Jamie Carragher claims he 'FEARS' for Everton amid takeover confusion with the Premier League still yet to greenlight potential owners 777 who are 'propping up the club'

Jamie Carragher has urged Everton to sort out the ownership situation with fears over the future of the Merseyside club. 

The Toffees were hit with two separate points deductions, but Sean Dyche has steered the club to safety with games to spare to secure their Premier League status.

However, it's been set against a backdrop of unrest at board level, with the future of the club still unclear. 

Current owner Farhad Moshiri agreed a deal with the 777Partners last September, but the takeover approval process has taken longer than expected, leaving fans concerned over the deal. 

Speaking on Sky Sports during Everton's trip to Luton, Carragher shared supporters frustrations and believes the situation needs to come to a quick resolution.   

'It’s been a tough season if you’re an Everton fan.' Said the former Liverpool defender. 

'You’ve got the points deduction, thinking that you could be relegated, and as soon as you get out of that, you’re thinking? What’s going to happen now at the end of the season? 

'With the ownership, you’ve got Moshiri, the group 777 who are propping the club up, keeping the club going, putting in £15-20milion in every month to pay the wages, and pay the costs for the stadium.

'Everton don’t want them to take ove the club, but you’re actually thinking, where would Everton be right now without them? They’ve put £200m in, they don’t even own the club. 

'So if the PL don’t pass them, whoever does come in or whether Moshiri stays, they need paying back, or there’s other loans – I think in the next few weeks, once you get the football out of the way, you do fear for Everton, and what is going to happen, because it doesn’t look too rosy.

'I’ve called them the worst run club in the country, going on two or three years.

'I think the Premier League are in a really difficult position. It’s obvious it shouldn’t take eight months to pass new owners, so they obviously don't think they’re fit and proper owners for whatever reason, but they’re obviously thinking, if we tell this group 777, who’s actually going to be funding Everton right now?

'Something needs to happen and happen very quickly.' 

777 have already had success with of their multi-club model with Genoa, Hertha Berlin and Red Star Paris and the aim was to include Everton into the fold. 

They have funded and supported the club to the tune of £200m to date, giving the Toffees vital investment into the club and as part of the funds for the new stadium. 

But they've also faced some negative publicity and questions have been asked about the ability to fund the club in the future. With the Premier League taking a number of months to decide if they pass their fit and proper test. 

In December, the US investment group suffered a blow after one of their leading UK partners, sports marketing powerhouse Redstrike, pulled the plug on a joint venture they founded only last year. 

While they have also been accused  of missing payments to the British Basketball League , which they own a 45 per cent stake in.