 Welcome to ToppyTV, it is the Everton News Daily. There are a few conflicting reports today about the takeover of Triple 7. We've had to wait a very, very, very long time to even get to this point of the takeover. There is a source today saying that 777 have passed the Premier League owner's test on the basis that they'll be paying back the loan deal to MSP, that's £158 million, and that it should be completed in early May. But according to the BBC reports, the Stumblin block is that loan. There were four things that basically Triple 7 had to sort out before being able to buy Everton through, obviously, passing the Premier League test. Three of those are not an issue whatsoever, but this one, paying back the MSP's loan has become a slight more of an issue because the money is going to have to come from their balance sheet or an outside investment from Triple 7. So, their confidence that it will be done, their confidence that it will pass, but it might not be quite yet. And it is effectively the only thing holding up the takeover of Everton Football Club by Triple 7. So, that all seems really clear as mud, doesn't it? At the moment, we just really hope this can be sorted soon rather than having to deal with these daily issues. Of course, Triple 7 were given an extension by MSP on Monday night, that was widely reported. So, it's in their hands now. That deadline has obviously come and gone. The extension has been given and it is just this now that needs to be sorted out. And if it is sorted out, then they will be the new owners of Everton Football Club. And whether people like that or not, I think for all of us, we need a clear indication of where we're going as a football club because at the moment, it really is, the whole thing really is a mess. It really is absolutely a mess. So, maybe if we're not that far away, but how close that is, we don't know. We'll just have to wait and see on that one. Some good news today. The Evan Women's coach, Brian Sorenson as his assistant, Stephen Nelligan have signed new contacts till June 2026. He originally took over Everton in 2022-23 season. And it's been open down this season hasn't been particularly great, but Evan have lost a hell of a lot of players, very much like the men's team. The women's team have had to sacrifice a lot of really good players who have left and gone on to bigger and better things. The Evan women always seem to have a really good caliber of player and always leave and go somewhere and do really, really well. So, it's very much like the men's team over the years. If you combine a lot of those players, they have a really good team. They don't have the budgets of other teams, of course. Other teams are bringing in like Arsenal, they're getting 60,000 at the end minutes to watch some where Evan women obviously play at Walton O Park, most weeks in front of two and a half thousand people. And yeah, they're doing all right for what they've, you know, everything's obviously about just getting through this season and going on and trying to build something. And the recently drew nil nil with Liverpool at Gulleson Park in front of just short of 10,000 people. And although other clubs are getting really, really huge numbers, 10,000 people at Gulleson Park for an Everton women's game isn't anything to be sniffed at. So, Brian Sollinson said, I am very happy. I really like it here. I like the club. I like the people at the club and I like the fans. There's a, there's a plan in place. We have a good future and a good squad going forward. I think it's important to show in the background there's a plan. Results this season have been the best of times, injuries to keep place have been a big part of that. But we are performing extremely well and we have a good group. We want to continue working on that. The building blocks are there. This is one of the best groups I've worked with for sure. They stick together and believe in tough times, they will find the wins. Games like West Ham away, Villa away really shows the character of the group where all the teams are keep moving forward with Evan. So that's, that's really good. That's a really good news because as I said, Everton women's budgets been absolutely slashed as well. And they're really seeing and they've really seen obviously the, the, the raw end of what happened with USM as well because they were sponsored by USM. Their, their sleeve sponsor was, was part of the USM group. You know, the sponsors at the ground were all USM group. They've seen, you know, even, I think even the person who'd run it was one of the nephew of Alicia Newsman. So they've really suffered with losing that sponsor. So it's good that they've got the manager in place and can keep going forward. I think that's really important for them at this, this time. Just some other news, a bit more round the football news, but FA Cup replays have been scrapped for next season. This is basically to allow the teams replaying the Champions League. The, the, the, the windows that would be in the replays have been taken by the Champions League teams. Again, football at the highest level impacting on football all the way down. This has, there's been a lot of angry criticism to this, as you can imagine. So there won't be any replays. The FA Cup final will be played on the penultimate weekend of the Premier League. So the Premier League, again, wanting the, the last game of the season, there'll be no game, Premier League games on the FA Cup day itself, but it shows, you know, the power that those teams in the Champions League have and are affecting the whole game. In terms of the Premier League, what it'll mean as well is, is the Premier League is going to start midway through August, and there will be no winter break. The, the, the FA is saying, and the Premier League is saying there will be a three week window in the summer. Players will basically have to rest the window for them to get that rest. So no winter break going forward, just a bigger window in the summer for those teams to rest. And it'd be interesting to see where the team stick to that, because obviously with lucrative, you know, tours abroad and things like that, teams don't always stick to these things when they're asked to. I think if teams were allowed to go on a break in the winter break, they would, but they're not allowed to. So really interesting moving forward. They have said £33 million will be given extra to teams that were, you know, in the lower leagues that will be missing out on those big lucrative replays. We'll wait and see how that equates. It seems like a big number, but is it really? We'll see how that all plays out. I'm sure there's a lot of Premier League teams and a lot of Premier League managers who are really happy with this. They'd rather just have the game settled on the day, whether they win or lose. And I know it was a big source of frustration for some, but in terms of the overall game in this country, it is a massive blow again for teams lower down and grass roots football once again. There always seem to suffer for those teams at the top. And let's not forget those teams at the top wanted to destroy the football pyramid. Let's get that right. And yeah, Evan, are the ones who get the points punishments for basically none. So there you go. Sean Dice doing his press conference tomorrow ahead of Sunday's game against Nottingham Forest. We'll have all the details of that tomorrow on the daily daily. Don't even know the name of it, do I? Don't forget we do exclusive shows over on ToffeeTVPremier. Make sure you join us for them as well. The link is in the description. 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