The Esk shares reaction to Everton stadium news in last 24 hours as ‘unquantifiable’ verdict shared
Everton have made the “correct decision” to play out of the whole of next season at Goodison as the club confirms they will move in at the start of the 2025/26 season, according to The Esk.
The Everton financial expert, who has been featured in the Daily Mail, shared their reaction to the news from Colin Chong on 15 December via their Twitter account on Friday that because of a loss of income of £18m, the decision to initially move into their new Bramley-Moore dock stadium mid-season during the 2024/25 campaign would be “unquantifiable”.
The Esk went on to write that the Toffees have much greater issues to be addressed before then but that the decision for a 2025/26 campaign move is “absolutely” the “correct decision”.
Posting on their Twitter account: “To be fair to the club I think they’ve made absolutely the correct decision to play out the whole of next season at Goodison.
“Some loss of income (I estimate £18m) but the impact of moving mid-season is unquantifiable on the pitch & for fans. Much greater issues to be addressed meanwhile.”
The issue of Everton moving midseason next term or the following summer has been discussed on and off for months, and Chong has thankfully confirmed the decision to choose the latter is not related to any delays in construction.
Moving mid-season next season as the Esk points certainly would not have on been “unquantifiable” but plain silly given the financial repercussions the club are already facing right now and the points deduction debacle which has left their Premier League position under threat.
Certainly, the Toffees are making giant strides on the pitch so far this season but sticking to the decision to move over to the Bramley-Moor dock during the 2024/25 campaign would not have made sense whatsoever.
However, the possibility of a further points deduction, either for a second profit and sustainability breach or administration continues to lurk in the background. And that is probably the “greater issue” that the Esk point out in their tweet.
Before Everton cross that bridge, the decision to cut it back to the 2025/26 campaign is a very sensible decision for the club as a whole but also allows the club to have a proper Goodison send-off at the end of next season which they wouldn’t have been able to do had they stuck to their initial plans.
