According to reports, American investor John Textor is looking to purchase Everton by selling his 45% ownership in Crystal Palace.The problematic 777 Partners’ exclusivity period expires on May 31.
Although Textor’s Eagle Football now owns 45% of Palace, he claims he has turned to investment banking company Raine for assistance in finding a qualified buyer for the group’s part in the team. Due to divergent opinions over the multi-club concept in particular—Eagle Football owns majority shares in Brazilian first division side Botafogo, Belgian side RWD Molenbeek, and Ligue 1 club Lyon—he is trying to sell after failing to secure a majority investment in the club.
While he is “extremely proud” of his time at the club, Textor stated in a statement on Friday that “an integrated sporting model, such as ours at Eagle, is simply not a perfect fit for Crystal Palace.”
“It’s evident that the momentum at Crystal Palace has not gone unnoticed, based on early reaction to the process we have begun with Raine Group,” the speaker continued. I have a great deal of faith that many potential partners will seize the opportunity to join us in this exciting future.
“Yes, I have discussed purchasing Everton,” Textor said to The Athletic. “With the current constituents, which include various equity holders, lenders, and groups.”
Due to Premier League regulations prohibiting the ownership of two clubs in the same division, the firm must sell its stake in Palace before he can formally approach Everton through Eagle.
“Everton embodies everything that makes English football great: the joy, the battle, and the desire. I adore that it’s not based in London. At this point, everyone ought to want to own Everton,” he stated.
Four general partners, including Textor, Josh Harris, David Blitzer, and chairman Steve Parish, run Palace.
In order to join Parish, Harris and Blitzer each acquired an 18% share in the club in 2015. After investing £87.5 million, Textor became the fourth general partner six years later, acquiring a 40% interest.He gave the team an additional £30 million ($38.5 million) last year to boost his ownership stake by an additional 5%.
Though he claims the relationship is “civil,” Textor has become irritated with Parish’s lack of authority because Parish is essentially the only decision-maker at the club.Having earlier made hints that he would be forced to decide whether to make an approach to buy the club outright or sell his part, he is now looking to sell Eagle’s shareholding since he sees no other obvious path to acquiring a majority ownership in the organisation. A once-a-month lunch date with a lifetime Wolves supporter used to occur.Despite getting close to ninety, he continued to attend games.Regretfully, he died just last week. As stated by football finance expert Kieran Maguire, Wolves are still subject to financial fair play regulations. They were referred to as this year’s “crisis club” by Radio 4 this morning, and the cynics haven’t stopped adding their criticism. Martin Samuel expressed sympathy in a Sunday Times article yesterday, stating that the Premier League’s bureaucratic red tape drives away talent. He asked, “Why could Al-Hilal sign Neves?” since Wolves required the funds. And why was Wolves in need of the cash? because the team was required to adhere to a fictitious concept called as financial fair play. Apparently, Wolves are becoming desperate. No. The fact that Wolves are not meeting the requirements of FFP does not imply that they are having financial difficulties. The owners of Wolves seem to have the resources to manage the team, make investments in it, and even came up with a pow
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