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Meetings between the owners and directors of Premier League clubs can be testy affairs at the best of times – and there may be tension between Everton and Aston Villa’s representatives next time around. Everton and Villa are both founder members of the Football League, have famous old stadiums and command large and passionate fanbases. Both clubs also underwent ownership changes in 2018, with Farhad Moshiri taking his then-minority ownership of Everton above 50 per cent and Wes Edens and Nassef Sawiris investing in Villa. The two have had contrasting fortunes since that juncture. Under Edens a…