Who's your money on in the takeover 'battle'?

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A Roma site suggesting they want a 30% stake which wouldn't be surprising as they originally wanted a minority stake,allegedly.

Do what Brexit Jim has done at United. Buy a chunk, run it and keep it afloat, use it as equity to buy the remainder once the stadium is done and the court case sorted.

Will keep our heads above comfortably above water.

IF Moshiri wants to. No doubt will use it to keep his ridiculous valuation the same to attract more interest
 

A Roma site suggesting they want a 30% stake which wouldn't be surprising as they originally wanted a minority stake,allegedly.
If this comes off then it has to be a positive for Everton. Effectively it would be converting the £200M loan into club shares, so it's another big chunk off the high interest loans we are paying. It would also be a foot in the door for a future takeover (like Moshiri did)
 

If this comes off then it has to be a positive for Everton. Effectively it would be converting the £200M loan into club shares, so it's another big chunk off the high interest loans we are paying. It would also be a foot in the door for a future takeover (like Moshiri did)
That was the second thing I was going to ask...Can Friedkin covert his loan into shares?
 
What influence on the club could Friedkin have with a 30% stake?

It would either be a pathway to ownership or pretty much the biggest influence in whoever does eventually takeover.

They will still be able to invest money into the club and help us get more commercial revenue.

If you recall, MSP weren't actually looking to buy the club this time last year, they were looking to buy a 25% stake.

Either way it's good news, reports of people not wanting to touch us are obviously bollox and it helps the club move forward and ultimately be another step towards Moshiri's exit.
 
Do what Brexit Jim has done at United. Buy a chunk, run it and keep it afloat, use it as equity to buy the remainder once the stadium is done and the court case sorted.

Will keep our heads above comfortably above water.

IF Moshiri wants to. No doubt will use it to keep his ridiculous valuation the same to attract more interest
Indeed. While he wont have the same stadium build challenge (and who knows costs) as MU are facing, at least the debt and financing costs are quantified here. Get his own people into the C Suite, finance and commercial leadership positions and keep the lights on until BMD hosts its first event/game and the Leadenhall case is resolved. When we reach the second of those two milestones, things will look a lot more positive for a minority shareholder to buy out the balance.

If he is shrewd, he will likely have run the numbers already and will have an option proposal with Moshiri to buy out the balance at X strike price in Aug 2025 once both of the above milestones have passed satisfactorily.
 
What influence on the club could Friedkin have with a 30% stake?

Also write off loans as shares as per EG here

If this comes off then it has to be a positive for Everton. Effectively it would be converting the £200M loan into club shares, so it's another big chunk off the high interest loans we are paying. It would also be a foot in the door for a future takeover (like Moshiri did)
 
It would either be a pathway to ownership or pretty much the biggest influence in whoever does eventually takeover.

They will still be able to invest money into the club and help us get more commercial revenue.

If you recall, MSP weren't actually looking to buy the club this time last year, they were looking to buy a 25% stake.

Either way it's good news, reports of people not wanting to touch us are obviously bollox and it helps the club move forward and ultimately be another step towards Moshiri's exit.
Ta mate 👍
 

All of this is good news and helps to take the negative shroud off the club. It seems more likely than previous that Friedkins interest remains steadfast and his withdrawal was more for tactical reasons than anything which could be construed as worse as far as the saleability of the club is concerned.

I'm more optimistic that there is a deal to be done and will be done but who knows when. The pressure will be on Moshiri. I'm not sure what I think of any buyer waiting for the screws to tighten on Moshiri to the extent the club has a big or bigger problem but it may come to that.
 

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