Everton fans are celebrating, though Roma supporters might argue they don’t have much reason to. Nonetheless, the Farhad Moshiri era at Goodison Park is not remembered fondly by anyone, so fans are understandably relieved that he has finally sold the club. The buyer is Dan Friedkin’s Friedkin Group, which has owned Roma since 2019, acquiring it for approximately 500 million pounds, since the exact numbers haven‘t been revealed yet. This implies that Moshiri hasn’t profited much. He invested over 450 million in Everton, earning only around 25 million—a figure that, in the world of football, could be generated by a single player transfer rather than the sale of an entire club. Furthermore, Friedkin is not assuming the entirety of Everton’s 200 million debt, which Moshiri accrued through a loan from 777 Partners—a company he initially intended to sell the club to. Reports suggest Friedkin will repay just 60 million of that loan.Club Statement: Everton Football Club acquired by Roundhouse Capital Holdings Limited, part of The Friedkin Group. 🔵— Everton (@Everton) December 19, 2024 Moshiri made significant errors with player acquisitions (e.g., Yerry Mina, André Gomes, Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Ben Godfrey, among others) and went through managers like a revolving door. Since acquiring the club in February 2016, he has seen Roberto Martínez, Ronald Koeman, Sam Allardyce, Marco Silva, Rafael Benítez, and Frank Lampard all sacked. Carlo Ancelotti was the only one to leave voluntarily. There is also an interesting story going around, which was confirmed by former player Aaron Lennon, that the Toffies were on the brink of acquiring a young player named Erlin Haaland a few years ago, for a couple of millions only, but that Moshiri was against it!Goals since Erling Haaland came to PL:73 — Haaland79 — Everton pic.twitter.com/s29x1MWCm6— StatMuse FC (@statmusefc) September 22, 2024 Steve Walsh, who was Everton’s Director of Football between 2016 and 2018, had lined up a deal for Haaland to make the move to Goodison Park and”This is a mega story this. I remember Erling Haaland walking in the building with Steve Walsh coming up to me in the physio room. Steve Walsh introduced him to me like, ‘Oh look Aaron, we’ve got Haaland. You know his Dad, Alfie? The Leeds boy. Hopefully we’re going to have him here’. And I was like, ‘Oh wow, I have not heard much of him’. I think he was 15 or 16-year-old and, never seen him again. I think they could have had him for two or three million and I think Moshiri didn’t sign off on that. Could you imagine? Erling Haaland would have signed for Everton” Lennon told the Football Daily podcast.Everton captain gives joy to a 15-year old Australian fanWash spoke years before not only about Haaland, but of others, now successful Premier League players who he wanted to sign for Everton but was not backed by the owners.”While I was at Everton, I offered them Andrew Robertson and Harry Maguire deals, when they were at Hull, and it was worth £20 million for the pair. Everton wouldn’t take them. I had a deal done for Jonny Evans too before he came to Leicester, but again they wouldn’t take him. Erling Haaland, the striker with Salzburg, I had him and his dad at the club with a deal done for 4million euros. The club wouldn’t back me” he told Athletic in 2019.ENGLAND PREMIER LEAGUE MATCHDAY 17Saturday15:30: (3.50) Aston Villa (3.60) Man.City (2.15)18:00: (2.35) Brentford (3.50) Nott.Forest (3.15)18:00: (4.60) Ipswich (3.90) Newcastle (1.73)18:00: (2.90) West Ham (3.75) Brighton (2.40)20:30: (5.70) Crystal Palace (4.00) Arsenal (1.67)Sunday17:00: (5.30) Everton (4.00) Chelsea (1.63)17:00: (1.45) Fulham (4.50) Southampton (7.00)17:00: (2.55) Leicester (3.65) Wolverhampton (2.75)17:00: (1.90) Man.Utd. (3.70) Bournemouth (4.40)19:30: (4.10) Tottenham (4.40) Liverpool (1.80)***odds are subject to change***
