Are Everton financially stable and is silverware on the horizon?

Are Everton financially stable and is silverware on the horizon?

In the first part of our Q&A with BBC Radio Merseyside's Giulia Bould, we focus on Everton's finances and possibility of silverware.

Steve asked: How financially stable are Everton now?

Giulia answered: For those that remember the situation from about 2023, when financial breaches and points deductions were in the headlines, the situation now is like night and day.

Profit and sustainability issues are very much a thing of the past at Everton. When new owners The Friedkin Group came in at the end of 2024, short-term debt was cleared to give the club a clean balance sheet. Since then, equity investment has continued to be injected, with the acquisition of new shares as recently as last week (£45m).

Fans will have seen new commercial deals appearing too and the Toffees are now benefiting from the major uplift in revenue from Hill Dickinson Stadium. The ground has more than doubled matchday revenue and that also means the club is stable.

Add to that the fact Jarrad Branthwaite was kept in the summer, despite some lucrative offers, shows Everton no longer have to sell their assets to stay afloat - which was the case when Richarlison was sold to Tottenham for £60m in 2022.

Peter asked: Humans are not old dogs. Everton need results, not excuses. Can David Moyes win something with Everton?

Giulia answered: Moyes remains the manager who came closest to winning Everton their first trophy since 1995. The FA Cup final in 2009 ended in defeat by Chelsea, but it was seen as a sign of things to come. As we all know, the running of the club has seen the situation go in the opposite direction.

Moyes has returned to the Toffees, however, with the Conference League trophy on his CV after lifting it with West Ham. The 62-year-old would love to be the man to end the silverware drought. He knows there has to be a rebuild to do this, including looking at the academy structure that was prolific at churning out talent during his first stint.

Without a crystal ball it is impossible to answer the question, but no Everton manager in recent times would love to bring a celebratory bus parade to Merseyside more than Moyes. His first job was to steady the ship and the fact the Blues sit eighth - three points off fourth - this international break shows progress in that.

He united the fans and restored some pride, and his words after the final home game of last season prove he came back because he knows what success means to Everton. He told the Goodison crowd, before their stadium move, "this club felt like, to me, one which was a big family, but looked broken, felt broken – and it doesn't feel like that any more". The next step is turn that passion into a trophy.

Come back to this page later on Friday for part two of Giulia's Q&A, which will look at Everton's striker conundrum.

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