pfim
Player Valuation: £50m
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Those two guys in particular were reluctant to get involved as they admitted they didn't necessarily have the finances to compete in the PL.
Those two guys in particular were reluctant to get involved as they admitted they didn't necessarily have the finances to compete in the PL.
Yeah I definitely think they felt it more a duty to get involved.Need screen shots
Those two guys in particular were reluctant to get involved as they admitted they didn't necessarily have the finances to compete in the PL.
Bell and Downing was just talk because of the attachment..
They had to find other investors to be able to fund it, which wasn't happening.
It would be like knights at the round table running our club if they had come in..
“Other bidders would have come forward”
Other bidders:
*Todays Financial Times.
Other bidders:
*Todays Financial Times.
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pfim
Player Valuation: £50m
Billionaires...
Crazy this.
I think he will manage Everton one day to be honest mate.
Ah yes, I remember how many advocated 777 for the same reasons, claiming there wasn't anyone else.
When Textor was looking likely, I wanted/preferred TFG but the benchmark shouldn't be 777, or indeed Textor.
Marcus Kendall
Player Valuation: £35m
Would be a terrible move if that happened
pfim
Player Valuation: £50m
None of those people matter at this point, but it just hammers home the level of buyers who were interested in us at the time. It was clear neither party had the access to cash to close the deal.
The 24/25 numbers show a business that is broken, unprofitable, and unable to replace assets (players) at the rate needed. It's why we had such a limited pool of interested parties. PSR/SCR being implemented (and enforced) further narrows the pool of buyers imo (see what is happening to Newcastle).
But for the club, writing off what has been accomplished thus far, financially, is borderline embarrassing. None of the known interested parties would have been able to accomplish this, to this degree. Certainly others, just as well financed, could have. But they were not bidding to our knowledge.
The football needs to follow it, obviously, but the finance needs to happen before the football, not the other way around.
I was like a stuck record saying it at the time but I simply never believed it was 777 or bust, or Textor or bust etc. I dont think that was the real benchmark of interest.
We'll never know but my own belief Usmanov/Moshiri were trying to 'kick the can' to get money into the club until sanctions were lifted and used publicity craving 777/Textor and co as patsies. The £200m USM Arena was pulled, so they played 777 like a fiddle to get that money into the club.
The war went on, sanctions didnt lift and they ran out of time and as soon as the club were, IMO, genuinely available;
... Vatche Manoukian, MSP Sports Capital, V Sports, MSD Partners/Dell/Bell/Downing consortium - that was just what we heard of in about a week.
You dont really hear of the serious players, I remember the Everton ITKs were claiming the Americans (name escapes me/Swansea connection? [Edit: Moores and Noell) had bought Everton and it was all done. Within a day or two Moshiri was confirmed out the blue.
Everton represented an opportunistic steal, and it's what Friedkin got.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
They've done what they had to do to negotiate PSR and backed Eddie Howe big time.
Ownership like that here would see similar huge backing.
It's naive to think we wouldn't...more like an attempt to view our current owners as people we should be grateful for as they begin to turn their attention toward exploiting the people who built and maintain Everton - the fans.
This wont end well mate. I can guarantee that 100% - because they're not the type of owners who have the will or plan to stop it happening.
pfim
Player Valuation: £50m
Textor likely brought TFG back to the table, agreed.
Zero chance that 777 was used to kick the can down the road. All they needed to do was show the PL they had the financing in place and they would have had the club. They couldn't, because they're 777, but that would be a very risky/dumb game to play for Moshiri/Usmanov to let it get that far.
Of all the people that came out of the woodwork after that deal fell through, none had the financial backing like TFG which is ultimately what we are talking about. I was interested in buying the club as well, but my check bounced...
If there were "serious" bidders, they not only had a chance to buy the club when the 777 deal fell through, they also had the chance to buy it when TFG tabled their interest. It doesn't hold to logic that none of the other supposed qualified bidders just let it slide for months, if it was a steal.
The club was sold in December for 400-500 million (depending on the payout to Moshiri) when there was still a threat of relegation. It's not a steal, the club is worth what it sold for (unless you believe Moshiri/Usmanov would take less money to sell to TFG, which doesn't seem all that likely).
MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
What do you expect Howe to have achieved? Did a fantastic job at Bournemouth. People now take for granted they are a Premier league club, which is crazy really.
Newcastle he took over whilst they were bottom of the table and he’s had them in the Champions league twice and won a trophy.
Yes, he had money, but less than 5 other clubs that he started miles behind. I think there are mitigating factors for them this season.
Marcus Kendall
Player Valuation: £35m
Listen to the Newcastle fan on YouTube for a breakdown on his management and you'll see why he's not a good choice
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