Everton, in a turn of events that has surprised most, are actually a pretty well-sought-after club.
When Farhad Moshiri initially put the club on the market, he jumped at seemingly the first option, agreeing to a deal with 777 Partners that would stall for ten months before collapsing.
So, when that failed, many feared the worst, despite Sean Dyche having navigated them into a position of greater stability.
However, what has actually occurred has been far from terrible, with a handful of eligible and lucrative suitors lining up to take the Toffees off his hands.
The Esk praises Dan Friedkin
Taking to X, seeking to offer some supplementary opinion on Dan Friedkin’s proposed Everton bid, Paul Quinn was surprisingly complimentary of this particular businessman winning the race for the club.
Better known as ‘The Esk’, this finance guru and writer has been vocal in his condemnation for 777 Partners among other takeover suitors.
He does seemingly only want what’s best for the Toffees, but at times many did struggle to continue combing over what appeared like negativity.
In the end, however, he was proven right about the Miami-based firm, and that makes this latest endorsement all the more poignant.
When asked by a fellow Evertonian whether this takeover would solve the club’s crushing debt, he responded: ‘No, I doubt that very much. It will allow for much more sensible, long term debt secured against the stadium, a move away from the expensive, short term debt we have constantly turned over in recent years.’
Everton could be set for a sustainable future at last
With such lofty financial backing, and an intelligent businessman who already knows how to run a club set to provide it, at last Everton could be on the right track again.
After all, they have spent so many years derailed, with Moshiri’s misguided leadership seeing money frittered away for fun.
Whether it be managers, players, directors of football or someone else, it feels like the Iranian billionaire has got it wrong at every turn.
His heart was, at times, in the right place. His head, however, lacked the necessary long-term vision and plan to achieve success.
Friedkin, meanwhile, has already achieved European success with AS Roma despite only taking over in 2020, and has probably already ironed out all of the outstanding mistakes that a new football club owner might make.
If The Esk is offering his support to this new bidder, given how cynical he has been throughout the process thus far, then there must be some good to come from the American.
Hopefully, some success can soon be earned, but most importantly, a sustainable future be forged too.