Football is small fry in business terms, it is a misnomer that it is big business; someone was saying last week that the M&S store in Oxford Street has the same turnover as the whole EP, and M&S’s overall turnover is comparable to all the top flight leagues in Europe.

Investors in football clubs are not doing it to make big profit, it’s too risky a business, I’m sorry but your argument doesn’t run through. If I had £100m pounds (I wish) to turn one football club around, I would look at Villa, Spurs and Everton as my best options as they have history fans etc in place, then Newcastle, City and Leeds as maybe’s, wouldn’t entertain anyone else.

* Aquiring 51% of shares would be enough to obtain a controlling interest in the club = +/- £25m

* The debt would not have to be initially cleared. The debt is already secured and serviceable (a large chunk of the £66m debt you mention is secured against future season ticket sales). Instead, a potential buyer could guarentee say £50m for squad development to be supplemented by TV rights and placing merit money (plus eventual Champions League money) to be spread over a number of seasons (as we all know transfers these days are paid incrementally.)

* Stadium Development – Given the current regime were apparently able to raise £78m (despite being potless) through the sale of Bellefield/Goodison/naming rights and some additional debt for Kirkby, then your figure of ‘between £120 million and £150 million’ is somewhat disingenious. If there are serious people interested in a ‘takeover’ then a matching of the £78m ringfenced Kirkby money (it does exist right?) would give a total of £156m. More than enough (even without the interest of other developers/enablers) to be getting on with.

There you have it then;

* controlling interest in the club = £25m
* squad development = (initial) £50m + (eventual) TV/placings/CL monies
* Stadium Development = £80m (plus monies ringfenced for Kirkby)

Total = £155m

(and of course, as has been mentioned, a further rights issue would not be out of the question)

Everton are ripe for a takeover, all that we need now is a willing seller and a willing buyer!

Having now lived outside of Liverpool for what is now more than half my life, time wise 26 years, the vast majority in the SE of England. During this time whenever I go to a new company without fail there are always Everton supporters, however remote the location. I am sick to death of reading that the likes of Villa and God help if it’s true West Ham, are better propositions than the mighty blues. It’s very simple “I don’t believe it……………. “. During this time down south I have never worked with any Villa supporters, a couple of Barcodes, strangely the second most supported team down south seems to be City.

Our fan base is bigger than any team outside the Big Four (I hate that phrase Big Four), as the kids outside the major cities support whoever is winning, surely it is simple – improve on the pitch and we will improve financially, both home and abroad.

I don’t know if there is an investor out there suitable for Everton Football Club, but please don’t treat me like an idiot and try to convince me that West Ham, Portsmouth etc are a better proposition for investment.

Just for the record this is my view on all things blue:-

I like BK, but it is becoming increasingly obvious he lies to the fans in order to bull dozer what he wants.
I like DM, I think has done wonders but am also aware of his weaknesses and he is still a young manager learning his trade.
My preference would be to stay at GP, and make ours the only football ground in the EPL as everyone else moves to new stadiums with no atmosphere.

In regards to the deadly silence and potential share issue, I completely agree. I believe there should be a share issue to the fans, and give the fans the right to elect a representative onto the board, this would quash any mistrust amongst fans, whilst ensuring the fans still have a say in the club. However not all fans would be willing or able to pay for new shares, whilst the issue of new shares would decrease the price of shares, so not only would the major shareholders stand to lose many thousands of pounds, but the smaller shareholders, the fans, could also lose a few hundred off the price of their shares, so it might be a controversial move.

But both the PR spin & deadly silence from BK and DM speaks volumes about how desperate our situation is.

Why hasn’y DM signed a new contract?
Why has Wyness gone?
Why did we pursue a course for the new stadium that was destined to failure?
Where has the Sky Money, Rooney Money Drip Feed, Gate Revenue, Merchandising, Hospiatality, Sponsorship and Johnson money gone?
Why is it that with 3 days to go to the start of the new season, we have a not added numbers to the squad?

Just look around the premiership the likes of Villa, Spurs, Portsmouth all building on last seasons performance, yet we stagnate, why?

To many questions not enough answers
Why is that with