The Financial Times is reporting that Everton’s new owners are exploring selling a “significant stake” of the club.
Samuel Agini’s exclusive, suggests that the Friedkin Group are already working with advisors to sell a significant, yet minority stake – although these talks were in early stages.
The group acquired Everton in December 2024, in a deal believed to be worth around £400m. They’ve since reduced club debt and losses fell from £53.2m to £8.6m, with revenue rising to £197.6m.
Across the city, they will have seen how Fenway Sports Group sold a minority stake of Liverpool to a consortium including Jeff Bezos, valuing the club at around £5.5bn.
It comes after a disappointing transfer window for Everton, which spent under £100m on new players and generated £129m from sales. That’s a fraction of the £4bn spent across the Premier League, and leaves the Blues with a very small squad.
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It was a long and winding journey to that takeover, which eventually saw Friedkin acquire 94% of the club from Farhad Moshiri. Friedkin was already the owner and president of Serie A club Roma, with an estimated wealth of $7bn.
Moshiri had previously had exclusive talks with the KAM Group, MSP Sports Capital, Crystal Palace part owner Textor and Miami’s 777 Partners.
