It’s something that shouldn’t need to be commented on. At one level, perhaps the level of corporate away days, the level certainly of much of the broadcast media who are “partners” in […]
Letter to Everton shareholders re the treatment of Bluesky Capital’s shareholder loan & the takeover, what happens next?
On Saturday 30 November 2024, shareholders of Everton Football Club Company Limited received the following correspondence from Colin Chong, Chief Executive Officer of Everton. It concerned the future treatment of the shareholder […]
New ownership, and the opportunity for renewal & future excellence at Everton
The opportunity for change: Whilst recognising the challenges, we should never underestimate the opportunity for change that new ownership can offer, particularly if well resourced, competent and with a clear vision. Incoming […]
A buyers’ market for Premier League clubs & Moshiri’s weaknesses adds to the difficulties of selling Everton
The complexities around the sale of Everton appear to show no signs of reducing. During the international break, there was of course, considerable excitement of a prospective bid by John Textor, the […]
Why Everton’s ownership needs sorting urgently, and why Textor is not the answer to the problem
The complacency around Everton’s debt position is staggering and worrying in equal measures. Commentators, even many fans and smaller shareholders with some interest in the club’s finances almost glibly talk of external […]
The cost of delay
Delay in any area of life usually creates additional costs, be it through rising prices, the delay in delivering benefits, or a delay leading to worsening conditions and a slower recovery – […]
Leadership required urgently by Moshiri
On 27th February 2023, the seventh anniversary of Farhad Moshiri’s initial acquisition of 49.9% of Everton’s shares will pass. Seven bewildering years of missed opportunities, appalling recruitment, huge financial losses culminating in […]
Survival strategy
In December 2021 I wrote the fifth article in this series, now it is time sadly for the sixth. One theme – survival strategy. Such is the continued demise, the continued mismanagement […]
27 Campaign, open letter to Farhad Moshiri
On Wednesday, 13 July the 27 Campaign issued an open letter addressed to Farhad Moshiri to many media contacts. The contents were embargoed until 0900 BST Friday 15 July – the time […]
The season is over, the future role of fans and the involvement of Farhad Moshiri
There is a thought process that says there is never a good time to ask difficult questions. There’s always a reason to postpone addressing the issues causing a particular problem. Yet, just […]
Part V, Everton’s ownership and leadership: A winning strategy
In this 5th part of a look at Everton’s ownership and leadership, I’m going to look at strategy. In particular a winning strategy, what is it and what’s required to achieve it. […]
Part IV, Everton’s ownership and leadership, finance and funding
So far in this series, I’ve examined the impact of governance, the cost of poor recruitment and the role of the director of football. Now I’d like to turn the attention to […]
Part III, Everton’s ownership and leadership; the director of football
So far in the series, I’ve looked at governance in Part I and recruitment in Part II. In today’s article I want to examine the director of football role at Everton. Interestingly, […]
Part II, Everton’s ownership and leadership, the cost of poor recruitment
In this the second part of the Everton ownership and leadership series, I wanted to focus on our finances but in a slightly different way than normal. I want to try and […]
Part 1, Everton’s ownership and leadership: the importance of good governance
I want to set out a clear analysis of Everton’s performance in recent years on and off the pitch and the role the club’s owner and leadership have played in it. In […]
The enormity of the next Everton manager appointment.
Far from reducing the tension around Finch Farm, or the executive offices at Goodison Park, plus of course, offices in London and Monaco, the decision to fire Ronald Koeman less than half […]
Usmanov and Everton, will it happen?
This article first appeared on The Blue Room on 17th February 2017. In the last few days, I joined the excellent people at http://www.futbolgrad.com to discuss Everton’s ownership, Moshiri, and in particular the potential […]
The window of opportunity mentioned by Moshiri
Farhad Moshiri talked at the General Meeting about a window of opportunity. I believe he’s talking about getting success on the pitch – that is the quickest route to growth in the […]
The business logic of USM funding Everton’s growth
So the news has broken that USM, the holding company of Usmanov, Skoch and Moshiri are to provide £75 million of sponsorship and name rights funding for the next five years. Importantly […]
Contrasting the 2015 GM with Moshiri’s first GM
I thought it would be interesting to look at what was reported at the previous General Meeting back in November 2015. The contrast is stark: “This (our financial & commercial arrangements) is […]