IN THE MONEY: There is panic on and off the pitch at Everton after club denies ‘safe rooms’ have been installed at their new stadium… PLUS, the mystery surrounding Erling Haaland’s agent
- The Toffees have denied that their new £760 million stadium will have ‘safe rooms’
- A stadium industry source told Mail Sport that he had been standing in one of the rooms
- Plus, the mystery surrounding the late and legendary football agent Mino Raiola
Everton have denied their new £760 million Bramley Moore Dock stadium will have one or more panic rooms, after a stadium industry source told the Mail Sport that he had personally taken a recent tour of the grounds and was in one of the rooms himself. was standing.
What makes this Everton Stadium Mystery all the more baffling is that the source was told by a senior member of the construction team that Everton owner Farhad Moshiri had requested these panic rooms, also known as ‘safe rooms’ or ‘secure rooms’, and that they may be equipped with protective elements, including a secure communication line plus a back-up electricity generator.
Everton initially told Mail Sport: ‘Our stadium director has confirmed that there is structural reinforcement for a cohort of rooms in the stadium. That’s because we don’t use concrete blocks for interior walls, we use reinforced concrete.’
Moshiri may never get to see these rooms, whatever they are, as Everton could soon be sold. Our source says Moshiri, who turned 68 last month, ordered builders to fit steel-reinforced panic rooms in each of the south, west and east stands at a cost of tens of thousands of pounds.
It is clear that these rooms are about four square meters each. Panic rooms are typically used by celebrities or high net worth individuals who fear they may be targeted by intruders entering their homes or who feel they may be attacked or at risk of kidnapping or murder.
Everton have denied suggestions their new stadium will be installed with ‘safe rooms’
A stadium industry source told Mail Sport that they had been standing in one of the ‘safe rooms’ at their new £760 million Bramley Moore Dock stadium. Pictured: final design of their 52,000-seat venue
Famous panic room owners include Madonna, Serena Williams, and George Clooney and his wife Amal. Madonna had a $2 million panic room installed in her Los Angeles office with 5-inch metal walls, TV monitors, and food and water for days.
Clooney and Amal have a panic room in their Berkshire mansion, while Serena Williams has a panic room in her LA staple.
Toffees fans have repeatedly protested against owner Moshiri and the club’s board this season.
Chief executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale and chairman Bill Kenwright have not attended a home game since January due to the unrest.
When Mail Sport asked Everton again how many rooms are in the ‘fortified cohort’ and why the building guide would refer to three rooms being fortified, in line with their status as secure rooms, a spokesman said: ‘I’m not sure how much more can I give, except for the very clear, unequivocal fact that Everton Stadium has no specially built-in panic/safe rooms.’
FOX MOVES TOO LATE
Brendan Rodgers was only sacked in April after Leicester fell into the relegation zone.
The previous month the club’s financial accounts stated: ‘The directors oversee the performance of both management and players and have a proven track record of making changes where necessary.’ oops. Too late.
Leicester should have acted sooner with their decision to sack former manager Brendan Rodgers
The late and legendary football agent Mino Raiola (right) has left a mystery after his death
HAALAND AGENT MYSTERY
The late football agent Mino Raiola was a legendary figure in the game, representing stars such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba and Erling Haaland before his death last year.
But has he saved his greatest trick for a time when he is no longer with us? In January this year, more than nine months after his death, Raiola was registered as a Person with Significant Control (PSC) of Une Limited, a newly incorporated Companies House company. The company was registered by a London-based tax specialist.
This person, at least officially, has declined to provide any explanation for Raiola being named as a PSC, though it is clear they believe no wrongdoing has occurred.
Sarah Gardiner, interim head of the body that would investigate such anomalies (the Disciplinary Board for the Tax and Customs Administration), wrote in an email that the TDB “will conduct an investigation.”