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The Friedkin Group are on the verge of completing their Everton takeover.
An agreement for the American investment outfit to buy out existing majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri’s 94.1% stake was struck in late September.
Since then, Dan and Ryan Friedkin have undergone regulatory approval checks by the Football Association, Financial Conduct Authority and the Premier League.
The latter was the final hurdle in their bid to take control at Goodison Park and has now seen them pass the required Owners and Directors’ Test for new custodians.
Formal confirmation of TFG’s ascension to the Blues’ seat of power is expected to be finalised next week following ratification by the club’s existing shareholders.
It marks an end to Moshiri’s largely chaotic eight-and-a-half year spell which also saw Everton belatedly secure a new future home at Bramley-Moore Dock.
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