Alisher Usmanov’s decision to sell his stake to Arsenal’s majority shareholder Stan Kroenke may not end his involvement at a Premier League football club.

The prominent USM sign at Everton’s Finch Farm training facility is proof enough of the Russian billionaire’s empire’s enduring influence elsewhere.

The indications from the close to Usmanov, however, suggest he is more likely to look at other Premier League or European clubs rather than switch his attention to Goodison Park.

That will disappoint Everton fans, who have noted Usmanov’s business and personal relationship with Goodison’s majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri.

Moshiri sold his £200 million stake in Arsenal shareholder group Red and White Holdings, which he co-owned with Usmanov, to fund his initial £49.9 per cent purchase of Everton in 2016.

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