Despite Botafogo’s failures during the last Brazilian championship and Molenbeek’s descent into the Belgian second division, John Textor has not achieved only bad things with his clubs in recent months. Indeed, while Crystal Palace recovered perfectly in England under the aegis of Oliver Glasner, OL made a historic comeback in Ligue 1 with Pierre Sage. But there you have it, a seasoned businessman, the American is above all there for business. And according to The AthleticTextor would be determined to sell the London club to buy Everton.
Questioned by the English-speaking media, the latter also declared his love for the Mersey club: “Everton represents the best of English football: the struggles, the glory, the need. I love that it’s out of London. Everyone should want to buy Everton right now. This is the kind of club I’m referring to, where the risk and reward to your relationship and your community is so great and you can walk in, make promises and keep them. How great would it be to bring one of these great English clubs back to some sort of glory? We are also looking at other opportunities and we don’t need to go straight out of Palace to get into something. That would be a mistake. I suspect the problem with Everton is that he won’t be available when we’re ready. You can’t own two clubs in the same league and we’re not going to rush the situation at Palace, no matter how good another opportunity is.”
