Welcome to our Everton live blog for Saturday, September 16.
It was confirmed on Friday morning at 10am that Farhad Moshiri has agreed a deal to sell his 94.1% Everton shareholding to American group 777 Partners. The organisation hopes to complete its takeover of the club before the end of this year. The move would see Everton added to a portfolio of teams 777 has already either invested in or acquired that includes Hertha Berlin, Sevilla and Standard Liege.
It would bring an end to Moshiri’s troubled reign at Everton, a tenure that has seen the club move backwards despite hundreds of millions of pounds being spent on transfers and the launch of the development of a new waterfront stadium. Meanwhile Sean Dyche aims to prepare his men for a tough home Premier League fixture against high-flyers Arsenal, who have a poor recent record at Goodison Park.