777 Partners’ Everton takeover is facing fresh Premier League scrutiny.
A decision on whether the Miami-based group had been cleared to succeed Farhad Moshiri was previously anticipated to arrive by the end of this week.
Ratification, however, is not to arrive until after the Easter weekend and likely to follow the outcome of the club’s second Profit and Sustainability charge.
It emerged on Saturday that top-flight chiefs had written to the Josh Wander-led investors saying they were ‘minded to approve’ their bid to buy the Blues.
Yet the process remains subject to strict conditions to determine whether 777 are capable of providing long-term funding if they are belatedly approved.
The owners of a multi-club network have supplied over £190 million in loans to sustain Everton’s day-to-day operations amid Moshiri’s exit strategy.
But the Premier League still require proof of a sustainable long-term financial model from the Americans that will also be independently examined legally.