Frank Lampard focused on football as Everton sponsor Alisher Usmanov sanctioned

Frank Lampard, pictured, insists his work is unaffected by the sanctioning of Alisher Usmanov (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Everton manager Frank Lampard insists the sanctioning of one of the club’s main sponsors Alisher Usmanov has not impacted on his work at all.

On Thursday the owner of USM, which sponsors the Finch Farm training complex, was the latest Russian billionaire to have restrictive measures imposed in response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.