Everton to announce US billionaire Christopher Sarofim as new investor

Fresh investment is set to come Everton’s way.Photograph: Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA/Getty ImagesEverton are set to announce a new investor, with the American billionaire Christopher Sarofim joining their ownership group. The 62-year-old fund manager is also a minority shareholder of the Houston Texans NFL franchise.Sarofim is understood to have agreed to join Everton’s ownership group, Roundhouse Capital, and will be given an observer position on the football club’s board. Everton