A big trade deal is being considered by Everton, and Dan Friedkin is rumored to be one of the players involved.

Kieran Maguire says that after the Friedkin Group (TFG) finishes their takeover, they may want to make a “statement signing” for Everton.

On October 22, a football finance expert from the University of Liverpool told TBR Football that the new owners will make the finances at Goodison Park a lot better. This is because money was taken a lot when Farhad Moshiri was in charge.

So he told them to be careful if they want to make a big splash in the transfer market, because they might have to sell again early in the summer to get their finances back in order.

“They might want to make a statement,” Maguire said. Putting themselves in a tough spot where they have to sell a player before June 30th is not something they want to do.

I’m sure the Friedkin group has already talked about what to do if the deal goes through.

“When you hire a player, there are always two things to think about. As for A), do we have enough cash to close the deal? And B) do we have the freedom within the rules for cost control?

“The first sentence is fine.” They don’t need to borrow money like they did under Moshiri in the past few years.

“That’s a great thing.” They did make some sales this summer, which let them do some different things. Things are much better for them now than they were when Moshiri was in charge.

The sale of Amadou Onana will let Everton make a big spend on a player.

It makes sense for TFG to want to hire a well-liked new manager to lead the team during their time in charge. A big signing would work the same way.

If PSR has enough freedom to do it in January, it would give the fans a huge psychological boost after a rough few seasons.

There isn’t much real value to be found on big names in the winter, though, so if the new owners have money to spend, it might be better to use it on two or three more low-key deals.

Because they went too far, the club was under a lot of pressure going into the summer and had to sell before the 30th of June, which was the end of the fiscal year.

Last summer, Lewis Dobbin and Ben Godfrey were sold to help balance out the spending from the previous year. Later that summer, Amadou Onana’s £50 million move to Aston Villa [BBC Sport, 22 July] made it possible to make some good signings.

We don’t know how much room was left by then, but if the team keeps doing well by the end of the year, it might make more sense to wait until next summer to make a big splash in the transfer market. At that point, getting Dominic Calvert-Lewin a new contract is probably the most important thing.