Normally, I think the Everton job is a lot more appealing than we like to think. But with the utter mess around ownership, any manager is facing unpredictable constraints as well as limited resources. To top it off, there is the strong likelihood of any new ownership that does come in to end the current situation wanting to put their own stamp on the club by bringing in their own choice.
Yes, but he is a relatively new investor there and acquired his stake primarily by diluting rather than replacing the existing owners so they are all still involved on some level. You’d imagine a deal could be made relatively easily with them to restore their stakes if he was sufficiently motivated as it would probably require him to take a bit of a haircut on it.
Yes, the article does say that Textor has rejected one bid of 100 million GBP for his CP shares and that three other investors have expressed an interest in buying his shares “one from the Middle East and another said to be a sports-celebrity-backed group from the US”.
A ‘sports-celebrity-backed group’? What does that look like?