the City stuff going on at the moment, so you never know.

 

[Vintage]

Friedkin will have to pass regulatory tests, including the Premier League’s owners’ and directors’ test, before he can take charge on Merseyside.

 

[Lob]

Almost a month into a three month process, no.

There is no fixed amount of time for the process. It can take anything from a month upwards depending on how the process goes. Nobody knows for sure how long this one will take, football insider included. It is not inconceivable however that the process in this case could be completed sometime in November given that a lot of leg work was already done prior and there seem to have been very few reported hurdles.

 

[Ferguson1878]

They go back an hour mate, not a day.

Just round it off mate more torture that way

 

[Joey66]

I heard he has been looking for the boys pen to watch a game like our former chairman to keep the tradition going

 

[jazzy]

I wonder how well TFG will "read the room" when it comes to Everton's future and the legacy of Kenwright and Moshiri.

Will we for instance see any reference to either in the new stadium ?

I genuinely hope not.

 

[Paul Rideout]

They go back an hour mate, not a day.

Not at this club… lucky we’ve not gone back a year.