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AHEAD OF THE GAME: Everton owner Farhad Moshiri holds talks with Qatar Airways about a potential naming rights deal for the club’s new stadium... while Newcastle hire camera crew to document push for Champions League football

Everton owner Farhad Moshiri has held talks with Qatar Airways about a potential naming rights deal for the club’s new stadium at Bramley-Moore dock.

Everton have been looking for new sponsors since last March after cutting ties with companies linked to Alisher Usmanov.

The Russian businessman’s USM Holdings were paying £12million-a-year in naming rights for the club’s training ground as well as a one-off payment of £30m for the option to purchase naming rights to the new £500m stadium, which is due to open for the start of the 2024-25 season.

Moshiri was in Doha during the World Cup and is understood to have held talks with Qatar Airways executives, although an agreement has not been reached.