The Friedkin Group (They're selling up)

[Silas]

I'm not surprised by this and it explains a lot of what's going on in the last 12 months. Financially stability to sell for a profit.

Can't get excited anymore by the prospect of us for the next few years though. If we do anything at all on the pitch it's going to be a miracle

[74Blue]

Welcome home Alisher!

Sorry for all that sanction business and what not

That would not surprise me in the slightest.

[Bumble]

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[Bumble]

A whole generation of Everton fans has grown up with constant upheaval and nothing really to get excited about and you can add a few more years on to that again now.

Makes me feel glad I saw a bit of the Howard Kendall era at least.

The lads a few years younger than me, they have my sympathy and my respect for sticking around.

[NickNack]

They won’t want their asset to depreciate so while the end of the transfer window was a shit show hopefully there will still be some investment in the team until we’re sold.

[Bumble]

They won’t want their asset to depreciate so while the end of the transfer window was a shit show hopefully there will still be some investment in the team until we’re sold.

Couple in on loan maybe. There is no incentive to spend capital while you are selling something.

[Big Nevs Vaz]

Fairly clear from the shenanigans of the last few windows that these were always just going to be flip merchants.
Roll the dice again and fingers crossed the next ones aren't bonkers.

[4evablu]

Don’t see what the issue is tbh….they completed the stadium build…managed the transition….stabilised the finances….stabilised the club…..surely this opens a window of opportunity for someone to purchase a much better option than what we were when we were last up for sale ?
Let them go if that’s what they want good riddance…..hopefully the new owners …who by the way….will be paying more for the club….be more “invested in the club” than these are and have been….

[Fynci]

Don’t see what the issue is tbh….they completed the stadium build…managed the transition….stabilised the finances….stabilised the club…..surely this opens a window of opportunity for someone to purchase a much better option than what we were when we were last up for sale ?
Let them go if that’s what they want good riddance…..hopefully the new owners …who by the way….will be paying more for the club….be more “invested in the club” than these are and have been….

That’s where my head is too. They have annoyed a lot of us with the lack of incomings, but we are the most stable we have been for a very long time. If the worst case is they came in, stabilized us and sold us for a profit, then they played their part. Just sell us to the right person though.

[Trowel]

The Bobble says TFG are confident of a sale this season, which makes me wonder if they've had approaches already - building on the rumours from a month or so back - which have led to this decision.

[cassius]

I'm pretty sure investment/a sale of this sort of asset is done via targeted headhunter types and will have been in motion for a while.

Pretty sure making it public today is in lieu of something being more advanced behind the scenes rather than advertising its availability.

[CannockPricey]

I'm pretty sure investment/a sale of this sort of asset is done via targeted headhunter types and will have been in motion for a while.

Pretty sure making it public today is in lieu of something being more advanced behind the scenes rather than advertising its availability.

That is exactly my understanding of these type of things but nothing of these last few decades makes me confident that we won't have a fucking massive metaphorical for sale sign still here this time next year sadly.

If this has been in motion for a while though, any potential investor who watched that last transfer window and went "yep, that's exactly how I wanted the club prepped for me moving in" is probably not an ideal candidate either.

[Cozzie]

I think if it was Amanda Stavely, we would have heard something by now, if it is indeed true that the sale is more advanced than we think.

[MayorFarnham]

If it is Amanda Stavely we'll be up for sale again within a decade, that's her MO.

Glad the multi-ownership is going but this sale does speak to the theory that investing at our level is costly and not worth the effort.

[74Blue]

I think if it was Amanda Stavely, we would have heard something by now, if it is indeed true that the sale is more advanced than we think.

Amanda Staveley, is that the bird with the massive plastic forehead?