catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
Two possible motivations - he was allowing his closest business partner the opportunity to do his own thing at Everton - an ambition that developed within Moshiri over the 18 months or so he had considered an acquisition of Everton shares, and/or Usmanov genuinely is prepared to play the long game at Arsenal, regardless of the current impasse with Kroenke.
If it had been Usmanov's intent to invest in Everton prior to Moshiri acquiring his shares, he would have sold his R&W holding to Moshiri or found a buyer for 100% of R&W.
It is possible that Usmanov's intentions have changed since Moshiri acquired his interest in Everton. I still find this unlikely despite the rumours and the ultimate source of the suggestion.
I'm not trying to knock you mate and I know you must be getting board fielding off questions. However if we take possibility 2 that you outline.
1) Could Moshiri have afforded Usmanov's Share?
2) If Moshiri wanted more say in a football club, buying Usmanov's share would not have given him that.
3) If he wanted to sell to an outside party would he not have faced the exact same issues he now faces which you have outlined?
I think the key question people have to ask is what has changed between now and 3 months ago. 3 months ago he didn't want to invest. The only thing I can think of is that he had to act fast to secure the club alongside Moshiri with the Americans moving in and the difficulties he faced made it difficult to do so.