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23 November 2015 - Everton's general meeting - What we learned Everton’s long-standing search for investment or new owners capable of taking the club to the next level was seemingly not close. However, “There has never been more people out there looking,” said Elstone of potential investors. But then ‘The But’. He repeated a familiar reminder that Premier League takeovers, nevermind ones which prove to be successful, are rare. In fact there hasn’t been one in the last three seasons, he added.

27 Feb 2016 - Everton confirm Farhad Moshiri as 'new major shareholder' Everton confirm Farhad Moshiri as a “new major shareholder”. The Blues announce Moshiri will take a 49.9% stake in Everton. Chairman Bill Kenwright, staying in his role, said: “After an exhaustive search I believe we have found the perfect partner to take the club forward.” Moshiri, who sold his shares in Arsenal, said: “Bill Kenwright has taught me what it means to be an Evertonian and I look forward with excitement to working with him to help deliver success for Everton in the future.”

11 March 2016 - Moshiri: 'I'll make decision on new stadium, buy new players and keep our best stars' Farhad Moshiri vowed to spend big on new players, keep Everton's best stars and make a decision on the club's stadium dilemma. In a 304-word statement in the matchday programme, he said: ""I am here to support them as required to ensure that the club recaptures the glory days of the past and builds sustained success in the future. We need to make sure club has a suitable stage to perform on."

13 May 2016 - Everton explore sporting director model for new era at Goodison Away from the stadium search Everton look to appoint a sporting director and a new manager after sacking Roberto Martinez ending his three year reign. A shortlist including Ronald Koeman, Frank de Boer and Manuel Pellegrini has been drawn up.

16 May 2016 - Walton Hall Park stadium plans abandoned Plans for a new stadium for Everton FC plus a major housing and retail development on Walton Hall Park have been abandoned. The club and Liverpool council confirmed they will now be looking elsewhere for new home for the Blues. Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson has also pledged Walton Hall Park will “remain a park and will be designated as such” – ruling out future development there. The club said they were looking at two other unnamed sites after admitting the proposal for Walton Hall Park “was always ambitious”.

16 May 2016 - Everton could revive waterfront stadium dream Everton could revive its one-time dream of building a new football ground on the banks of the Mersey. The ECHO understands Liverpool council and Everton FC are examining a site in the north docks area of Liverpool and another at Stonebridge Cross off the East Lancs Road in Croxteth.

17 May 2016 - Everton 'have the money' for a new stadium Everton have the money to build a new stadium, Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson revealed - and he expected the Blues to have a new stadium within three years. He said: "This is why I am so confident about the period of time – because while it’s really up to the club, the finance is going to be there and met by the club."

19 May 2016 - Could new Everton stadium prove attractive to docks owner Peel? Peel Group, which owns Liverpool Waters outlines planning permission for a £5bn scheme that includes a series of tall residential towers and office space at the 60 hectares derelict docklands site. However, a regeneration expert, who has helped oversee billions of pounds of regeneration in the city, says Peel might be persuaded to depart from its current blueprint for Liverpool Waters if Everton can show it has the resources to build a stadium. A poll of Everton fans finds 85% preferred any new stadium be built on disused docks at Liverpool Waters.

8 June 2016 - Everton ready to smash wage structure in Champions League bid Ambitious Everton are ready to smash their wage structure by offering players £100,000-a-week in wages. Moshiri aims to bankroll a Champions League dream and will look to keep Romelu Lukaku after appointing Ronald Koeman as Roberto Martinez’s replacement as new Everton manager.

16 June 2016 - Everton's Goodison Park revamp revealed in series of new images As the search for a new stadium goes on, plans for a statue of the club's famous Holy Trinity of Howard Kendall , Colin Harvey and Alan Ball are also contained in the proposlas which have been given to council planners.

20 June 2016 - Kenwright reveals Moshiri vision for Everton Bill Kenwright talked to the ECHO about majority investor Farhad Moshiri's Blues vision saying: “It involves the Champions League and a new stadium. “Is he going Roman Abramovic? No, I think that model is sort of gone, but he absolutely looks at Everton as his big adventure."

27 June 2016 - New Everton stadium at the heart of board's plans for Blues says club director An Everton board member has reaffirmed the club’s commitment to building a new stadium. Sasha Ryazantsev says Everton have identified new possible sites for the development of a new ground - Stonebridge Cross in Croxteth and the North Docks - and Ryazantsev says finding the Blues a new home is at the heart of their plans.

26 July 2016 Steve Walsh appointed director of football Everton's new director of football Steve Walsh has put pen to paper on a four-year-deal. The Blues confirmed Walsh’s appointment on Thursday but no details of his deal were announced. But the ECHO can now reveal that Walsh has signed with the club until the end of 2019-2020 season. Billionaire investor Farhad Moshiri wanted to implement the director of football model at Everton and after missing out on Sevilla’s Monchi, he turned his attention to Leicester City’s Walsh.

19 July 2016 - Joe Anderson holds meeting with Moshiri and Kenwright over newd ground Mayor Joe Anderson held a meeting with Everton's billionaire investor Farhad Moshiri and chairman Bill Kenwright over the Blues new stadium and tweets: "Great meeting with Farhad. Still believe a new stadium in 2 yrs is achievable. #COYB."

13 Oct 2016 - Everton stadium update: Leading architect in Liverpool ahead of Moshiri visit A leading sports architect working with Everton fuelled speculation over progress on a new Blues stadium. It comes as Moshiri appears set to visit a site at Stonebridge Cross in Croxteth and one at the Bramley Moore Dock on the waterfront as his plans to provide Everton with a new stadium step up.

14 Oct 2016 - Everton's Farhad Moshiri visits Bramley Moore Dock - Exclusive Farhad Moshiri led an Everton delegation on a visit of a potential site for the Blues' new stadium. The club's majority shareholder was in Liverpool to view land at both the Bramley Moore Dock on the waterfront and at Stonebridge Cross in Croxteth. Exclusive pictures show the Everton party at the waterfront site where Moshiri was shown around a plot where the club could build themselves a new home.

28 October 2016 - Everton appoint Keith Harris to board of directors after long-term advisory role Keith Harris will be "a great asset" to Everton's board of directors, said to Blues chairman Bill Kenwright. Former City of London banker Harris, who advised the club on Farhad Moshiri's investment in February, has become the sixth member of the newly-boosted Goodison boardroom. The 63-year-old joined Kenwright and deputy chairman Jon Woods on a board which includes chief executive Robert Elstone, Sasha Ryazantsev and Denise Barrett-Baxendale MBE, who were also added earlier this year. Kenwright said: “We’ve strengthened our board significantly over the last six months and I’m really pleased that we’ve been able to add even more experience by bringing Keith in.

23 November 2016 - Are Everton set for record new sponsorship deal next season? Everton's long-running shirt sponsorship agreement with Thai beer brand Chang was due to expire - and that meant a club record renewal or bumper new deal follows. It was believed that Chang are prepared to wait for now, with sources close to the Bangkok-based company admitting they see no imminent deal on the cards yet. Nevertheless, they plan to invest 4 billion baht (almost £9m) on expanding operations next year as part of their 'Vision 2020 business scheme'.

29 December 2016 - Peel: Everton fans should 'watch this space' on waterside stadium plan Peel says discussions with Everton about a new club stadium are ongoing and fans should “watch this space”. And the developer says it will press ahead with the £5.5bn Liverpool Waters scheme whether the club moves to the docks or not. Asked about Peel’s involvement Liverpool Waters assistant project director Ian Pollitt, said: “We are talking to Everton. We are in discussions with them. It’s been ongoing. “It would be good to see it in our development. But if it didn’t happen we’re quite confident we can do the development without them. It’s something we’d like to see there. So we’re working with Everton and the city on that. So watch this space.”

4 January 2017 - Everton General Meeting 2017 - as it happened Farhad Moshiri, Ronald Koeman and Steve Walsh were among the speakers as Everton held their General Meeting on Wednesday night at the Philharmonic. Highlights include Finch Farm getting a new sponsor, season ticket prices to be frozen or reduced next season and a shirt sponsorship to increase 300% as part of a new £75million deal. But the big news is strong hints that a new stadium will be built at Bramley Moore Dock - including Mayor Joe Anderson who reveals £20m has already been allocated for a road directly into the site and a railway station is already being built there.

Everton's Finch Farm training ground has a new name after Russian sponsor confirmed Everton's training ground will be renamed USM Finch Farm after the Blues revealed a multi-billion-pound Russian holding company as one of their lucrative new sponsors. The five-year naming rights deal will begin this month and will also see the USM logo advertised at Goodison Park. USM is one of the world's largest private holding companies and was founded by Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov, a close friend of Everton majority investor Farhad Moshiri. Their latest financial results saw the company generate revenue in excess of $6.3bn (£5bn).

10 January 2017 - How long will Everton take to build a new stadium? It's revealed Everton plan to make a significant announcement within three months on the next step in their search for a new stadium. The Blues preferred site is at Bramley Moore dock and, in May this year, Mayor Joe Anderson proclaimed the club would have a new home “within three years.” Everton remain optimistic about the prospects of leaving Goodison but stressed at last week’s General Meeting that there remain “significant issues” to overcome before they can press ahead.

27 February 2016 - Everton architect gets go-ahead for Roma stadium The architect working on Everton’s proposed new stadium has had another project given the go-ahead. American firm MEIS Architects, led by Dan Meis, have designed Roma’s new 52,500 Stadio Della Rome ground. The US architect visited the site alongside Farhad Moshiri, Bill Kenwright, Mayor Joe Anderson and other Everton officials last year.

28 February 2016 - Everton close to solving problem of how to fund new stadium says Elstone Everton chief executive Robert Elstone has revealed that the club are close to finding a solution to the ‘problem’ of how to fund the club’s new stadium. Elstone said: “We’re confident now that essentially we’re moving towards a solution for the problem that’s remained with us throughout this which is how we’re going to afford it."

8 March 2016 - Everton stadium news: Mayor says announcement on ground is 'not far off' Joe Anderson reassures Everton fans that an announcement about the club's new stadium will be made soon He said: "Farhad Moshiri has only been here a year and it's clear he has his own mind about what needs to happen. I'm confident that the club's future is secure and there will be an announcement shortly which the fans have wanted to hear."

4 March 2016 - Everton stadium not sole driving factor behind Commonwealth Games hopes, says Mayor Mayor Joe Anderson said that the council are not solely relying on Everton's design plans for their possible new ground at the Bramley Moore dock to bolster their chances of staging the games. "We’ve not formally launched our bid yet, but obviously a new stadium presents the city with an opportunity to showcase what we have to offer. However, what I would say is that our bid is not reliant on a new stadium for Everton – nor how it is designed."

8 March 2016 - Everton stadium news: Mayor says announcement on ground is 'not far off' Joe Anderson has reassured Everton fans that an announcement about the club's new stadium will be made soon. He said: "In relation to the future of the club and where we are with the stadium, I'm confident that the club's future is secure and there will be an announcement shortly which the fans have wanted to hear. I'm still absolutely certain that there will be a new ground and it won't be far off until the announcement."

23 March 2017 - Major announcement as Bramley Moore dock confirmed Everton agreed a deal to buy the land from dockside developers Peel for a fee believed to be £22.5m. The council is also setting up a finance company to help the club borrow the more than £300m it needs. Everton’s chief executive Robert Elstone said: “We are delighted that we have been able to agree Heads of Terms with Peel, giving us control of the Bramley Moore Dock site and allowing us the time we need to complete the substantial further work required to be able to confirm the project’s viability. We can now move forward into the next phase of work with much greater confidence.”

24 March 2017 - why hasn't Moshiri just written a cheque? The Echo's Everton writer Phil Kirkbride took a look at why majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri hadn't just written a cheque to cover the new stadium costs, given his immense wealth. Phil reasoned "Because Moshiri has the long-term interests of Everton at heart and at the General Meeting in January he used the words “sustainable” and “sustainability”.

29 March 2017 - Dan Meis hails 'one of the greatest sites' Dan Meis described the Bramley Moore Dock as “one of the greatest sites” he has seen in his career during a fact-finding mission following the announcement that Everton had agreed to buy the waterfront plot of land. He tweeted: “Bramley Moore is one of the greatest sites I have seen in my entire career.”

10 April 2017 - what Everton fans want the stadium to be called Hundreds of Everton fans took part in a survey on our website to name the new stadium. Echo readers voted from a range of options - suggested by fans - for what the name of the new home for the Blues.

Bramley Moore Stadium can be revealed as the fans favourite for naming the new stadium on the Docks Clearly Liverpool fans were poking mischief as Everton McEvertonFace finished second with 14 per cent of the votes.

26 October 2017 - Mayor Joe says 'we're making progress' Mayor Joe Anderson moved to reassure people that the plans for Everton's new stadium were going well. He said: “We’re still talking to the football club about an arrangement with them and an agreement with them about how we can support the development of the stadium. And that includes us being in partnership with the football club to deliver the stadium. And talks are going well, progressing really well, on schedule,and we’re happy with the progress that’s been made.”