EVERTON are still trying to build their new state-of-the-art stadium despite financial difficulties.
Toffees’ fans were treated with new photos of the £760million construction of their Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium which the club hopes will be ready in time for the 2025-26 campaign.
However, the Merseysiders have failed to secure the funds for the next phase of the ground’s development.
This comes after a run of bad news suggesting MSP Sports Capital may not be taking over and saving the Premier League club from the threat of administration.
Everton majority owner Farhad Moshiri is on the verge of having to find another potential purchaser with the plug set to be pulled on his £500m deal with 777 Partners.
SunSport understand that MSP do not have the finances in place to cover the £200m debt they would inherit if they took over the club.
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And it leaves Moshiri’s side stuck in an even worse place as the threat of going into administration and an automatic nine-point deduction becomes increasingly stark.
The Toffees’ total current debt is a staggering £583m, with New York-based investment company MSP owed £158m of that.
If Everton go into administration then their squad would be decimated.
The current value of the club’s players stands at around £350m.
The likes of Jarrad Branthwaite, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Jordan Pickford would be picked off on the cheap.
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And manager Sean Dyche’s future would become uncertain as he has a contract until 2025.
Everton survived relegation and their turbulent season comes to an end on Sunday when they visit Premier League title-chasing Arsenal.
West Ham have worst stadium in Premier League
By Andy Dillon
All that has been achieved under David Moyes has made West Ham forget that they have by far the worst home ground in the entire Prem.
A stadium totally unfit for staging regular football matches.
One that can work on big European nights when the fans have electrified their voices in the nearby Carpenters Arms before kick-off.
But one which drains your soul during routine home games against the likes of Burnley or Everton.
A home ground where giant trampolines separate fans from the action.
With temporary seating and scaffolding trying to bring the players and crowd closer.
When West Ham are playing badly but winning, issues with the rented stadium are pushed aside.
If they are playing badly and losing, the whole festering sore surfaces and the frustration will be aimed once more at chairman David Sullivan and vice-chair Karren Brady.
It wasn’t long ago that fans were invading the pitch, that 8,000 protested against the owners, that Sullivan was hit in the eye by a coin thrown from the crowd. Moyes has been an effective human shield with his consistent, if not entirely pretty, brand of success.
This is what incoming boss Lopetegui has to contend with.
Read Andy Dillon’s full column here.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
