Moshiri is no fool .
Kenwright has to sell at a previously agreed price
I think its the original price Moshiri paid.
All directors and shareowners had the same option
There has always been talk that there was a trigger point. The most logical trigger point (from a legalistic viewpoint) is the planning application being submitted. It's not the only one, it could be a point whereby the sale of the land was agreed, funding was put in place, planning application accepted etc.
I maintain I would be surprised if Usmanov ever publicly comes onto the board. He is not a clean enough face. As you have said, I can imagine a holding company, such as Blue and White Holdings may well be set up somewhere.
His company Gazprom I have seen is 50% owned by the Russian government. We obviously have to be very cautious in what we say in relation to that. There could be an assumption drawn that the Russian government may have interest in prime real estate in a major UK city, or on a major UK business. If this were the case it would be an enormous story, so it is best to keep some distance.
If it were the case, any fictional club that may have backing that had links (via individuals, so indirect links) would be extremely wealthy. They would also really not need to worry about profit and loss in the way a conventional/orthodox business would. It could almost be seen as a fantastic way to launder huge sums of money or gain cultural influence. It would almost be as if there were a much deeper game going on.
Of course, these are most likely to be complete fictions and could never happen in real life, where we all know everything is above board and completely transparent. Thats my view. But the story above is certainly an interesting fictional account.