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Alisher Usmanov's company agrees Everton training-ground naming deal

Everton's training ground is to be renamed USM Finch Farm as the Premier League club enters a five-year partnership with a Russian holding company founded by Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov.

The deal starts this month and will also see USM Holdings benefit from a set of global marketing rights including presence on media interview backdrops and LED advertising at Goodison Park on matchdays.

Everton major shareholder Farhad Moshiri acts as chairman of the board of directors for USM Holdings, which was, according to its website, "established in 2012 to streamline and consolidate the various projects of Alisher Usmanov and his partners.