Everton say 'work to be done' on Textor takeover bid

American businessman John Textor is making "progress" successful his bid to bargain Everton but nan nine opportunity location is "some activity to beryllium done to complete nan transaction".

BBC Sport reported connected 15 August that Crystal Palace co-owner Textor has been granted a play of exclusivity arsenic he intends to bargain Blues proprietor Farhad Moshiri's mostly liking successful nan club.

Any woody is limited connected Textor trading his 45% liking successful Palace, arsenic Premier League rules prohibit individuals from owning much than 1 team.

In an interview pinch Sky Sports, external connected Thursday, Textor compared owning Everton to becoming President of nan USA.

The 58-year-old besides said he has received 2 "good bids" for his Palace liking and has a statement pinch Moshiri to complete a woody for Everton by a deadline of 30 November.

Everton interim CEO Colin Chong said later connected Thursday: "The nine is alert of nan comments made by John Textor successful narration to a imaginable acquisition of nan club.

"While affirmative conversations and advancement continues to beryllium made pinch Mr Textor to formalise immoderate woody pinch him, location remains immoderate activity to beryllium done to complete nan transaction.

"Accordingly, nan comments made by Mr Textor simply correspond his individual position connected nine matters.

"Everyone astatine nan nine is staying focused connected providing nan champion support imaginable to [manager] Sean [Dyche] and nan squad arsenic we caput into nan weekend's fixture."

In an successful extent question and reply pinch Sky, Textor was asked astir nan challenges of completing nan deal, unit from Everton supporters and nan club's caller stadium connected Bramley-Moore Dock.

Textor became nan latest statement successful nan framework to return complete nan Toffees aft talks collapsed down pinch some 777 Partners and nan Friedkin Group this summer.

Through his institution Eagle Football Holdings, Textor already has a number of stakes successful different clubs, including Lyon successful France, Brazilian broadside Botafogo and Belgian nine Molenbeek.

"Nobody wakes up and thinks, 'I get to bargain Everton'," he said.

"But if you determine shot is what you want successful your life, and past personification comes on and asks you if you want to go nan proprietor of Everton, it's for illustration personification asking you if you want to beryllium President of nan United States. Of people you do.

"Let's beryllium frank, nan nonaccomplishment of others has been nan blessing that we get to locomotion successful to - which intends that anybody could outbid maine astatine immoderate time. I person a qualified play of exclusivity, but exclusives don't matter if Farhad gets an connection tomorrow that is supremely amended than mine.

"I wouldn't unit him to do a bad woody pinch me. The longer this takes, nan greater nan probability that there's immoderate different smart feline retired location that wakes up and spot this arsenic a awesome deal, arsenic it is.

"Right now, this seems to beryllium our opportunity and we dream to close."

Manager Dyche's Everton dishonesty bottommost of nan Premier League array without a point, having mislaid each 3 of their opening games including nan last-gasp, 3-2 location conclusion by Bournemouth earlier nan world break.

They recreation to Aston Villa connected Saturday (kick-off 17:30 BST) arsenic they look to footwear commencement their season.

Asked astir Textor's comments successful his pre-match news conference, Dyche said: "I don't cognize astir nan resolution, that is for upstairs, nan bigger image and financial broadside of nan club.

"Regarding nan comments, if you are a prospective proprietor and you are going to comment, you are asked definite questions and that is nan measurement it goes - uncovering retired astir what you are prospectively going to bargain aliases getting a feel.

"I haven't had nan chance [to speak to him], I don't deliberation nan woody is to that position. If you are a prospective owner, you astir apt would want to build a narration aliases surely cognize nan head successful immoderate situation.

"He isn't nan existent proprietor but if he did return complete past I americium judge you would person that speech but I deliberation that is modular practice."