Interested buyers to keep their counsel going forward

Is it because he wants to keep control of the stadium development and its associated money-making opportunities?

Is it because Usmanov believes he can make a comeback and wants to retain the opportunity to waste more of his money through legitimate business?

Is it based on Kenwright's advice as he doesn't want to be shunted out?

Is it because the finances have been dressed up and he wants to ensure that no wrongdoing is uncovered although you would have expected that to come out in the due diligence process?

Or does he simply want a bidding war?

He's not one of us, he shouldn't use that phrase.

This is the single most irksome thing about Moshiri, he's meddled, he's been erratic, despite this, he always backs his board members, they may have good intentions but they are always likely to show up their short-comings in the cut-and-thrust of the modern game.

The clubs hierarchy needs new blood, and lots of it, not the same old faces trotting out the same old plattitudes, leading to the same old outcomes. Sell or don't sell, that's Moshiri's right, but to continue doing the same things with the same people, is stark-raving bonkers.

If Moshiri only wants to sell 30% of his shares to help fund the stadium, then this still leaves a massive shortfall in funds? I think this is just even more speculation, and hope that it's resolved soon.

He's 76 and still won't fulfil that promise.

Come on, Bill, retire gracefully. 🤨

Plus nobody has worked harder to provide Everton with a new ground, so perhaps that's what Mr Kenwright is waiting for, before he retires and takes his well-earned rest?

Apparently worth a lot of billions.

Obviously there's a bit of negotiating to be had, but they (the consortium) are talking like they mean business.

What is confirmed is there will be no unveiling in Minnesota. Moshiri seeking to sell 30% of his share to fund the Stadium does not make financial sense.

Getting a place on the board with the same continuing Board Members for such a purchase, would take some real convincing by Moshiri, given his tenure as an example at Everton.

So one waits for another offer and the other waits for their patience to run thin. I'd say it's going swimmingly! Bring on the fish puns just for the halibut.

Interesting. I do believe that was the holding that Alisher Usmanov had in Arsenal when he was trying to oust Stan Kronke. Kronke refused to budge or change and Usmanov got very frustrated and eventually agreed to sell his holding to Kronke.

I wonder if any investors will be as frustrated as Usmanov when they see what their 30% stake gets them. The only benefit will be when Moshiri finally sells up and the 30% of the sale price exceed the cost of their initial investment.

But perhaps you've heard something new? Looks like it's something already 3 days old from The Athletic and being recycled by Paul Brown of the Daily Star.

So it's not new really if it just reinforces what appears to have been Moshiri rejecting their advances. He holds the ultimate veto, after all, and if the deal isn't good enough for him, then that's the end of the road for the Kenyon Klan.

Supposedly there are other interested parties but they are doing a better job of keeping a lid on things, if true.

I personally doubted the many claims put forward that Moshiri wanted to sell up. It's not true: he wanted funding to finish the new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock. But as more infrastructure is completed, perhaps he can leverage against it for simple loans and still get it done without outside investors? Presumably with all the construction monies now "ring-fenced" (Eeek!) from profitability and sustainability concerns.