The news this week that Everton's takeover by the Friedkin Group has been confirmed really does feel like that rarest of things, good news for the club, the city, the league and pretty much everyone concerned. After years of jeopardy, carpet-baggers and vulture capitalists, there is a real prospect of Everton finding themselves in a new stadium, with 600m of manageable debt and being run by grownups.
The Friedkin Group is a real, actual business with offices and a bank account. Dan Friedkin runs a sharp-teethed global company that trades in non-dark, vaguely comprehensible assets. This feels like progress for a club that has seen its fair share of dubious ownerships.
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