Here are your Everton evening headlines for Wednesday, January 25.
Kia Joorabchian breaks silence on Farhad Moshiri Everton links and makes triple transfer claim
Kia Joorabchian has hit back at claims he influences Farhad Moshiri’s decision-making at Everton and revealed the club passed up the chance to sign Bruno Guimaraes.
Joorabchian, it has been claimed, is said to be close to Everton majority shareholder Moshiri. Those close ties have been questioned in recent months amid the Blues’ struggles.
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Former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan called out the agent for being too involved at Everton and for being too close to Moshiri during a talkSPORT show on Wednesday afternoon. But those comments prompted Joorabchian to call into the White and Jordan show to respond.
And in a twist of events, Joorabchian said he has mostly been ignored by the Blues' current regime over the years, especially when it comes to transfers, claiming he has only ever been involved in four deals with the club, with one of them being Carlo Ancelotti’s appointment as manager.
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Everton get £485m boost as Farhad Moshiri sale stance confirmed
Everton's value has increased by 14 per cent over the past two years despite decline on the pitch.
That is according to analysts at US sports business website Sportico who produced their annual Premier League valuations list on Tuesday, a list compiled through equity research and speaking to a number of key figures involved in sports investment.
The Blues have been pegged by Sportico as having a valuation of $600m (£485m) in the current market, a rise of more than £60m from its valuation in 2021. The figure places Everton at eighth on the Premier League list, leapfrogged by West Ham United after they saw a 33 per cent rise in their valuation over the same period to reach $665m (£535m).
The metrics typically used to value businesses tend not to be applied so robustly when it comes to valuing football clubs and sports teams in general.
It has for some time been based on the strength of the last deals being struck and the idea that the valuations must continue to rise given the size of the broadcast deals struck and how commercial revenues have grown, as well as the view among many investors that there is latent value to be released in Premier League clubs moving forward as they find more ways to engage with their global fan bases.
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