Everton manager Sean Dyche has had his say on the club’s proposed takeover by 777 Partners.
At 10am on Friday, it was announced that Farhad Moshiri has agreed to sell his 94.1% shareholding in Everton to 777 Partners, with the transaction expected to be completed before the end of this year, subject to regulatory approval. When speaking at his pre-match press conference for the Blues’ Premier League game against Arsenal on Sunday, Dyche was asked about his thoughts on the deal.
He said: “There’s no impact on me at the moment or the players other than the news obviously. Of course as the manager I was aware that there was something maybe happening but I know as much as you from this morning and the strength of the words put out.
“There are also ongoing checks from the Premier League and the like so that will take some time.”
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Asked if he’d had any chance to speak to the prospective new owners, Dyche said: “No, not at this stage. Like I say, strong news this morning was breaking to me as well – I knew some noise about it but not actual details – and I’m sure in due course I will speak to whoever I need to but at this stage it’s too early for all that.”
Dyche was subject to a takeover in the final season of his nine-and-a-half year reign at Burnley but feels this situation could be quite different in terms of his own position. He said: “I don’t know the group who are coming in obviously with any depth at all really.
“The people involved, the people you’re working with or could be working with depending (on what happens), you fathom that out as
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