With yet another “big summer” looming for Everton and claims that Moshiri will fund player acquisitions drawn up by Ancelotti and Brands by perhaps as much as £100 million, knowing what our […]
Profit and Sustainability, the rules & Everton’s position
In answering a question regarding summer transfer activity, Carlo Ancelotti spoke at a media briefing on Wednesday 12 May regarding Everton’s finances in the context of the Premier League profitability and sustainability […]
Some thoughts on the Super League – impact on Everton
All the past certainties – participation in the world’s wealthiest domestic football competition, tv rights payments, sponsorship deals, all the potential for the future (new stadium, prospect of European football etc) are […]
The drivers behind Forbes’ football club valuations
Every two years, Forbes – the US business magazine, produces a list of the top 20 most valuable football clubs. Alongside the valuation there is a limited analysis of the overall trend […]
A change of Financial Fair Play regulations? Good or bad news for Everton??
Andrea Traverso is Uefa’s director of research and financial stability and as such is charged with regulating the current and post Covid-19 financing of football clubs participating in Uefa licenced competitions – […]
Five years of Farhad
Five years ago to the day, news began to filter out that a relatively unknown businessman, Farhad Moshiri, had purchased a 49.9% stake in Everton Football Club, acquiring all of Robert Earl’s […]
Details of Proposed Share Placement at Everton
As advised previously, the Board of Directors of Everton Football Club Company Limited have released details to shareholders regarding the capital restructuring of Everton Football Club. Subject to approval by shareholders the […]
A momentous few weeks ahead (on and off the pitch)
The short, medium and long term future of Everton Football Club will be much clearer on and off the pitch in the coming weeks. European qualification On the pitch we remain in […]
The significance of the Everton General Meeting and why it can’t be an opportunity lost….
Financial accounts before Christmas, numerous games over the holiday period, the FA Cup 3rd round and the Annual General Meeting of shareholders of Everton Football Club Company limited. December and January represent […]
Brands’ value to date & the scale of the challenges facing him
The January transfer window is open and as usual there will be thousands of column inches and podcast minutes devoted to speculation about players arriving or departing Finch Farm. Twelve months into […]
Cash flow, Moshiri’s capital injections & the potential placement of new shares
Al look at Everton’s cash flow, how we have financed our losses & player investment plus the potential share placement – what it means for the club, shareholders and Moshiri
Record losses, partly attributed to Covid, Moshiri’s funding plans & stadium finance update
There are two headlines from today’s release of the report and accounts to June 30 2020. One is a record loss of £139.9 million of which the club attribute £67.3 million directly […]
Big Picture proposals put the emphasis on Everton’s international development
Although the Big Picture has been rejected, central themes of it are here to stay. Everton,more than at any time in the past have to prepare for the massive changesahead
The 2020 Summer transfer window from a financial perspective
Against a backdrop of huge financial uncertainty, the transfer window has again thrilled and disappointed supporters in equal measure across the land. Perhaps, never before have the ambitions and the ability or […]
Football Shorts (part V) – the reality of reducing income and fixed costs
Football Shorts is a series looking at the financial implications of Covid-19 on Premier League clubs. From a normal business perspective you would look for Premier League clubs to cut costs […]
How do we fund squad improvements this summer?
With the news we have agreed terms with Napoli over Allan, I thought it may be of interest to cover how we fund transfers and account for them. The need to improve […]
The financing & accounting of transfers & how we operate in this window
From a pure footballing perspective, the need for Everton to be active in this transfer window has never been more apparent. We finish the 2019/20 season with a desperately unbalanced, uncompetitive squad […]
Farhad Moshiri – the solution or part of the problem?
The words of Farhad Moshiri, in the programme notes of 12 March 2016, just two weeks after his £87.5 million share purchase giving him a 49.9% shareholding and effective control of the […]