Journalist shares what 777 Partners have now done as they try to take over at Everton

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Everton’s takeover at the hands of 777 Partners continues to rumble on.

It’s been months since the Miami-based company first launched their bid to takeover Everton, and they are still no closer to achieving that aim.

Despite their best attempts to add the Toffees to their impressive portfolio of clubs which includes Sevilla, Genoa, Hertha Berlin and Melbourne Victory, they continue to face numerous hurdles.

The process has taken that long to complete it has been said another rival to the 777 Partners could emerge and launch a bid themselves.

It’s certainly a saga that has divided the fanbase as while the majority are desperate to see the back of Farhad Moshiri, they aren’t sure whether the prospective owners are fit to own the football club.

Earlier this month, a well-respected name in the Everton community, Alan Myers, revealed that they had provided around £150m in funding to the club as they waited patiently to get the go-ahead to complete the takeover.

A few weeks on from that news, they are still no closer to completing the takeover, but Myers has now supplied a further update on their support to the club.

777 Partners pump more money into Everton

After supposedly pumping £150m into Everton, perhaps to prove they have the financial muscle to be worthy owners, it has now been revealed they’ve increased their support to the club further with another £13m loan.

That is according to Myers, who would first write: ‘Proposed new Everton owners ‘777 Partners’ has increased its support to the club with another £13M loan, taking its commitment to over £160M as they await approval from the Premier League to complete a takeover’

However, perhaps more importantly, he would follow that up by noting: ‘The Miami based group were expected to hear a decision before Christmas and are understood to have submitted the required information in full to the Premier League’.

It’s been a long and arduous four months since they first agreed on a deal to take over the club from Moshiri and while their persistence should be admired, eyebrows have to be raised over why it’s taking so long to complete.

There have already been serious doubts over whether the companies’ founders, Josh Wander and Steven Pasko would pass the Premier League’s fit and proper test.

In 2016, the current Reading owner Dai Yongge – who is currently running the Royals into the ground – failed the fit and proper test when he tried to take over Hull City.

While the outcome is still yet to be decided, it has been demonstrated in recent days that Everton won’t be short of potential suitors should they fail the test.