US Billionaires interested in Everton takeover

According to recent reports, LAMF Global Ventures Corp have held preliminary talks with Everton Football Club to potentially agree on a deal to purchase the club.

Gillian Tan and David Hellier have reported today that the US Special Purpose acquisition company are interested in purchasing Everton FC. The company was set up by Jeffrey Soros, nephew of George Soros and Simon Horsman, who are also working with the former Everton director and dealmaker, Keith Harris who is advising them in the potential deal. In an initial public offering in November of 2021, it raised $253 million. [via Boomerang]

Paul Joyce has reported a similar story for The Times, saying that the nephew of George Soros, one of the world’s richest men, has shown an interest in buying Everton Football Club. Harris has had discussions with the owner of the club, Farhad Moshiri, going back to the end of last season, but there has been no formal meeting between Moshiri and LAMF Global Ventures to this point. [via TheTimes]

The blues have received a lot of interest from potential investors lately, with the club’s owner Farhad Moshiri having been seeking investment for Everton’s new £500m stadium, being the main catalyst for the interest. Perhaps the strongest piece of interest so far has been from a consortium lead by Peter Kenyon, with the consortium being allowed a period of exclusivity over a potential takeover. However, this period came to an end at the end of February, with a deal not in completion, leading to the consortium falling apart.

Since then, there has been little to no concrete interest in the club, until now. The Kaminski family, who were one of the investors involved in Peter Kenyon’s consortium were said to have had informal meetings with Farhad Moshiri over a potential deal, but again, nothing materialised.

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