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Hello and welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Iyo Akimwalere.

An agreement has been reached for the Freed King Group to complete a takeover of Everton.

Finally, some positive news on the future of the club.

The Freedkin Group, led by American billionaire Dan Friedkin, has agreed a deal to buy five Mashiri's controlling stake.

But when will it actually be completed?

And how is it being paid for?

Joining me today, we have the Athlet, Matt Slater, and our Everton writer, Paddy Boyland, and a little later on, we'll be joined by James Horncastle, who covers Italian football for us. Matt, let's start with you. I mean, dare I say it, we've brought you on for a little bit of good news. Could you just fill us in and what's happened with Everton this week? Yes, a lot of good news. This is great news for Everton fans,

long-suffering Everton fans. Yeah, a lot's happened. So I'm going to start by addressing

something that my fans on X, among the Everton fan base, keep raising. I think it was 22 days ago.

It was certainly three and a bit

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