Everton's prospective new owners 777 Partners were late in making a £900,000 payment to their business partners at the British Basketball League earlier this summer.
Mail Sport has learned that the while the money has now been transferred it arrived over a month after the scheduled payment date, which in turn caused the BBL to be late in paying several of their creditors.
777 agreed to pay £7million for a 45 per cent stake in the BBL two years ago in a deal which the company hailed as a 'landmark moment' for the sport in the UK.