The Manchester United and England goalkeeper was made an MBE by the Prince of Wales on Wednesday.
Everton’s Fan Advisory Board has called on 777 Partners to abandon their attempts to buy the club and has urged owner Farhad Moshiri to instead try and sell it to someone else instead. The FAB, who have a meeting scheduled with Moshiri later this month, also encouraged the Premier League to play their part in halting the protracted takeover by the American investment firm by telling 777 they would fail the owners’ and directors’ test. 777, who agreed in September to buy Moshiri’s 94.1 percent stake in Everton, were told by the FAB to admit they have become “unsustainable” owners amid their legal and financial troubles and the hit to their reputation.
The 36-year-old has been out of action since damaging ankle ligaments at the end of March, when he fell to an agonising defeat against Tomas Machac at the Miami Open. There were fears that Murray’s participation at Wimbledon could be in doubt, however he opted against surgery and has made a successful recovery, and will now return before the end of the clay-court season.