….i don’t compare us to them, we have struggled in our bad times but maintained our proud status in the top flight. City dropped like a stone, it’s amazing what we’ve so far managed through adversity.
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….i don’t compare us to them, we have struggled in our bad times but maintained our proud status in the top flight. City dropped like a stone, it’s amazing what we’ve so far managed through adversity.
kenada_blue
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Don't entirely agree. You're basing that on our last Evertonian owner who was an actor and theatre producer who's wealth came from the arts. The business side of the club is was awful at. The heart and how he cared for the club was how he ran it.
Bell and Downing are the complete opposite end from a business point of view
Evertonthat
Player Valuation: £8m
Like toffeeblue9 said, we don't need Evertonians as owners. It would be reassuring to know there was some genuine love for the club at the top, but it's definitely not a prerequisite. Ultimately, if the Bell/Downing bid needs more backing, I just see it as an easier route for the club to reduce its debt if they partner up with MSP and both their loans turn into equity. If anyone else comes in they will have these loans to deal with on top of the purchase.
100%.
Hangleton
Player Valuation: £25m
I’m also basing it on the culture of people happy to go along with it. Maybe because that’s what we’ve known for the last 30 years.
Would be great to have a fresh start with an already successful ambitious person/team who see Everton as a chance to achieve very high goals.
Somerset Blue
Player Valuation: £8m
I would be happier with owners who know the club rather than consortiums and venture capitalists who are trying to flip us for profit. Ultimately it comes down to who gives Moshiri what he's after, there are bound to be interested parties that feel they can get a PL club at a relatively knock down price but the owner won't do that until its absoutely his last hand, it remains to be seen whether we are there yet.
Simon Buttle
Player Valuation: £50m
I'm not sure they had a choice if they wanted to keep their jobs, however regardless of who comes in there still needs to be a good clear out of people in the background, there are too many who have been there too long and its time for some fresh faces/names.
That's why the initial plan of Bell/Downing + MSP was pretty much the dream ticket (outside of some filthy state ownership)
Successful Evertonians within their own industries and the expanded knowledge and contacts MSP have grown over the years. It's quite disappointing that something has forced them apart.
Bell and Downing are also the only hope for the Goodison Legacy project. I appreciate it's not really top priority but to abandon an already depressed corner of the city that's been our home for over 130 years would be pure Tory Kopite.
AsiaAsia82
Player Valuation: £35m
I’m not sure it is Mosh who is really selling the club, it’ll probably be his Russian overlord deciding what is done (hopefully)
I’d rather anyone coming in doesn’t have a misty eyed Evertonian view of things.
First and foremost, we need someone to come in who will make us a sustainable business. Hard nosed decisions will likely need to be made. I don’t want any important aspects hinging on sentimentality.
Not to say both things can’t co-exist. But any prospective Evertonian owner will need to put their feelings to one side.
First and foremost, we need someone to come in who will make us a sustainable business. Hard nosed decisions will likely need to be made. I don’t want any important aspects hinging on sentimentality.
Not to say both things can’t co-exist. But any prospective Evertonian owner will need to put their feelings to one side.
Dad watched Dixie
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Fixed.
Rooney_Tunes
Player Valuation: £40m
Hi All
Haven't been following the takeover talks too closely, but if I may just question.
If we do manage to conclude the takeover, does that mean we still have to sell Branthwaite, DCL, Onana?
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Haven't been following the takeover talks too closely, but if I may just question.
If we do manage to conclude the takeover, does that mean we still have to sell Branthwaite, DCL, Onana?
Thank You
Wouldn't be a deal maker or breaker but id like to see Evertonians take over the club, prob going against the grain there.
Yarrgh
Player Valuation: £70m
Ideally Moshiri should obtain the best deal for the club. Moshiri when it comes down to business actually has to get the best deal for himself, even if that means dropping us in the mire as he saunters off into the sunset.
I'm pretty ambivalent to be honest. However there must be some benefit of having local people with the best interest of Everton at heart involved
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