Everton takeover latest: How will Friedkin Group collapse affect the Toffees’ transfer business this summer?

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As Everton are still undergoing their takeover saga that has seemingly dragged on far longer than expected, we’re taking a look at the latest with LiverpoolWorld and what it means for the club as they look to move transfer moves this summer.

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00:00Is there a clear idea of what's going on with the takeover situation and what does it mean

00:22in terms of transfer business as well because they've had a couple of outgoings as well

00:27and a big one obviously with Anana as well to Aston Villa.

00:31Yeah, so obviously the freeking group have pulled out, have to gain exclusivity from

00:39majority owner Farhad Moshiri and it is a little bit disappointing for Everton fans

00:44definitely because, you know, they had the, you know, last year the MSP sports capitals,

00:50you know, maybe looking at buying a percentage of the club and then obviously the 7-7-7 saga

00:55which dragged on far too long and now this.

01:00I mean the positive is that Dan Freeken, you know, he's paid off one of the previous debts

01:05and obviously Everton owe him the money now, it's £200m but look, I think, you know, Dan

01:11Freeken, he is a legitimate businessman and for him to get to the point where he's probably

01:19walked away, he's probably quite comfortable with the terms that have been agreed with

01:24the takeover and maybe he's done that as well because, you know, he knows that there will

01:28be suits as well but he just doesn't, I think it just got a little bit too complicated with

01:32the debt that's there and, you know, the set of money that 7-7-7 provides and they're back

01:39as ACAF and yeah, you can understand, if it was complicated I think that's why they've

01:44pulled out.

01:45So it is disappointing because, you know, Roma fans have been really impressed by what

01:49he's done in the four years and obviously Everton were hoping for that stability.

01:53In terms of the transfer window, I mean the message is coming out to the club that it's

01:59not going to impact Everton's transfer window too heavily, certainly Jared Branthwaite isn't

02:04going anywhere.

02:05As you say, the sole Amazon are now, so you would probably think that Everton, I think

02:13everyone knew that one big player would be leaving this summer, that would be fair to

02:18say and obviously Everton met that PSR with sales of fringe players and now Onana's gone,

02:23what will happen with the money, will it be reinvested into the squad?

02:27I don't think all of it will, to be quite frank, but I think some of it will.

02:31But yeah, Everton have made it clear that just because this has happened that there's

02:39not going to be a fire sale whatsoever.

02:41There will be to suit us back in for Everton, there were plenty of parties who were looking

02:46to buy the club and you would like to think that a few of them are going to come back

02:51to the table as well.

02:52So financially they are fairly, I don't want to say comfortable, but they're quite relaxed

02:58about the situation.

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