Everton make first move for £25m gem as club president travels for talks.
After maintaining their Premier League status, Everton have turned their attention towards fresh faces for Sean Dyche’s side, despite their financial concerns off the pitch.
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With 777 Partners’ takeover yet to be given the green light by the Premier League and seemingly increasingly unlikely to take place altogether, the Toffees have been left at a dangerous crossroads. Without a takeover, they’ll likely be in a position in which they’ll have no choice but to sell key players such as Jarrad Branthwaite and Amadou Onana to raise important funds.
Dyche hinted at that potential problem in a press conference just before the end of the season, saying via The Guardian: “If the [777] takeover doesn’t happen, or a takeover, then it will probably be juggling dust, not sand.
“Because who knows then? You are having to self-generate everything then, I would imagine, because it’s not like there is a pile of cash anywhere so you’ve got to self-generate. And if you self-generate, how do you get in what you are losing? If someone leaves, how do you get the next one in who is as good as the one leaving? There is no time for development [of young players] because this club hasn’t got time for that.”
