Some hopeful mercantilist negotiations crashed this week at the birthplace of Everton Football Club, one of the founding English teams of the Premier League. Although persistent cloud cover and light rain dominated the city of Liverpool, not so for the ‘toffees’, who, finally, began to see the sun on the horizon with the news of the deal with between the American business community. Dan Friedkin and the current owner, the British of Iranian origin Farhad Moshiri for the definitive sale of 94.1% of the club’s shares.
Expert pilot of military fighter planes, the billionaire Friedkinwho also owns AS Roma, came as a ‘savior’ to lift an Everton flight into free fall.
When the Toffees take to the Goodison Park grass on Sunday to face Crystal Palace, they will do so through a current full of economic problems and a bad sporting situation, as they are again in the penultimate and, once again, in danger of relegation.
Despite the efforts of his great coach, the English Sean Dychehave spent two seasons saving themselves at the last moment, clinging to the wisdom of their coach, after losing six points for not meeting the Premier’s retention standards. ‘I just hope for one day where it doesn’t rain,’ he said ironically. Dyche.
The collapse situation where the management of Moshiri In recent years, this has become unsustainable. Now add the elimination of the Cup League, which intensified the pressure on Dychewhich was further besieged by the most critical sector of fans, after another disappointing start, which sparked protests at the Finch Farm facilities.
With the club trapped, adrift and barely able to sign, it will now receive, in the absence of approval from the Premier League regulatory commission, the strengthening of the group of Friedkinwhich aims to redirect the club, return it to the elite and make the move to the new Bradley-Moore Dock stadium, in Liverpool docks, next season.
In the middle of negotiations John Textoranother American businessman who is a shareholder in Crystal Palace, Friedkin has emerged as the favorite, once again, after it abandoned buyout negotiations last July due to complications in reaching payment agreements with lenders. In the end, those obstacles were overcome in the last days and Friedkin will take parts of Moshiri for 500 million pounds. The sale is expected to be ratified in the January transfer window.
Who is Dan Friedkin?
The American businessman, who already owns AS Roma and the French Cannes, runs The Friedkin Group, a holding company with investments spanning the automotive, entertainment, hospitality and sports sectors. Additionally, he is an award-winning film producer. The luck of Friedkin This allowed him to invest in satisfying his ‘hobby’, following the tradition of his own family.
His specialty is his passion for aviation, as he owns a collection of fighter planes, a hobby he inherited from his father Kenny, a World War II pilot and instructor. It is not unusual to see him giving aerial displays of warplanes. Friedkin He agreed to pilot his own Spitfire in the final scene of the film ‘Dunkirk’, for which he was recognized with the Tarus Stunt Award for best special stunt.
With the injection of capital from the group Friedkin Everton will see their debt paid off and the remaining costs of Everton’s new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock guaranteed. The change of owners was well seen by the ‘toffees’ ‘supporters’, who spoke favourably. For example, The Toffee Blues standout: “At Everton we were run like a family-owned neighborhood shop, run by a madman. Friedkin He is a well-known and respected businessman. “He knows how to manage the risk, and the advantages of what Everton has to offer in the new stadium.”
If the reference is to his management of AS Roma, the Liverpool blues have reasons to feel hopeful. Roma was bought at a time when it was in debt and disconnected from its best past, paralyzed by financial constraints and disillusioned fans.
Friedkin He renovated the training facilities, invested in the club’s women’s stadium, secured new sponsors and started a new stadium project for the club. At the same time, Roma managed to win the Conference League in 2022, against Feyenoord.
Goodbye slowly at Goodison Park
Friedkin have placed high hopes on the new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock, in the Liverpool docks. The businessman saw the commercial opportunity offered by this area of the city, which he aims to revitalize thanks to the cooperation of the new Labor government Keir Starmer. A massive victory by the Labor Party could allow for public assistance that could bring the club and the city the expected economic growth.
The slow but sure and forced abandonment of Goodison Park, at the end of the season, was at the same time a cause of sadness for the club as it was the symbol of the old and better times, such as the last FA Cup title in 1995, of The 30th anniversary is approaching. but with Friedkin and the new Bramley-Moore Dock now stands as a beacon of hope for the start of a new era for the Merseyside Toffees.
Source: La Verdad
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