The Friedkin Group (They're selling up)

[MayorFarnham]

I thought for a very long time that the shop was closed and nobody would ever do anything again.

Palace have just won a European trophy.

Just a consequence of UEFA expanding the CL to suit the big boys.

[Deano Blue Boy]

Dan’s a fantastic man… He really is

They're are sex people, Lynn.

[Bluebridge]

Dan’s a fantastic man… He really is

Dan Dan Dan!

[cassius]

Maybe they were advertising the club after all

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foo ... 64992.html

There are currently estimated to be around four Premier League ownerships looking to sell, with Everton the most public.

That market had already become more difficult. Prospective buyers are more reticent. The most recent wave of owners have realised that football’s global boom doesn’t necessarily translate into a new world of revenue. Making money out of the game, even at Premier League level, is a lot harder than all of the ostentatious expenditure would have you believe.

There is a concern that buyers could now take fright, wondering “what next?”

“Franchise value,” for want of a better phrase, is currently plummeting.

[74Blue]

Maybe they were advertising the club after all

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foo ... 64992.html

With the City verdict now announced, and the circus surrounding it, the whole Premier League is going to be under intense scrutiny. Why would any villian in their right mind think that it was a good idea to invest in a club right now? The opportunity for them to launder their dirty cash has gone for the time being.

Has the bubble finally burst?

[Lazarou II]

Unless they take a lowball offer I think we will be stuck with each other for the forseeable.

[Raptor]

I dont listen to Talkshite, but just saw this article and found it quite funny!!

Alan Brazil shares 'bang out of order' Everton takeover news he's heard
The Friedkin Group are reportedly hoping for £1billion to sell, which would double their original investment in the club.

The likes of Amanda Staveley and other American investors have been mooted as potential candidates to take over in L3.

Further uncertainty has been shifted onto David Moyes, whose contract expires at the end of the season.

While speaking on talkSPORT this Wednesday, Brazil discussed the situation with Ally McCoist, as the former revealed behind-the-scenes information that he's heard at Everton.

Brazil said: "I've just got in front of me The S*n, 'Man Shifty PM's two freebie dinners with Man City Sun probe finds deleted records', and I've got a cracker for you as well.

McCoist replied: "I thought Andy [Burnham] was an Everton man?"

Brazil responded: "He is an Everton man, and that is going to get him in trouble as well, from what I'm going to tell you.

"It's only hearsay, but let's just say someone in government, I'm told, is trying to get a release of a sanction on certain people, Russians and different parts of Europe.

"Well, one sanction in this country, who was involved in football before, by all accounts, is trying to get the sanction lifted, so that they can come back and take over at Everton. I hope it's not true because it's bang out of order; this is serious."

Brazil later named the figure he was referring to as Russian-Uzbek Alisher Usmanov, a former Arsenal shareholder and business partner of Farhad Moshiri.

[brap2]

Oh Jesus

[TheRam]

Happening init.

Love this club. It is some ride mate.

[AjaxAndy]

All owners are awful, don't think it matters who takes over, they'll be some form of abhorrent one way or another

[bigmanbob]

Alan Brazil on Talksport quoting the Sun. Has it come to this?

[Blueomar]

Uncle Ali is back?

[74Blue]

As soon as the announcement was made, Usmanov was the very first thought that went through my head. It's Everton, nothing is a surprise.

[Cozzie]

He can park his Yacht outside the new ground now, it's what he always wanted.

[Cozzie]

Double post. But yeah, nothing would surprise me.