Everton s hopes of being rescued by a takeover by Roma owner Dan Friedkin are at an end after the club confirmed the American billionaire has ended his interest in buying the club.
The club have been in a precarious financial position for some time with the club racking up very considerable and rising debts under Farhad Moshiri, which were covered in part by loans from previous interested party 777 Partners.
That takeover bid faltered after 777 ran into troubles of their own, with a deal agreed last September falling apart in May after
That left Everton in need of an alternative, and they have spent the past couple of months talking to Friedkin about the possibility of him buying the Premier League club. His company, The Friedkin Group, reportedly repaid a £1…
Man Utd have made a joint offer to sign Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui from Bundesliga side Bayern Munich, according to The Athletic journalist David Ornstein.
The Red Devils are looking to improve their defence ahead of the new season with Erik ten Hag looking to bring in another centre-back and right-back before the end of August.
Leny Yoro has already arrived from Lille but the young French centre-back has already picked up a serious injury with the 18-year-old set to miss three months with a fractured metatarsal.
And are now looking to act in the transfer market as they look to bring in further reinforcements with Joshua Zirkzee their only other new addition.
Ornstein claims that the Red Devils have made an opening double offer to sign De …
Tim Sherwood is not convinced by new Manchester United signing Matthijs de Ligt, who is certainly not better than Lisandro Martinez.
confirmed the signings of De Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui from Bayern Munich on Tuesday.
The Netherlands defender is reunited with Red Devils manager Erik Ten Hag, whom he played under at Ajax, after joining from Bayern for a reported £38million fee, which could rise to £45m.
De Ligt, who has won league titles with Ajax, Juventus and Bayern, said: “As soon as I heard that Manchester United wanted me, I felt an excitement about the opportunity of a new challenge at such an historic club.
“In the conversations that followed, I was impressed by the vision that the football leadership set out, and the role they saw for me…