What is John Textor's big plan?

Crystal Palace's majority shareholder John Textor has been the Premier League's most vocal advocate of multi-club ownership models since he first invested at Selhurst Park three years ago, but attempting to take control of two different top-flight sides at the same time is unusual even by his standards.

 In the space of a few extraordinary days last week Textor did just that, albeit without achieving success to date. The American businessman first agreed to enter exclusive negotiations with Farhad Moshiri to buy Everton before then offering to buy out fellow shareholders Josh Harris and David Blitzer at Palace.

Textor's seemingly contradictory moves reflect his desperation to take control at a Premier League club, to add to a global stable which includes Olympique Lyonnais, Botafogo in Brazil, RW Molenbeek in Belgium and FC Florida, that are controlled by his Eagle Football Group and utter frustration at the situation he finds himself in at Selhurst Park. The 58-year-old paid £87.5m for a 40 per cent stake at Palace three years ago in what was meant to be the precursor to a 70 per cent-plus purchase, but he has been unable to get beyond 45 per cent.

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