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Josh Wander: Co-founder of failed Everton bidder charged with $500m fraud
17 October 2025 Off

Josh Wander: Co-founder of failed Everton bidder charged with $500m fraud

By Total Football News

The co-founder of investment firm 777 Partners – which made an unsuccessful bid to buy Premier League club Everton – has been charged with defrauding lenders and investors of more than $500 million (£372m).

Josh Wander, 44, lied and used fake financial documents to inflate the finances of 777, according to Manhattan federal prosecutors in the United States.

A potential deal for 777 to acquire the Toffees fell through in

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Mohamed Salah: Why Egyptian turned down ‘£500m Saudi move’ to stay at Liverpool
11 April 2025 Off

Mohamed Salah: Why Egyptian turned down ‘£500m Saudi move’ to stay at Liverpool

By Total Football News

If money was Salah’s determining consideration, he’d have left Liverpool for the Saudi Pro League who, until as recently as last week, still believed they could attract him to the Middle East.

The financial lure of a move to Saudi Arabia was clear. The ‘homecoming’ of one of the greatest and recognisable Arab footballers – and the synergy, and earning power, for all parties was inescapable.

Indeed, sources have told

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