Is Everton’s takeover saga finally over?

[@davepannekoek1562]

As an LFC fan, I am happy to see Everton being bought out and hopefully put on a sustainable basis. Good for the City and Merseyside - and the derby is always special...

[@CBCB78]

Fair play. 👍🏻 rivalry aside, the two clubs are what makes our city special and helps make it unique. When it’s needed, we back eachother and we both appreciate how important both clubs are to the city.

[@TrevorSandi]

Yeah sure

[@GarySpour]

Even though Kopites are Gobshites UTFT

[@GarySpour]

Not t mention Lfc are EFC’s after birth rejects and will never be t Originals COYB

[@innocento.1552]

The Athletic has spoiled me with very good sports journalism... For free. Now I find it impossible to listen to less knowledgeable people. Thank you very much. (I contribute by liking and commenting 😁)

[@terrynash7612]

From everything I've heard this week the Roma fans seem more worried about sentiment than progress

[@1237barca]

History of the Roma

[@dalmar5567]

They are good owners trust me

[@stevecarlile9120]

Listen to alot of Paddy's POD'S, superb explanation of 777 acap debacle👏👏👏 by Matt.

[@wibblewobble3187]

This sounds exactly like how Moshiri started, but he wouldn't stop interfering after luring Marcel Brands from PSV. He appointed a football strategist who also had great commercial experience and didn't let him do the job. Brands was the man who signed Braithwaite and wanted to take him full-time to Eindhoven. Happily for Everton, Thelwell and Dyche saw the talent and rejected the deal.

[@williamwatson228]

No they didn't. Everton rejected Eindhoven's offer of around 18m Euros. Everton wanted E20m and would have sold him for that.

[@patwaine8946]

Brands also got us to pay 30m for mina certainly a waste of money

[@wibblewobble3187]

​@@williamwatson228 So they rejected the deal.

[@mattthompson3714]

@@patwaine8946 Not fair as Mina was good for us... When fit

[@williamwatson228]

@@wibblewobble3187 No, what they rejected was the initial offer as not the E20m they wanted and would have accepted.

[@alfredodavie2842]

Friedkin can’t be any worst than what we have had since the Johnson diabolical ownership , I first watched Everton in 1953/54 then regularly from 1961 , and this is the worst time I have been though .

[@BKKLB]

It will be interesting to see if this is a move towards a multi club model or if this purchase means that these guys will be looking to offload Roma in the near future. A lot of sites/ stories are just talking about how they are monied up, serious considered people who already own another club, framing things like "the grown ups" have shown up to buy Everton. James insight into their poor management of Roma is a nice counterbalance.

[@teemedias1470]

Roma now have a second club in England named Everton football club just like Chelsea and strasbourg in France,so evertonians fan shouldn't panic about bad management cause I see revived attacking and recruitment in the youth system,then smartest summer signing in the first team in January.

[@Kuwaitiblue]

Us evertonians can hopefully start to look forward to more positive times. As much as we’ve slammed the premier league at least they got us out of 777 partners deal . They just have to make sure the points deduction’s apply to everyone including the big boys ( not really big until 10 years ago 😜) utft🔵⚪️

[@mattthompson3714]

We owe a debt of gratitude to John Textor as he sped the process up

[@DrewBloo]

Excellent coverage

[@JasonDella06]

First time watching bro and do you know what! You explained exactly what was looking for answers to. This is what is wrong with the press and other outlet of football news 👍keep it coming bro

[@Chdk24]

James and Matt were great

[@itsgraygray1]

I think Matt slater with his reasons why friedkin showed his interest. I'm sure the fact not only the football side of the Everton deal but the other uses for the stadium is massive its in the center of a big city on the sea front. I'm sure there interest was irresistible for them it's going to be a great opportunity not only football but big sporting musical events and cultural. It's a no Brainer and it's a big problem to other clubs who see the new ground as a threat

[@pf316984]

This is a great, informative broadcast 👏

[@seanfitz70]

I've been very critical of Matt Slater in the past, sort of felt like he had it in for us during the PSR hearings. But this interview showed he was very knowledgeable about the club and the Friedkin group, as well as being compassionate towards the strife the fans have endured. Very happy to have changed my opinion :)

[@tonymiguel3554]

Great insight views , thanks ! Definitely agree Director of Football is going the be key.

[@bruce.KAY-bike-drifter]

Just hoping this historic club can stay up.

[@Luca1927]

Roma fan here As always, James Horncastle was totally accurate when explaining what the Friedkin did in Rome. If I had to add something, I'd say that they have proven to be serious owners: they invested a lot of money in the club, they made the feminine section the best in Italy, the youth system was already good but more players break through the first team, the new stadium projects seems to be on the right tracks, etc. However, there is a major problem: their management of first team football is terrible. Appointing Mourinho was a first mistake to me (not to the majority of the fans though) and the first transfer window they had, led by the newly appointed sports director Thiago Pinto, was a disaster (Shomurodov for 20M, Abraham for roughly 50M, a 33-year-old Rui Patricio with 1 year of contract remaining for 15M and Matias Vina for 15M). After spending so much, we could not spend a lot during the 2 following seasons so we had to go for free agent players or loans to which we offered huge salaries (Lukaku, Dybala, Matic, Aouar, Renato Sanches, Wijnaldum). The results were still disappointing since with the 3rd highest payroll in the league, we never did better than 6th place. So in January they sack Mourinho and hire De Rossi for 6 months. After a good start, the club communicates in April that his contract will be extended (the contract will only be signed in June God knows why). Then they hire a new sports director, Ghisolfi from Nice. During the transfer window, they spend a lot of money (but manage to actually reduce the payroll) in order to build a team that fits the coach... only to sack him after 4 games, 3 of which were played when the transfer window was not over (the team was incomplete). In the last few days, Italian media revealed how results were not the real motive behind De Rossi's sacking. The cause was rather the fact that he had a terrible relationship with the now former CEO Lina Souloukou, who was in charge of almost everything at the club. Basically these guys do not know how to surround themselves with competent people. Fans were not so mad about it (after all, our recent history is not so much better than the results they have) until recently, when their incompetence led to a club legend being humiliated.

[@james505ism]

Didn’t De Rossi slap the female CEO?? If so can’t blame the owners, any respectable employer would’ve sacked him for that and he only had himself to blame.

[@Luca1927]

Never heard of that. If it were true, I believe a lawsuit would have been filed and the media would have talked/written about it. He had a strong argument with Cristante, but nothing extraordinary in a football club (he played him after it happened)

[@james505ism]

@@Luca1927 yeah it probably isn’t true but did see it somewhere.

[@Sutty0151]

@@james505ismdi Rossi did only win 1 in 13 that’s a sackable offence in my eyes maybe they want the old owner back instead 🤷‍♂️

[@james505ism]

@@Sutty0151 yeah agreed I don’t think I it was such a ridiculous decision by the Friedkins. Roma fans don’t seem reasonable to me.

[@jadmantoura4483]

The Saudi Prince can do business here, so I doubt there will be many hurdles there. And Jose Mourinho hasn’t been the definition of managerial ambition for about 10 years. The only thing he increases when he rocks up at your club is media scrutiny.

[@innocento.1552]

Mourinho led Roma to a trophy after a 14 year drought, and a final the next year. I hope you understand there are at least 15 managers in each season that don't with anything at all.

[@jadmantoura4483]

@@innocento.1552 But what’s he remembered for during his time there? Cornering a referee in a car park which caused that referee and his family to get verbally abused as they went through an airport.

[@samuelhawes6735]

​@@jadmantoura4483 He's remembered for winning a trophy, and the fans all adored him.

[@pstratos7]

@@jadmantoura4483 a ref got yelled at, sounds like part of the job mate

[@ramblingimbecile2295]

Premier League absolutely fuming about this

[@b.alexanderjohnstone9774]

Multi club now the norm. Imagine your club being a glorified 2nd team losing the best players, being forced to take dross? A feeder, a shop window, a tool for rich men to trade players like horse flesh. What are we doing to football?

[@RestrictedEFC]

Matt Slater thinks he's got fans 😂 Nice informative chat though

[@SuperSivla]

We need to be back among the elite, not relegation or middle table mediocrity and we need to win something, we have won nothing in 29 years. horrific running of the club for more than 30 years..

[@tonysmith7913]

You’re wrong when you say Sean dyche is liked at Everton because the majority of the fans can’t wait to get shut of him with his negative football and his team selections !

[@pstratos7]

“His negative football” brother it’s Everton since when have they ever been known to play beautiful football

[@mattthompson3714]

@@pstratos7 Under Bobby Martinez and Carlo Ancelotti

[@pstratos7]

@@mattthompson3714 they played long ball football with Carlo brother

[@mattthompson3714]

@@pstratos7 Sure! But only when James wasn't available did we play route one. Carlo only changed his tactics when they were countered or preferred personnel wasn't available

[@pstratos7]

@@mattthompson3714 James only played 24 of the 46 Everton games that season

[@scouser6630]

Well done lads only 7 days late 🙈🙈🙈

[@anthonydevono8833]

Beginning of a new set of problems for Everton.Dyche will be gone by Xmas so the merry go round starts again

[@Efcdan1878]

The main reason why we have wanted stability in the manager is Moshiri kept getting appointment wrong other clubs have benefitted from being ruthless

[@jayevans819]

If the current firm continues, you could argue he'd be sacked by xmas anyway. This takeover 1st & foremost gives us much sought after financial stability. Then we try & build from that. Whether that's with our without Dyche, we'll see.

[@Efcdan1878]

@@jayevans819 1 point every 5 games can't continue another month

[@jayevans819]

@Efcdan1878 Agree. 6 wins since December 16th i think it is 🤢 & 3 of those came within 1 week

[@PoetofHateSpeech]

DEI hires everywhere. Bloody annoying

[@NedTesco]

Wtf are you talking about

[@zapre2284]

@@NedTesco The DEI hire, obviously

[@NedTesco]

@@zapre2284 What DEI hire 😂😂

[@scouser6630]

Can someone please tell me who the fuck is this Matt Slater is :: And how does he think he knows more about Everton then the new owners seems like a Mr now all who knows fuck all

[@Fumikor]

Matt Slater is one of the Athletic's best journalists. He is a very knowledgeable industry insider who is well known to have contacts within many big clubs, including Everton.

[@innocento.1552]

@scouser6630 you seem like the stereotypic mid-level football fan: ignorant, arrogant and entitled. Cheers bro 🥂