Usmanov

[davek]

He wont be dealing with any of that.

We have people in the club whos job it is to deal with that, he just writes the cheques and waits for it to rain.

His MO has always been "To make money, you gotta spend money".

lollollol

 

[msb]

"Fanciful tripe" .........some of his Martinez views certainly are, but his political integrity is not in doubt.....

Wouldn't know, he's been on ignore list for months.

 

[AsiaAsia82]

Can we please sing on Saturday...

“He’s one of our own,
he’s one of our own,
Ali Usmanov,
here’s one of our own “

 

[tim cahill]

He isn't.

118th richest according to Forbes. And 58th most powerful in 2016.

He’s doing alright like.

 

[davek]

118th richest according to Forbes. And 58th most powerful in 2016.

He’s doing alright like.

He's a bag man for Putin's regime.

 

[Yarrgh]

Progress can only be reached through positive action.

Now who is wrong?

 

[Toffeelover]

573 pages and loads of speculation, has said he might invest if the potential return was good or help out his friend Farhad but that is far as it goes at present.
We will just have to bide our time and see what develops. But hope springs eternal so let us hope.

 

[Toffeelover]

He's a bag man for Putin's regime.

So, come and be a bag man at Everton!

 

[wiggie]

Keep up mate......

Oops

 

[bluejohn66]

Been out all day, is he here yet?

 

[RomanReigns]

the irony

Alisher sounds similar to 'ill lease yer'

buy the new ground and lease it King Farhad at a discount price

 

[Steve Wigan]

Yeah, he must be utterly steaming that he only made 300m on his Arsenal shares, bad investment there for sure.

Kroenke is reportedly paying him £550 million for his shares,so that's £850 million for an £80 million investment. Nice work if you can get it.

 

[jayonenote]

118th richest according to Forbes. And 58th most powerful in 2016.

He’s doing alright like.

Hes doing very well...even co producing movies with his mates.
Take a look

 

[jayonenote]

Hes doing very well...even co producing movies with his mates.
Take a look

 

[FTY]

I think that is a logical conclusion but I don't think is wholly consistent. At Arsenal what he has really wanted is an input, representation at board level etc. He would be given that at Everton.

There is strong evidence of wealthy Russian owners being in the background in football. The reasons for this may be multiple. It would also be worth noting, that in the circles he mixes people would be aware of who is bankrolling Everton and I imagine that would be what is most important to him and his business.

Or alternatively he could come in as the main man. Frankly I do not see Moshiri stopping him doing so if he really wanted too, even if he was unhappy happy about it (why would you jeopardise such a relationship over something that is quite petty?). I don't see that though, I think Moshiri is a much cleaner face as the main man. I also think every option will have been discussed before Moshiri ventured to Everton, so the idea that they are making it up as they go I can't imagine is true.

My own gut feeling, is that Usmanov will by into a holding company. I think they will use debt being converted as equity as an efficient way to navigate FFP rules and adjust the %'s to how they like. I also think they will look to bring 3rd party funding on board, possibly other wealthy Russians, possibly Chinese investment, possibly some of the consortiums close to Moshiri who helped purchase the Liver Building. They will be minority shareholders but have representation at board level, and again the cycle of debt converted to equity will be used to allow the football club to spend substantially while financing a stadium.

I haven't got a clue what half of that last paragraph means and it still gave me a mast