Businessman Christopher Nathaniel has revealed that he is working with a UAE based consortium with a view to buying Everton Football Club.
“I can confirm I am acting on behalf of a UAE-based business consortium, who are chaired by a prominent Dubai businessman, and that I am currently in discussions with a number of Premier League clubs, one of which is Everton Football Club,†said Nathaniel.
“In this case, I’ve been approached because of my background in the entertainment industry. I can bring that element of big celebrity names and concerts – I can help realise my client’s plans to make a football club a wider entertainment platform. The Middle East understands the entertainment element, and how introducing it to football clubs can turn loss-making vehicles into profit-making ones.â€
Plans for the new owner, whoever that may be, include building a "football village" and as Nathaniel himself has said, concerts and big celebrity names, which would hint that major changes would need to be made to the Kirkby proposals which currently forbid concerts and have extensive plans for retail around the stadium.
A source close reported as being "close to the Everton deal" said that they expect an offer sooner rather than later.