I am an optimist, but also a realist. I've been quite critical of Moshiri recently and will call it as I see it rather than going completely off kilter.
What strikes me as interesting about this deal, from the moment it was announced, was that it wasn't a complete buy out. It was always phase 1. Moshiri bought 49.9% of the shares. That has always led me to believe there was far more to it that first meets the eye.
It has understandably given credence to the idea that what we are currently seeing is a transitional period. Of course what we move too at boardroom level and how long this stage lasts is up for question. However for all parties concerned it would be accepted this period won't be allowed to continue indefinitely.
It was this, more than any connection between the two men or my desire for Usmanov to come on board that made me think there possibility exists. You are always left asking, when Moshiri finalises the full takeover of Everton what will that look like? Why is he waiting? Why did he not do that originally? Why did he agree to a phased take over?
Most of the questions in the jigsaw fit together if you view them through the gaze of waiting for Usmanov to sell up. That doesn't mean it' inevitably going to happen, or there isn't another perfectly logical answer that could emerge that I haven't seen, or maybe (as is often the case) that an explanation that doesn't at up will emerge to explain the ambiguities.
That being said, waiting for Usmanov seems a very reasonable and sensible assumption. I would be delighted if it were true.
