Kieran Maguire rubbishes Farhad Moshiri theory at Everton amid ‘catastrophic’ claim
Farhad Moshiri is not looking to adopt a multi-club ownership model and instead should work on getting things right at Everton.
That is the opinion of finance expert Kieran Maguire, who spoke to Football Insider about the investment opportunities for Everton and Moshiri.
As reported by The Athletic (17 February), Miami-based firm 777 Partners are considering a minority investment in Everton.
The American investment firm already owns stakes in a number of other clubs, including Genoa in Italy, Vasco de Gama in Brazil, Standard Liege in Belgium and Red Star in France.
Football Insider sources revealed on Friday (3 March) that Everton have also held advanced talks with New York-based MSP Sports Capital over purchasing a 20 per cent stake in the club.
Similarly to 777 Partners, MSP Sports Capital also owns shares in clubs in Germany, Spain, Portugal and Belgium.
While Everton appears to be surrounding itself with multi-club network investors, Maguire doesn’t believe Moshiri will follow a similar path.
“I don’t think that Farhad Moshiri is interested in a multi-club model at this point in time,” Maguire told Football Insider’s Sean Fisher.
“He needs to get the one-club model correct first, and he appears to be some way off doing that at Everton.
“The potential relationship between the likes of 777 and MSP is simply that they’re not interested in football as such.
“They’re interested in mitigating risk in terms of having a portfolio and a strategy for their investing and that’s fairly common for corporate investors.
“They look at the industry and judge the risks and returns – they want to maximise returns and make sure risks are dealt with before causing catastrophic damage.“
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