An outcome on 777 Partners’ Everton takeover bid will be made next week.
The Miami-based operators of a global multi-club model are still awaiting a decision from the Premier League since striking a deal with Farhad Moshiri.
A Premier League ruling on 777’s prospective takeover was initially forecast to arrive in the final quarter of 2023 but has dragged on for several months.
Its chief executive Richard Masters claimed in January that they had yet to receive ‘satisfactory answers’ from the group regarding long-term funding.
But top-flight officials are now set to deliver an outcome in the coming week, more than six months since the Americans’ initial agreement with Moshiri.
Josh Wander led a delegation of senior figures who met with the Premier League last week in efforts to finally address the outstanding questions.
777 are understood to have provided £190 million in loans to sustain the Blues’ day-to-day operations during the lengthy wait for league ratification.
If approved, the takeover will signal the end of Moshiri’s spell as Goodison Park’s majority shareholder following a highly turbulent eight-year period.