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Money? No Issue As the oft-quoted and memed phrase from the disgruntled Blue coming out of Wembley following a depressing semi-final defeat says: “If this Iranian fella has got the dough he says he has…” The truth is, this Iranian fella, Farhad Moshiri, has got the billions he says he has. He is also business partner with Alisher Usmanov, who is currently known to have wealth around £12bn making him the 99th richest person on planet earth with a wealth comparable to Chelsea’s Roman Abramovich. The levels that Uncle Ali is involved to are always debatable with no official public involvement as of yet, bar the sponsorship for Finch Farm, and the Megafon sleeve deal. Although you would be hard pressed to find many Blues who don’t believe that Usmanov will have a significant investment in the Bramley-Moore Dock project. Given he has put up £30m for first choice of naming rights, if the new stadium isn’t called Bramley-Moore USM Arena (or words to that effect), I ....