Everton fans could get chance to buy shares in club if Textor seals takeover

* American could float club as well as his Eagle company
* Textor confident of deal with Moshiri in next month




John Textor is considering ­giving Everton fans the chance to buy shares in the club if he succeeds in his £600m bid to take control from Farhad Moshiri. The American businessman is preparing to float on the New York Stock Exchange his ­holding company Eagle Football Group which owns Lyon, Botafogo in Brazil and the ­Belgian club RWD Molenbeek and has a 45% stake in Crystal Palace. Sources close to Textor said Everton could be taken public at a later date.

Textor is understood to be confi­dent that an agreement with Moshiri over buying Everton can be reached within four weeks after he was granted exclusive negotiating rights last month. The 58-year-old has yet to sell his Palace stake, however, so approval from the Premier League could take far longer to secure. Continue reading...