With reports claiming that Farhad Moshiri is close to selling Everton to 777 Partners, Chris Beesley finds out about the issues at Standard Liege who are owned by the American private investment company
Everton seem to tick all the boxes of being a club that 777 Partners would want to invest in. But should beleaguered Blues supporters be concerned by the frustrations of fans at other teams owned by the American private investment company?
He told the ECHO: “The first task of 777 was to reduce the financial problems of the club. Standard had something in the region of €25-30million of debts and it was very difficult but they formed a local board with Pierre Locht as CEO and brought in Fergal Harkin who was previously responsible for the scouting of players at Manchester City as sporting director.
Bleus added: “Their official statement says that they want to get the club back to competing at the top end of the table but on the other hand they haven’t provided too much money – certainly in terms of squad building – and the team are having to operate with fewer funds. They did four deals in the last 36 hours of the transfer window because they sold Aron Donnum to Toulouse for over €4million.
Bleus said: “It’s been tough to take because Standard are currently 14th in a 16-team division and are winless after six games having taken just three points out of a potential 18. The board have said they are targeting a top-six place – as in Belgium that qualifies you for the championship play-offs – but that’s already looking like an uphill struggle.
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