Dan Friedkin has been photographed at The Old Course in St Andrews, standing with his son Ryan and Open champion Tommy Fleetwood ahead of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. The Dan Friedkin Tommy Fleetwood photograph has spread quickly among Everton supporters, many of whom point out that the chairman has still never attended a match at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
The Friedkin Group completed its takeover of Everton from Farhad Moshiri in December 2024. Supporters have long been frustrated that the owner has yet to watch a game in person, and the golfing picture has reignited that debate online.
Primary Source Attribution & Official Details
David Moyes has revealed he has never met or spoken to Friedkin, who has never set foot inside Hill Dickinson Stadium on a matchday. That admission still stings. It sits uneasily alongside the chairman’s apparent ease on a golf course with one of the sport’s best known players.
Friedkin has shown he can be forthcoming elsewhere. Speaking to delegates at the European Football Clubs General Assembly in Copenhagen about the Friedkin Group’s other project, AS Roma, he said: “Between the stadium and first place, it’s truly a great moment for us.” Fans noted he found warmer words for a club he does not run from Merseyside.
Journalists covering Everton’s summer business were just as blunt. Henry Winter described it as a “deeply disappointing transfer window”, while Phil McNulty and Andy Hunter went further, calling the post deadline day picture at the club “a shambles”.
On X, the reaction was swift. @SimonFlynnefc wrote: “Will fly over for a round of golf but won’t to watch Everton shows where their priorities lie.” @KipPEFC1878 added: “Fleetwood has met them more times than Moyes.” @nsnojp asked why owners wouldn’t “come and see ‘their’ shiny stadium”, and @Fl33tabix put it simply: “This is the closest our owners have gotten to anything remotely Everton.” @ToffeeCardinal joked that “Tommy could draw them a detailed map of where the stadium is and remind them they own us.” Those responses were gathered in a Liverpool Echo report that captured the mood among the fanbase.
Squad Impact & Tactical Context
The picture lands weeks after a deadline day that left many fans uneasy about the scale of Everton’s ambition. The club sold Iliman Ndiaye, Beto, Tim Iroegbunam and Nathan Patterson before the window shut, raising more than £100m between them. In return, Moyes was backed with just £4m to sign Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
That business left Everton 15th among Premier League clubs for net spend and, overall, in a position of trading profit rather than fresh investment. Fans have tracked the pattern in our recent Friedkin updates and club news, where selling before spending has been a recurring theme this year.
The contrast between Friedkin’s relaxed afternoon with Fleetwood and a squad trimmed on deadline day is what has pushed the Dan Friedkin Tommy Fleetwood story to dominate Everton social media this week.
What Happens Next / Upcoming Timeline
Fleetwood continues his bid for home glory at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship over the coming days, with St Andrews one of three courses used across the event. There is no indication from the club that Friedkin plans to attend a match soon, and no fresh contact between the chairman and Moyes has been reported.
Moyes, meanwhile, is working at Finch Farm through the international break, preparing his squad for when Premier League action resumes. Whether a busy, profit making window has left the group well equipped for the months ahead will become clearer once the fixtures return.
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