Everton’s impending takeover will bring “stability” and “clear up the noise” that surrounds the club, says manager Sean Dyche.
On Monday, the Friedkin Group reached an agreement to buy Farhad Moshiri’s majority 94% stake in the Toffees, but the transaction is subject to regulatory approval.
Sources close to the deal have “full confidence” completion can be achieved within the next eight to 12 weeks.
“It looks like a stronger situation from the past,” said Dyche. “There is a long way to go to get everything to a final point but the early signs look favourable in the situation but we will we will have to wait and see.
“Openly speaking, [the takeover will bring] more of the stability. It has been on unsettled ground for such a long time now, with varying situations and various opinions.
“It will clear up the noise that surrounds Everton football Club.”
My future ‘not really relevant’ – manager
The US-based Friedkin Group is led by chairman Dan Friedkin, who also owns Roma, and has a net worth of £5.7bn according to Forbes.
The final decision rests with the Premier League and will depend on whether the group can satisfy the Owners’ and Directors’ Test, but should the deal be completed, Everton would become the 10th club in the English top flight under majority American ownership.
A sale would end the long-running saga of Moshiri’s attempts to sell the club, with 777 Partners missing a deadline to complete earlier this year after agreeing a deal last September.
Dyche is into the final year of his contract at Goodison Park and said he has not spoken to the Friedkin Group yet, but “you would imagine” the two parties will get together for discussions “at some point”.
Asked about his future, the ex-Burnley boss replied: “It is not really relevant. I was brought here as a custodian and to do a specific job and I continue to work hard at that.
“We have to change the results, but the workload here has been considerable.
“I don’t know what their strategy is, what their belief is and the culture they want to make at Everton Football Club. They might be looking at the history or the future, I will have to wait and see.”
‘I have done a very good job’
Since becoming manager in January 2023, Dyche has had to deal with constant questions surrounding a takeover, successive scraps against relegation, two separate points deductions and very little money to spend in the transfer market.
The team lie 19th in the table having collected only one point from their opening five games and host Crystal Palace on Saturday (kick-off 15:00 BST), with both sides yet to pick up a victory this term.
Asked what sort of job he feels he has done under difficult circumstances, Dyche told BBC Sport: “From a purely management point of view, I have done a very good job. One day there will be some way of telling people the truth of what goes on, but it is not for now.
“I have worked hard to correct a lot of things. I have been pleased with that but football management is a strange business now.
“Fans want to win and I have never lost sight of that. Ideally win with style and a way you can win that is user-friendly for the fans and they enjoy the winning aspect of it, but they want to win.”
