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Everton, Crystal Palace and Leicester seek investment at differing valuations
Everton, Crystal Palace and Leicester City are all seeking new investment or exploring a sale.
The figures put forward add up to about £1.8 billion, but they measure different things and do not represent completed deals or binding offers.
Everton’s US owner has opened the door to new investment, including a possible sale of a controlling stake, and hired an investment bank to advise.
Its estimated value is £720 million, with its new stadium seen as an asset that could help grow income.
Crystal Palace’s owners are seeking a £900 million valuation and are exploring interest in a stake sale or takeover.
The club also needs more funding to expand its stadium, whose planned capacity would rise from about 25,000 to 34,000.
Leicester’s owners are seeking buyers after the team dropped to England’s third tier; a sale plan values physical assets, including the stadium and training facilities, at £224 million.
The different figures reflect the clubs’ contrasting prospects and needs, but no sale price or completion date has been confirmed.
Everton, Crystal Palace and Leicester City are seeking new investment under differing valuations and asset estimates totaling about £1.844 billion.
Crystal Palace’s owners are seeking a £900 million valuation, while Everton is estimated at £720 million.
Leicester City’s investment memorandum values physical assets at about £224 million, a figure that is not directly comparable with the other clubs’ valuations.
The figures are not completed deals or binding purchase offers, and they cover different assets and use different methods.
The clubs’ circumstances differ, with Everton’s new stadium seen as a potential source of revenue growth, Palace seeking funds for stadium expansion, and Leicester facing financial and sporting challenges after relegation to England’s third tier.
- Who
- Everton, Crystal Palace and Leicester City, whose owners are seeking investment or buyers.
- What
- The clubs are exploring investment or sale opportunities at differing valuations and asset estimates.
- When
- Reports and actions were reported between August and October 2026.
- Where
- England.
- Why
- The clubs are seeking new capital; their circumstances include opportunities to grow revenue and needs to fund facilities and operations.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Friedkin Group acquired Everton.
Sky Sports reported that a Leicester City investment memorandum valued the physical assets for sale at about £224 million.
City A.M. reported that Crystal Palace’s owners were seeking a £900 million valuation and had engaged investment group Raine to explore investor interest.
Everton said it had appointed Moelis & Company to advise on a process that could include selling a controlling stake.
Al Eqtisadiah reported the differing investment valuations and asset estimates for the three clubs.
- Crystal Palace valuation sought
- £900 million
- Everton estimated valuation
- £720 million
- Leicester City physical assets
- About £224 million
- Crystal Palace stadium expansion target
- From about 25,000 to 34,000 seats
- Leicester City projected revenue
- £97 million in fiscal year 2026
Sources
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