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Usmanov looking at Charlton Athletic
Newspaper reports today claiming that Alisher Usmanov is interested in rescuing Charlton Athletic in League One have been swiftly rebuffed by the Uzbek-born billionaire's camp.
Evertonians were convinced that, when the Russian oligarch finally cashed in his shares at Arsenal after a long battle with majority owner Steve Kroenke, he would invest billions in Everton... but there has, as yet, been no sign of this happening.
Now, The Mirror claims in an 'exclusive' that he is interested in Charlton whose current owner, the unpopular Roland Duchatelet, is said to want around £20 million, and is reported to have said:
“If you want to lose real money, buy a football club… Investing in football was the mistake of my life.”Usmanov's representatives have poured cold water on the speculation, however.