Friedkin Group Open to Full Everton Sale if Right Buyer Emerges
Everton’s owners, The Friedkin Group, are prepared to consider selling the club in full after originally exploring minority investment, provided a prospective buyer can demonstrate the resources and plan required to move the club forward. The American group do not intend to force a quick transaction and will retain control, and continue funding the club, unless a suitable successor is found.
The shift comes less than two years after TFG acquired Farhad Moshiri’s 94 per cent holding in December 2024. The purchase was completed through its British investment company, Roundhouse Capital, ending a drawn-out ownership process and providing financial certainty after a difficult period for Everton.
Since taking charge, the Houston-based organisation has reworked costly borrowing and arranged cheaper finance secured against the new Hill Dickinson Stadium. It also brought in additional investors last year, including former NBA coach Jason Kidd and billionaire Christopher Sarofim. TFG views its early stewardship as an important intervention at a time when Everton’s finances had become increasingly fragile.
Summer frustration and Moyes’ links to the board
The possibility of a future sale has emerged after an unsettled transfer window and growing supporter concern over the strength of David Moyes’ squad. Everton made an estimated £25 million profit after selling roughly £100 million of players, with Beto and Iliman Ndiaye among those to leave.
Supporters also objected publicly to a proposed £40 million transfer for academy player Harrison Armstrong, leading Everton to withdraw from the prospective deal. Jack Grealish returned on loan for a second straight season and Ainsley Maitland-Niles joined, but the failure to complete a £45 million deal for Folarin Balogun left the side short of attacking options.
Moyes has described a layered route of communication with the ownership rather than regular direct contact with TFG chairman Dan Friedkin. “My real contact is Angus,” he said, referring to Everton chief executive Angus Kinnear. “Angus is the one who I would go to see. Rishi is the next one and then the head of the Friedkin family in America. I don’t really get any direct conversations with them.”
The Rishi named by Moyes is Rishi Majithia, who sits between the manager and the Friedkin family within the club’s operational structure. That arrangement differs from the personal commitment Dan Friedkin set out when the takeover was completed, when he said Everton’s history and its place in the city would be respected while the group sought to make a positive contribution to the local community and economy.
TFG’s broader commitments include Roma, AS Cannes and a new NHL franchise in Houston valued at $3.5 billion. Even so, Everton’s immediate running is not expected to change while the group examines outside investment or a full takeover.
The club’s focus remains on improving its Premier League position, with Moyes required to work around limited depth in the forward line after the summer’s unsuccessful recruitment efforts. For now, the owners are expected to remain in place at Hill Dickinson Stadium, with any sale dependent on identifying an investor capable of meeting their long-term ambitions for Everton.
