Peter Kenyon always wanted to 'paint the world blue' and has credentials to revive Everton

It was back in 2005, shortly after clinching their first top-flight title for half a century, that Peter Kenyon talked about how Chelsea wanted to “paint the world blue”.

If the consortium that the former Chelsea and Manchester United chief executive is fronting manages to buy another club who play in blue, one suspects his ambitions for Everton may need to be rather more circumspect.

But there is little doubt that Merseyside’s downtrodden neighbour need some fresh thinking and some of Kenyon’s recent rhetoric will chime with Everton fans desperate to see an end to the dysfunction and reckless spending that took them so close to relegation last season.

In an interview with Telegraph Sport just under two years ago, Kenyon explained how he told all prospective owners of clubs that, while it undoubtedly costs money to create good sides, that alone is no guarantee of success.

“It goes way beyond a coach or a footballer,” he said. “It’s about a culture that is created.”

Everton, devoid of a vision or plan under Farhad Moshiri and undermined by constant managerial upheaval, have been as good an example as any of how not to run a football club.

Kenyon, of course, will know that. It is almost two decades since he left United for Stamford Bridge in what remains arguably the most eye-catching executive switch the Premier League has witnessed, and 13 years since he parted company with Chelsea. Nonetheless, he remains a familiar face to many, his influence in football circles has never waned and his opinions and expertise are still sought after – his company, Opto Advisers, has been involved with the takeovers at Paris St-Germain and Wolverhampton Wanderers and he has worked with clubs from Middlesbrough to Atlético Madrid. Had