Friday briefing: Textor’s Everton bid: Sources say deal is premature, £200M loan repayment in focus

Reports of an imminent deal for John Textor to buy Farhad Moshiri’s majority shareholding in Everton are understood to be premature according to multiple sources connected to a possible transaction, reports senior correspondent, James Corbett.

Textor was reported by the Guardian to have held talks with Everton owner Farhad Moshiri in London on Tuesday and again in Liverpool on Wednesday, with “an agreement expected by end of week”.

It has also been reported that Textor has been