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<\/p>\nEverton Football Club appears to be passing into the hands of American owners, but if the buzz coming out of Wall Street is true, they are not the only Premier League club that could soon have a head office on the other side of the Atlantic. US private investment company 777 partners are reportedly in ‘advanced talks’ to complete a full takeover of the relegation-threatened Merseyside club with an announcement possibly coming as early as this week.<\/p>\n
The Blues’ current owner Farhad Moshiri is deeply unpopular with Evertonians. Despite investing more than \u00a3750m since his arrival, the club has gone backwards and has spent the past two seasons flirting with a return to the second tier of English football for the first time since 1951.<\/p>\n
The Iranian Businessman has been in talks with Miami-based 777 partners for almost a year however and now it looks as though the operation that already owns Spanish side Sevilla and Italian outfit Genoa could be about to add a historic Premier League club to its portfolio.<\/p>\n
Should the deal come to pass, with Moshiri almost certain to leave Goodison with less money than he arrived with, it would mean that half of the clubs currently playing in the Premier League will be backed by American investment.<\/p>\n
And according to reports, there could be more US investment to come. One of the clubs highlighted as a key target for American venture capitalists is Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n
One US banker, who recently helped a consortium bid for Manchester United, told the Telegraph: \u201cTottenham are always of interest if someone can finally get Daniel Levy down on price,” while another lender agreed and claimed that Spurs \u201care one of five easy sales here\u201d.<\/p>\n
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One name being linked with a potential investment in the North London club is that of MSP Sports Capital, who had also been in the mix to buy Everton until 777 took control of the situation.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, the Financial Times reported that MSP boss Jahm Najafi was prepared to make a \u00a33 billion bid for Spurs as part of a consortium with Middle East investors.<\/p>\n
Chairman Levy’s valuation of Tottenham is reportedly around \u00a33.5 billion, with another American businessman rumoured to have had an offer of \u00a32.9 billion rejected last year.<\/p>\n
However, the capital club’s top man has not ruled out the possability of an eventual sale coming to pass.<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n In a talk at the Cambridge Union in April (as per Football.London), Levy said: “ENIC owns approximately 87% of the club and we have 30,000 shareholders and most of them are fans who own the shares.<\/p>\n “We have a duty to consider any proposal anyone wants to make. All I would say is we are not in negotiations with anybody, nor have we been in recent months.”<\/p>\n Should Tottenham eventually go down the route of having US owners, America will be edging ever closer to reaching 14 Premier League clubs under its control giving US interests uncontestable power when it comes to decision-making in the English top flight.<\/p>\n
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