Roma owner Dan Friedkin will pay €650m to buy Everton from Farhad Moshiri, as he looks to wrap up a deal for the Toffees quickly.
That’s according to Corriere dello Sport, who provide the Italian slant on the impending takeover today after reports yesterday Friedkin had emerged as the preferred bidder for Moshiri.
The newspaper reports that Friedkin and his team are finalising the acquisition of Everton after reaching an agreement with Moshiri.
The Roma owner appears to be in pole position to win the race to buy the Toffees and has already ‘refined the details’ of the possible takeover.
The American wants to add Everton to his collection of clubs, currently Roma and Cannes, and will pay €650m to acquire Moshiri’s 94% shares in the club.
€400m of that €650m sum is the ‘debt mass’ accumulated by the Toffees according to the newspaper, who add that the Friedkin’s objective is to add Everton and continue building to a multi-club model like others around Europe.
They add that there is no plan to step away from Roma or ‘disengage on any front’, but they want to demonstrate an ‘extraordinary solidity’. In simpler terms, Roma and Cannes won’t be abandoned and Everton won’t be getting any more attention than them either.
It’s now up to the relevant parties to get the deal over line, but Friedkin is now the front runner and looking likely to be the next owner at Goodison Park.
