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We’ve just won gold in the 1500m. Beat some
Norway guy who was apparently nailed on to win.
 
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Cruel blow to Molde, only a minute left of ET and Galatasaray have a simple tap in againt tired Molde players 2-3
 
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oh dear...

https://theathletic.com/4800248/202...hip-msp-investment/?source=emp_shared_article

In a complicated deal, £100million of that investment was meant for Everton Stadium Development Company, the subsidiary club owner Farhad Moshiri set up in 2017 to oversee the construction of Everton’s new ground at Bramley-Moore Dock, with the rest going to the club.

But that exclusivity period is now over and the deal is dead, with the stumbling block being opposition from one of Everton’s existing lenders, Rights and Media Funding Limited.
 
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https://theathletic.com/4800248/202...hip-msp-investment/?source=emp_shared_article

In a complicated deal, £100million of that investment was meant for Everton Stadium Development Company, the subsidiary club owner Farhad Moshiri set up in 2017 to oversee the construction of Everton’s new ground at Bramley-Moore Dock, with the rest going to the club.

But that exclusivity period is now over and the deal is dead, with the stumbling block being opposition from one of Everton’s existing lenders, Rights and Media Funding Limited.

Debt upon debt upon debt at Everton
 
Would be very worried if I was a blue.

When we over stretched ourselves financially in the 1980s it was caused by us building a new stand in 1981 which opened in 1982.
We won the FA Cup in 81 and 82, got to a league cup final, won the UEFA Cup in 84, made an FA Cup final and several semi finals by 87. We also regularly qualified for European football. Back then this was all worth money so our debt was greatly lessened.

By 1991 we were still on the verge of bankruptcy. Only winning the FA Cup with its European qualication and selling Gazza to Lazio saved us.

Everton are in a far worse financial state, are facing FFP investigations, are building a billion pound stadium and don't have players to sell tbh.

They've been so badly run it's hard to see them getting out of this mess. They could well end up doing a Leeds, Portsmouth, Wigan, Charlton, Wednesday etc.