It has been a wretched start to the season on the field, but if Sean Dyche can keep the club in the Premier League then there is light at the end of the tunnel for new billionaire owner Dan Friedkin

The Friedkin Group has agreed a deal to takeover Everton owner Farhad Moshiri's 94.1% controlling stake, the club announced on Monday.

Uzbek oligarch Alisher Usmanov has taken legal action against a company owned by Everton owner Farhad Moshiri, creating a complicating factor in the club’s already difficult takeover process. Usmanov,