Premier League Club Saga Takes a New Twist With 777 Lawsuit
777 Partners’ planned purchase of English football club Everton is stalling while the fund is embroiled in a legal case
777 Partners has been seeking to buy Everton, an English Premier League club based in Liverpool, for months
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Buyers of English Premier League football teams tend to attract scrutiny from dozens of news outlets and hordes of exacting fans, as Miami-based 777 Partners has discovered during its attempted takeover of Everton FC, a Liverpool-based club founded more than 140 years ago.
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