Everton could turn to Jay-Z and his $2.5 billion for help as the rap star considers making a bid to follow the example of Tom Brady and Ryan Reynolds
Everton need serious help on and off the pitch.
Jay-Z might just have the perfect model.
The Brooklyn-born rap star and business mogul is reportedly being considered as a key name in the search for Evertonwho are bottom of the Premier League and already in danger of relegation.
While the coach Sean Dyche American businessman tries to guide the 0-4 club to its first victory of the 2024/25 campaign John Textor — who currently owns 45 percent of the Premier League side Crystal Palace — could pair up with Jay-Z, whose net worth has been valued at $2.5 billion and is married to music superstar Beyoncé.
The sun reported that “Jay-Z could be persuaded to put up some of his… money to bolster Dyche's team if Textor closes a deal.”
TO Monday Night Game between Tom Brady's City of Birmingham and an increasingly famous Wrexham Team co-owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney will provide another glimpse into US investment in English football teams.
Jay-Z is often seen at sporting events and became the world's first hip-hop billionaire in 2019.
But with Everton beset by points deductions and relegation threats, fans were left wondering whether the Reasonable Doubt and The Black Album author really wanted to be involved with a club that could drop from the Premier League to the Championship.
“Don't you have enough problems already?” one user joked.
“It's going to be a waste of money,” posted a second fan.
“It definitely takes that extra trouble to get to 100,” a third posted jokingly.
LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Will Ferrell, JJ Watt and more have recognized the obvious financial benefit of international football.
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Reynolds and McElhenney have revived Wrexhamturning a once proud club that had fallen to the fifth tier into a streaming television star packed with footballing names now recognised around the world.
Ahead of Monday's game, Wrexham are level with Charlton on 13 points at the top of League One.
Jay-Z was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2021.
Businesses in liquor, fine art, a music catalogue and stakes in Block and Uber have helped make the 54-year-old a potential financial addition to Everton.
James, the king of the NBAwas ahead of the curve by jumping across the pond to invest in English football.
The NBA's all-time leading scorer spent $6.5 million on Liverpool in 2011, for a two percent stake in the historic club.
In 2021, LeBron converted his stake in Liverpool into a one percent stake in FSG's global empire, following the Reds' 2019 Champions League victory and Premier League title a year later.
